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It says (111) "the ground surface of every domaɛtic 13499 building shall be properly covered over with a layer of not less than six inches of good lime, or cement conorate, finished off smooth, and the ground surface of every basement, area, oookhouse, latrine, or open
shall be properly Burface connected therewith.
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covered over with a layer of good lime or cement concrete, not less than six inches thick, finished off smooth, with not less than two inches of cement concrete
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or with such other material as may be
approved by the Board" ?
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Now, what do you cons der is the reason for that section. Is it not that the floor shall be impervious ? That is one thing, no doubt. Impervious to water, you
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Do you understand it to be so ?
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I understand that is one of the reasons for it.
Is that not the main object of cohoreting the floors 13582
of those houses?
It is the big object impervious to water.
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The second part of that section states "the ground 13503 surface of every area" &c. "or space on which alops may be thrown, shall have a fall of not less thah 1 in 40, from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or cther outlet, for the drainage of such surface". In the same way, therefore, that means that
it shall be impervious to water ?
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Yes.
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Section 112 is very much the same ?
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112 is in cases where the concrete has perished.
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