This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...lines. Dimensions of the lot and location of the building on it are also given. An Irregular Plan.--The opposite plan of the Grace Methodist Church which is called a general floor plan, has been given to illustrate the method of laying out an irregular building and to show the indication of stone, brick, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...lines. Dimensions of the lot and location of the building on it are also given. An Irregular Plan.--The opposite plan of the Grace Methodist Church which is called a general floor plan, has been given to illustrate the method of laying out an irregular building and to show the indication of stone, brick, structural tile and wood on a plan. It should be noticed first that everything has been located from the central point near the change in direction of the plan and that all main dimensions are given to center lines radiating from this point. Now identify the walls that are entirely of brick, then those of stone with brick backing and then the tile and the frame walls. Check them with the schedule of material on Plate 19. Nothing can or need be shown in detail at this small scale, each door, window, etc., being represented by a symbol and detailed at a larger scale on other drawings. The large letters in the circles are not a part of the drawing but will be referred to when studying Plate 34. Plan of Concrete and Tile Floor Systems.--Plate 33 illustrates the draftsman's method of presenting the structural plan in the main floor of the church. The Sunday School wing has floors of concrete slabs while the auditorium floor is a combination system made up of a large number of concrete joist between which are fillers of hollow structural tile block, the latter system being used for the longer spans. In drawing a plan for the concrete slab floor, notice that the bearing walls below are shown by dotted lines and the outlines of the slabs are solid lines. Then the slab thickness and the size, section and spacing of the steel reinforcing rods are noted on each slab. Where the slab is supported by a beam, the beam is shown dotted on the plan and its number...
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