Part 11 (1/2)

The floors are boarded save for the back kitchen, which is tiled The inner partitions are of 2-in breeze blocks, the ceilings are plastered, and the caseood lofts for storage, one entered from the barn, which is an extension of the house proper

The pillars of the barn and the partition wall between scullery and veranda are of 18 in by 9 in by 9 in rale pillar to the veranda is of similar blocks made from soft chalk

The rest of the structure is of monolithic pise, built up _in situ_ without joints of any kind, either horizontally or vertically

_Cost_--The total cost of the whole of the outer walling of the house (in pise) amounted to less than 20 Had the walls been built in brickwork the cost would, according to estimate, have been about 200

[Headnote: The Newlands Specification]

_Specification_--The following is an abridged extract from the specification so far as it affects the pise-builder:

(1) Excavate to a depth of 9 in over the site, du the turf and surface humus where directed

This soil is not to be used for building

(2) Lay a 6-in bed of cement and flint concrete 3 ft wide under outer walls Centrally on this, lay two courses of brickwork in cement, to a width of 18 in, or build up to the same extent in concrete

Lay on this an approved da a further course of brickwork or concrete above it to prevent fracture when ra

[Illustration: +The Newlands Corner Pise De+]

[Illustration: +Newlands The Cottage from the South-east+]

[Illustration: +Newlands The Garden Court+]

(3) Erect the walls according to the plan on the bases thus for the round the building course by course, using the special angle-pieces at the corners to keep the work continuous and hoeneous

(4) All stones and flints above a walnut size to be re and reserved for concrete

All sticks, leaves, roots, and other vegetable matter to be eliminated

(5) The soil immediately on the site to be used without admixture of any sort and to be thrown direct into the shutterings

No water to be added without the express permission of the architect

(6) The boxes are to be filled in thin layers of not more than 4 in at a time, and well rammed until solid The workmen are not to use their rammers in unison

(7) Rarees slope so as to splice in with new span of pise adjoining it

Where door andopenings occur, the special ”stops” to be adjusted and fir Two 4 in by 2 in

by 9 in plugs to be built in to eachja of the frames and three to each door ja at the corners and along the box edges

(8) Insert below floor level, where directed, 24 3-in field drainage pipes to act as ventilators through the thickness of the wall Insert wire mesh stops to exclude vermin

(9) Set all frames square and plumb, and where in outer walls, flush with finished exterior plaster-face, the joint being covered by a 2-in