The modern plasterer. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: W. Verrall.
• Authors: Verrall, W
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Contents; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY; Why we Plaster; Sequence of Plastering Operations; Rendering; Floating; Setting; Special Finish; Precautions; Well-slaked Lime; Clean Sand; Impure Water; Defects; Crazing and Cracking; The Revival of Stucco; Cost of Upkeep; Stucco in Dirty Atmospheres; Variety of Treatment; CHAPTER II ANCIENT AND ASIATIC PLASTER; Egyptian Plaster; Grecian Plaster and Stucco; Roman Plaster Work; Slaking Lime for Stucco; Foundations for Plaster; Plastering; Contrast with Modern Methods. Preservation from Damp of Mural Paintings and DecorationGreek Method; Vitruvius' Treatment of Damp Walls; Examples of Work; Byzantine Plaster; Saracenic Plaster; Other Asiatic Plaster; CHAPTER III MODERN DECORATIVE PLASTER; Italian Developments; Gesso Grosso; Gesso Sottile; Gesso Bolognese; Stucco; French Work; Papier Mâché; Carton Pierre; Pâte Coulante; Paste Composition; English Plaster Work; Pargeting; Early Plaster Work; Exterior Work; CHAPTER IV CEILINGS: DECORATIVE AND OTHERS; Designing a Decorative Ceiling; Selection of Ornament; Some Authorities; Styles of Decoration; Ancient Work. Foreign DevelopmentsSaracenic Plaster; Persian Plaster; Italian Work; French Plaster Work; Ceiling Work in England; Types of Ceilings; Flat Ceilings; Provision for Lighting; Cornices; Panelled Ceilings; Coffered Ceilings; Coved Ceilings; Vaulted Ceilings; Barrel Vaulted Ceilings; Curved Surfaces; Groined Ceilings; Colouring; Pugging; CHAPTER V PLASTERING MATERIALS; Limes; Varieties of Lime; Hydraulic Limes; Lias Lime; Poor Lime; Stone Lime or Grey Chalk Lime; Hydrated Lime; Slaking Lime; Gypsum; Gypsum Cements; Plaster of Paris; Hard-baked Plaster; Gypsum Plaster and Wall Boards. ""Patent"" Plasters and CementsKeene's; Parian; Martin's; Thistle Hardwall; Granite Silicon; Victorite; Sirapite; Selenetic; Plastic Magnesia; Lime Plasters and Gypsum Plasters Compared; Natural Cements; Roman; Medina; Portland Cement; Sand; CHAPTER VI PORTLAND CEMENT; Clay and Lime; Roman Cement; Materials; Mixing; Burning; The Rotary Kiln; Cooling; Grinding; Uses of Portland Cement; Testing; Purity and Homogeneity; Specific Gravity; Fineness; Soundness; Setting; Tensile Strength; CHAPTER VII HOW TO MAKE CONCRETE; Reinforced Concrete; Materials; Cement; Sand; Coarse Aggregate. Suitable AggregateCoke-breeze; Clinker; Broken Brick; ""Granite"" Concrete; Size of Coarse Aggregate; Proportioning; Mixing; Mixing Board; Measuring Boxes; Placing; Protection and Curing; Concreting in Frosty Weather; Impermeability; Surface Dressing; Mistakes to be Avoided; Materials Required; Tools; Timber; Cement, Sand and Coarse Material; Tables; Summary; CHAPTER VIII SELECTION OF MATERIALS; Selections of Plaster; Lime Plaster; Impervious Plaster; Cement Plaster; Exterior Work; On Metal Laths; Finish for Intenor Work; Use of Hair in Plastering; Hair for Cement-Gypsum Plasters.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 693.6; Plastering; Plastering; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317741978; 1317741978; 9781315793597; 1315793598
• Related ISBNs: 9781317741985; 9781317741961
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