12—Lancaster' Fanning, Friday, April 13, 1956
After excavation, cast-in-place concrete footings were built, Morti
was then prepared for laying up the concrete block walls.
■’ yhe first course of block was laid with great care, to insure alignment
Xhe units are laid in a full bed of mortar atop the footings.
A plaster coat and hot bituminous covering was applied to the exterioi
4d the wall to provide a harrier against moisture infiltration.
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Mortar was carefully compacted and tooled in the joints to improve
nratertightness and to provide a pleasing appearance to the walls.
Cribs of 4x4-in. timbers were wed to support the bouse until walll
irere built. Note how the screw Jacks bear against large timbers.
IN THE AlR—The house was raised with eight
crew jacks set under four large timbers. Sides
ere raised six inches at a time, and cribbing
ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO ADD
* A BASEMENT TO A HOUSE
( If you’re the owner of a small
■house and a growing family, this
phould p.uve mteresting.
This 40 - year - old Midwestern
house, like many houses of its day,
;(was not designed for a central
Ideating system. And, needless to
■iay, no provision was made for
jan automatic washing machine
pnd dryer, a workshop or base
(nent recreation room—all a part
'fif modern-day Hving.
[ But the house was well built
land still has many years of use
ful service. The owner '‘‘decided
ijfchat ’56 was the year to fix, and
set out to gain the extra space he
ineeded by adding a concrete ma
jsoniy basement. Not only does the
hew basement provide additional
Iroom, it also provides a strong,
stuidy foundation for the old house,
[insuring extra years of service
life What’s more, the basement
doesn’t take up one square inch
of lot area, and the lines of the
house are maintained intact
i
; The same thing, builders point
|out, can be done to mcrease the
[living, stoiage and working space
Straight walls are necessary for good, support. Here a mason cfaec!
bis work with level before s* ' a new coarse of masonry.
New Holland to
Grant Three
Scholarships
To help encourage Increased
interest m engineering careers.
New Holland Machine Company
of New Holland, Pa, will grant
three scholarships in Agricul
tural Engineering at Pennsyl
vania State University.
Two of the scholarships will
be granted to high school seniors
in Lancaster County, where New
Holland has two plants, and the
other scholarship will be in
Mifflin County where New Hol
land has a plant at Belleville.
Each scholarship will cover
one half of the fees in the agri
cultural engineering course at
Penn State for the first two
placed under the timbers. After house had been
raised to sufficient height, excavation was begun.
Concrete block were used to build basement wallsj
of thousands of small houses, par
ticularly those on small lots, where
additions are difficult.
In the case of this house, the
owner chose concrete masonry
(block) for his basement. The rea
son is that while the units- are
large in size, they are easily han
dled and can be quickly laid up
into a durable wall without the
need for formwork, and with a
minimum of labor Cast-in-place
concrete was used for the footings
which support the walls. The
BxBxl6-inch block used produced
a wall 8 mches thick with courses,
or roWs, 8 inches high.
The first step in building the new
basement was to raise the house
This was done by excavating
slightly between foundation posts,
and setting four heavy timbers
atop screw jacks. The jacks were
turned until the house was sup
ported by the timbers. One side
was raised six inches, and crib
bing placed under the timbers.
The same procedure was then re
peated for the other side When
the supporting cribs had been built
up in this manner to sufficient
years. In addition, New Holland
will offer summer employment
to the scholarship holders to
help them earn a considerable
portion of their total college ex
pense.
Senior students in public and
parochial high schools in Lan
caster and Mifflin Counties are
eligible provided they meet the
scholastic 'and other entrance
requirements at Penn State.
New Holland’s staff of en
gineers Will visit each school in
terested in the scholarship and
will -explain the program. The
Awards Committee will be made
up of an official of the New
Holland Machine Company, Pro
fessor EVank Peikert, head of
Penn State -Agricultural Engine
ering Department, and one
community leader from Lancas
ter County and one from Mifflin
height, an area was excavated!
and construction begun.
First, a trench Was dug and cast-J
in-place concrete footings placed
to support the walls. The block
were then laid up, and a plaster*
coat applied to the outside Thm
was covei ed with a hot bitumi
nous coating for added protection!
against water infiltration When]
the wall had been built to a suf
ficient height, partition walls were)
constructed and tiers of concietei
block placed between the
to support the house. The timbers!
were then removed, and the base
ment completed.
Modernization projects such asl
this aie being urged as a part of
“Operation Home Improvement,”
nationwide drive sponsored by the;
United States Chamber of Com-j
merce aimed at improving Amer
ica’s existing homes.
Concrete masonry has proved
exceptionally popular for modern
ization and home improvements^
It is estimated . that conciete
block accounts for more than two-j
thirds of the volume of all ma
sonry ivvalls being built today i
EGGS
Philadelphia April 11 (USDA)
—Market about steady. Demand
good for adequate supplies of all
grades. Current receipts moved
slov/lv at 39-40 c for small lots.
Wholesale selling prices. Min
imum 10 net A A quality: Large
45-48 lb white 45-45%, brown 44-
45, medium white 44-44%, brown
42-43 Extras, min 60 pet A
quality large 45-50 lb white 42-
42%, brown none, mixed 41-41%,
medium white 4041, brown none,
mixed 40-41. Standard 3940,
Checks 32-34.
Receipts April 10—5,100 cases,
all by truck.
County, whose names will be
announced later
The scholarships will be
granted on the basis of academic
standing, scholastic efficiency in
mathematics, physics and science
courses, participation m high
school and community activities,
financial need, and an interest
in agricultural engieerig. -
At least six finalists will be
selected from Lancaster County
and three from Mifflin County to
appear before the committee
Completed - applications must
be mailed to Larry H, Skromme,
Chief Engineer, New Holland
Machine Company, New Holland,
Pa, by April 30 Winners will
be announced as soon as possible
thereafter.
The three awards are the lat
est step in New Holland’s pro
gram for encouraging engineer
ing. The company already main
tains a cooperative training pro
gram at Drexel Institute for
mechanical engineering stu
dents, a cooperative training
-program with Wyomissing Poly
technic Institute and supports
scholarships for industrial en
gineers.