Offering an introduction that gives background information, this title provides a reference to the materials and construction in use at the end of the Victorian era and the dawn of the twentieth century.
General notes (including: the order of a specification, and notes often omitted from a specification; Form of outside cover for a specification; General heading to a specification; List of general conditions of a contract; Preliminary items (including shoring and house breakers); Drainage (including rain-water well and reports); Excavator (including concrete floors, roofs, stairs and walls); Pavior; Bricklayer (including flintwork, river and other walling, spring-water wells, storage tanks, fountains, filters, terrace cotta and faience); Mason; Carpenter, joiner and ironmonger (including fencing and piling); Smith and founder (including heating, fire hydrants, stable and cowhouse fittings; Slater (including slate mason); Tiler; Stone tiler; Shingler; Thatcher; Plumber (including hot water); Zincworker; Coppersmith; Plasterer; Gasfitter; Bellhanger; Glazier; Painter; paperhanger; General repairs and alterations; Ventilation; Road-making; Electric Lighting; Index
Biography
Frank W. Macey
