Alpha Portland Cement Concrete Foundation Walls Basements Manual Book 1943 For Sale

*** see all 19 photos *** complete 1941 original 32 page booklet , contents photo #5 and keep reading , old owner name stamp on front, clean, very nice considering age, exactly as pictured.Alpha Portland Cement Concrete Foundation Walls Basements Manual Book 1943DRY BASEMENTS OF CONCRETEA DRY basement, properly lighted and adequately floored, adds valuable space to any building. The principal use for below-grade space is as storage and service rooms. When adequately day-lighted and floored, basement space has uses which are unlimited. Working and living conditions can be made equal to those in above-grade interiors if recommended construction methods are followed. See pages 15 and 17 for methods of insuring dry walls and floors in basements.of The activities of the Portland Cement Association, a national organization, are limited to scientific research, the development improved products and methods, technical service, promotion and educational effort (including safety work), and are primarily designed to improve and extend the uses of port-land ment and concrete.The manifold program of the Association and its varied serv-ices to cement users. made possible by the financial support of over 60 member companies, engaged in the manufacture and sale of a very large proportion of all portland cement used in the United States.Foundation Walls and Basements of ConcreteA building. Whether the structure is a towering skyscraper or a STRONG, durable foundation is the first requirement for every good story building, concrete footings and foundations are a necessity.Concrete foundations prolong the life of buildings because they insure uniform distribution of the weight on the soil, thereby preventing settle ment and consequent cracking of walls and retaining the structure in first-class condition at minimum maintenance cost. Such foundations likewise are ratproof, fireproof and permanent..Concrete foundations are the only known barrier against termites which eat and often destroy wooden structures. Extermination of these wood-boring insects is practically impossible and the only effective method of limiting their activities is by building them out with high concrete foundations.Concrete foundations also are proof against rats. Many cities in rat-infested districts have passed ordinances requiring that buildings be made ratproof with concrete floors and foundation walls, because no rat can gnaw through concrete. By keeping rats out of storage buildings, concrete foundations or basement walls in a short time will prevent waste or destruc-tion of foods or other products equal to their cost.A schoolhouse foundation with concrete masonry.I combine shipping where I can, ask before making payment and wait for combined invoice .