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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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, and flashed at least three inches in height on all wall lines to make floorwater tight; the floor is graded to wall scupjiers or other outlets so it candrain ofi when flooded. ()n top of this floor the wearing floor is well nailedand made as tight as jKissible. At eadi floor level where there is no oflfsetin the wall, corbel out with a ledge, which acts as a fire stop and preventsfire commtmication. .As a rule, 10 per cent moisture is (x-Tmitted in all framing timlKT. andfor this reason no oil paint, or varnish, nnist be used until the wood is thor-oughly seasoned, as this prevents evaporation and fermentation of unseasoned\vf>otl (dry rot) often takes place; cases are on record where entire buildingshave collai>sed from this cause. If i>ainting is re<;uircd, cold water paint is))erniissil)le; this will not prevent the wood from seasoning, which ordinarilytakes about three years, <lepending on (he amount of ninisuire it conlaincti 76 Till-. .IKCIllTliCT .IXD JiXaiMUih
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A SUCCESSFUL FIRE STOPShotang satisfiirlii<-y fire rctarttcnt icn-icc of metal winilow frirehouse opposite side twenty-foot alley 7fas totally destroyed.e broken xclien side Tcfl// of burning building fell. when placed in tlie buildin.tj: oil paint, or varnish should not be used underany circumstances, as it would mak-e the woodwork hig^hly intlammahle anddefeat the main and important object of slow combustion construction, whichis fire-retardini;. •^t t** jt The four-stcry buildin.LC illustrated in this article was just recently coni-))lcted at First and Folsom streets, San Irancisco, by the writer and is a fairexam))lc of standard slow-combustion construction. It was erected for theCatherine Dunne Co., and so constructed that two additional stories can beadded. Mr. G. P. W. Jensen was the contractor. The buildin.ef will be occupied by (iinibal Irotbcrs. the \\cll-known localcandy manufacturers, who ))lan to have the mo-;t mndcrn and best e<;uii)ped I HE ARCHITECT AND ENGLXEE

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