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Identifier: schoolarchitectu00bruc (find matches)
Title: School architecture; a handy manual for the use of architects and school authorities
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, William George, 1856-1949 Bruce, William Conrad, 1882- Bruce, Frank Milton, 1885- (from old catalog)
Subjects: School buildings
Publisher: Milwaukee, Johnson service company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e cold air duct Thetube is equipped with a valve which expands asthe steam escapes, thus regulating the amountof moisture supplied. The system has provenmust successful and has been used with good re-sults. Boiler Rooms.—Unquestionably the boilerroom in a small school building belongs in thebasement of that building. The comparativesafety with which this can be installed, as alsothe excessive expense incurred by any otherlocation, establishes the rule for the basementboiler room in small schools. In later years, however, outside boiler roomshave been constructed in connection with largebuildings and are now being operated with greatsuccess. Of course, the plan is expensive in itsfirst equipment. Its operation is the same as thebasement boiler room with the advantages ofisolation, and a reduction of the danger of fire,explosions, etc. Again heating and ventilatingsystems can be constructed on more liberal lineswithout the danger of encroaching upon thebasement and its other uses. 185
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186 Heating and Ventilation In general, the boiler room follows the rulelaid down for basements. It should be at leasttwelve feet high and if possible shut off from therest of the basement by a heavy fire-proof wall.The only means of communication with the restof the building ought to be by a fire-proof door,fitted with spring butts and door checks. Thoughbrick pavement or stone flagging laid in con-crete has been commonly used for floors in boilerrooms, asphalt, laid at least one-half inch thickor good concrete will serve as excellent flooring.Ceilings should be fire-proof cement on metallathing. The best type of boiler ought always beselected for new school buildings. They shouldbe properly inspected by qualified engineers andonly accepted after satisfactory test. Boilersshould be made accessible on all sides with prac-tical communication with coal room and out-side. Flues should have not less than four in-ches of brickwork and be lined from bottom totop with terra cotta or cast iro

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