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Hollow clay tile walls.
This clay hollow blocks are an innovation in the construction industry.
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It continues to be used in europe to build fire resistant walls and partitions.
A good many farmers are coming around to the idea that it pays to invest a little bit more in a building at the start so as to get away from the upkeep expense later on.
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Structural clay tile include.
Hollow clay tile load bearing 23 0psf hollow clay tile nonbearing 18 0psf hollow gypsum block 8 thick 26 0psf limestone 55 0psf terra cotta tile 25 0psf stone 55 0psf 8 concrete wall 100 0 psf wood paneling 1 2 5psf.
Each unit is generally made of clay or terra cotta with hollow cavities or cells inside it.
Advertisements and architecture guides from the teens through the thirties also refer to it as hollow structural tile hollow tile block hollow building tile structural clay tile and structural clay load bearing wall tile.
Many people are more familiar with terra cotta for its decorative use in mid rise city buildings.
Also known as hollow structural tile hollow tile block hollow building tile structural clay tile and structural clay load bearing wall tile.
Structural terra cotta is made from natural clay or clay produced from pulverized shale that is extruded through a die like play doh spaghetti.
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In north america the material has largely been replaced by concrete masonry units.
They are turning to clay tile more and more.
Reprinted from american builder february 1918.
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