Rob Amaral Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.treanorarchitects.com/static ... _fig76.jpg I'm sure some of us have run into this.. There is a neighborhood in BOS near the former Cocoanut Grove fire area that has some of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Structural terra cotta? I wonder if the 'fill' is gypsum? Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 What year would those have been built? 1880's-90's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 What year would those have been built? 1880's-90's? After 1900. http://historicbldgs.com/terra_cotta.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 There is a modern interpretation of that about 20 miles north of me. The owner of a concrete plant built 3 modest ranches out of concrete in the late 60s. Poured foundation, concrete tile floor platform, block walls with brick veneer. Wood ceiling joists and rafters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 No that uncommon in old commercial buildings in major cities. The fill is often cinders or slag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 No that uncommon in old commercial buildings in major cities. The fill is often cinders or slag. Really? I'm looking at the illustration and wondering what "f" is. Can't be cinders or slag. Wouldn't it be some kind of grout, like gypsum or cement? I think this is the same thing Marc was wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 There was no fill in units in the building I inspected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 There was no fill in units in the building I inspected... What formed the finished floor surface and how was it fastened in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 My apartment building is a variation of this. Grout is a very rich Portland cement, then a slurry of not so rich on top of that, then sleepers or furring on the concrete, then t&g oak strip finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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