William Barr McKay

McKay's Building Construction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Describes the craft of building as practised before the second world war, prior to the introduction of modern materials and building techniques. This book includes: the author's drawings to illustrate the text; material on traditional craft practice - useful for undertaking repairs; and explanations of terminology and techniques.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 284mm x 224mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1410g
• ISBN-13: 9781873394724
• ISBN-10: 1873394721
• Artikelnr.: 37195815

Autorenporträt

William Barr McKay

Inhaltsangabe

Volume I BRICKWORK: Materials
Bonding
Stopped ends
Junctions and quoins
Piers
Jambs
Foundations
Damp proof courses
Site concrete
Offsets and corbels
Lintels
Arches
Window sills
Thresholds
Copings
Plinths
Tools
Construction
Jointing and pointing MASONRY: Classification of stones
Quarrying
Preparation
Defects
Walling
Rubble work
Ashlar
Arches
Window sills
Plinths
Cornices
String courses
Copings
Masonry joints
Mortar jointing
Lifting appliances CARPENTRY: Structure, growth, felling, seasoning, preservation, conversion, defects and classification of timber-floors
Single, double and framed roofs
Trench timbering
Centering JOINERY: Ledged braced and battened, framed ledged braced and battened, panelled and flush doors
Casement, cased frame, pivoted and Yorkshire windows
Hardware
Architraves, skirtings, picture rails and angle beads
Nails, screws and fasteners
tools SLATING: Formation, quarrying, conversion, preparation and characteristics of slates
Centre-nailed and head-nailed slating details
Nails
Ridges
Hips
Valleys
Tools
Plain tiling PLUMBING: Manufacture and characteristics of lead
Lead rolls, drips, flashings and soakers
Details of leadwork at gutters, flats, chimney stacks, ridges, hips and valleys
Lead pipe joints
Eaves gutters
Down-pipes
Tools MILD STEEL SECTIONS, BOLTS AND RIVETS Homework programme Volume II BRICKWORK: Materials, including bricks, lime, cement, mortars and concrete
Squint junctions
Squint quoins
Rebated and splayed jambs
Piers
Cavity walls
Circular work
Raking bonds
Reinforced brickwork
Special bonds
Arches
Damp proofing of basements
Open areas
Stepped foundations
Concrete floor construction
Decorated brickwork
Fireplaces
Flues
Chimney breasts and stacks
Setting out DRAINAGE: Sewage disposal
Drain pipes and traps
Setting out and excavation of drain trenches
Construction of drains
Drainage schemes
Intercepting and inspection chamber
Ventilation
Testing MASONRY: Formation and classification of stones
Granites
Sandstones
Limestones
Marbles
Slates
Defects
Tests
Quarrying and mining
Machine dressing
dressings to door and window openings
Cornices
Steps and stair MILD STEEL ROOF TRUSSES: Bolts and rivets
Details of roof trusses suitable for 20-ft., 30-ft., 30 to 40-ft. and 40-ft. span Homework programme Volume III CARPENTRY: Classification, structure, conversion, seasoning, preservation, defects, characteristics, uses, preparation and sources of timbers
Woodworking machinery
Doubled, framed and fire-resisting floors, Determination of sizes of joists and beams, and floor finishes
Stoothed, trussed and slab partitions
Sound-proofing
Double, laminated and Queen post roofs
Deep trench timbering
Centering JOINERY: Transomed, semicircular headed, glazed and flush doors
Semicircular headed and three light cased windows and metal windows
Details of straight flight, Dog-leg and open stairs, Winders and special steps
Manufacture, characteristics and uses of plywood, laminboards, blockboards, battenboards and composite boards ROOF COVERINGS: Manufacture and characteristics of clay, shale and asbestos
Cement tiles and sheets
Details of plain, pan, Italian and Spanish tiling, asbestos-cement sheeting, stone slating, shingling, and copper and zinc roofing
Thatching Homework programme Syllabus in building construction, stage two Index to three volumes.