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A.
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Is there much use in that cement rendering, if that may happen?
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A.
No,
not at that height.
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4.0.
Then, do you think it comes off on account of the great
height it is put ?
A.
Yes,
and the weight of it. It cannot get a grip into
the wall aufficiently to last.
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And what height, as a Sanitary Inspector, do you think
it should be ?
A.
18 inches to 2 feet.
And do you think that that is a cause why so much of 20143
it has come off
Owing to its own weight, and people knocking it with wood and their utensils.
A.
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Q.
What thickness would you have it?
A.
1
ie no use.
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To make it last, at least one inch. But that height it
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As a practical man, I put the question to you, whether
you can put Portland cement on walls an inch thick,
that will stand?
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A.
Not at that height, not at four fest.
4.
But you have just suggested an inch thick, instead of2:46
half an inch.
A.
I beg your pardon, it is a mistake if I said that. Dont you think that the weight of Portland cement,
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it were an inch thick, would be worse still on account
of its weight ?
A.
Certainly I do.
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48 Q.
The Chairman:-
And havnt you seen in inspecting houses that the way
this cement rendering has been put on, it has come off
again in a large number of cases ?
A.
In most cases.
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A.
How long will it last?
Generally a year or eighteen months.
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