CONTENTS List of tlustrations ix 5 FIREPLACES, FLUES AND CHIMNEYS 6 iter tsties General principles of design; hearths; fireplace on; flues and chimneys; chimney stacks and flue outlets; curing smoky chimneys Preface xi 6 FLOORS: 7 Acknowledgements a Function of floors; solid ground floors; suspended ground floors; upper floors; timber: properties, 1 THE BUILDING PROCESS AND SITEWORKS 1 Types, conversion, seasoning, defects, jointing, Choice of site; site investigation; groundwater fice Rreehioes drainage; setting out; control of building work; Sequence of building operations; problems in bil ack a design and construction of buildings General principles of design; choice of roof types iched roof construction; pitched roof coverings; BUILDING DRAWING 2 flat roof construction; flat roof coverings; roof thermal insulation; principal materials Drawing instruments and materials; layout and presentation of drawings; sketches; working draw. ati 8 WINDOws 120 3 FOUNDATIONS 2 General principles of window design; wood Identification and characteristics of soils; design casement windows; double-hung sash windows; defects in wood windows; metal windows; glass and glazing; double glazing and double windows; patent glazing. ‘of foundations; foundation types and their selec tion; excavation and trench timbering; concrete; cements; aggregates; site testing of materials concrete mixes; concreting operations; re inforced concrete; prestressed concrete; basement Eoin 132 construction. General principles of design of doors; door types; door frames and. linings; metal doors; iron 4 WALLS 41 mongery Functions of walls; bricks and blocks; mortars; SOTETAIRE AUDEUTTINGS a building brick and block walls; cavity walls; damp-proof courses; scaffolding; arches and lin. Staircase design; timber staircase construction tels; external treatments to walls; stone walls; stairways ie other materials; wood trim; simple «rosswall construction; internal partitions joinery fittings; panelling. Cre i