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Those 200 floors that I have passed in Bonham Strand
and Wing Lok Street, I am quite sure there will be no
trouble there for 30 years at least.
What thickness ?
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Four inches.
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What was the specification of it ?
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No particular specification.
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There must have been some specification ?
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Yes.
Humphreys :-
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Roughly, one, two three. One cement, two red earth,
and three or four of stone.
I suppose cement means a great increase in the cost $282
Which do you think makes the best concrete, red earth (5283.
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or sand ?
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Sand.
Shelton Hooper:-
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Dont you think the cost would be 50% more ?
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No, I would rather say 33% more.
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You dont know the cost per yard ↑
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No, when I say that, I am gaying it by what I have
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more for cement.
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Yes. The cement floor would not be rendered.
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Would it not have to be finished smooth ↑
It is one operation for the best work, so it would
be one solid blook.
Just now you said the stone to be used might go
through an inch ring ↑
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Yes.
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Can you get a smooth floor by using that stone ?
You work it until you get all the fine to the táp. It
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