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486 CORK INSULATION<br />

form <strong>on</strong> walls and ceil-ing and the interior finish must be such that it<br />

will successfully resist such temporary c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s and permit of<br />

sanitary and hygienic c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s at all times through proper cleansing.<br />

To tile the entire interior of hotel cold storage rooms in white is<br />

the most satisfactory way, but is expensive. An alternate specifica-<br />

ti<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>siderably less expensive, if now in use with satisfactory<br />

results. It c<strong>on</strong>sists of two coats of Portland cement plaster troweled<br />

smooth and hard for the walls, ir<strong>on</strong>ed-<strong>on</strong> at the factory mastic finish^<br />

<strong>cork</strong>board for the ceilings, and hard c<strong>on</strong>crete wearing floor over<br />

floor <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>, with metal floor grids embedded flush in the 1-inch<br />

cement top finish. The plaster is marked of? in suitable squares to<br />

c<strong>on</strong>fine hair line check cracks to the score marks, and the joints in<br />

the ir<strong>on</strong>ed-<strong>on</strong> mastic finish <strong>cork</strong>board are sealed flush with a mastic<br />

filler, by ir<strong>on</strong>ing with a hot tool. This ir<strong>on</strong>ing process causes the<br />

filler to combine with the mastic material so that the finished surface<br />

is a c<strong>on</strong>tinuous sheet, sufficiently elastic at low temperatures to elimi-<br />

nate the possibility of cracking and absolutely impervious to moisture.<br />

The walls and ceiling can then be painted two coats of white prime<br />

and <strong>on</strong>e good coat of white elastic enamel. Two coats of orange<br />

shellac.should be applied to the mastic surface before the prime is<br />

applied, as otherwise the oils in the mastic material will cause the<br />

white prime and enamel to stain.<br />

In quite a few instances, ir<strong>on</strong>ed-<strong>on</strong> mastic finish <strong>cork</strong>board has<br />

been used <strong>on</strong> walls, as well as ceiling, with excellent results. It,<br />

unquesti<strong>on</strong>ably, is superior to Portland cement plaster but does not<br />

finish oflf as smoothly unless unusual care is taken in erecti<strong>on</strong> and<br />

sealing of the mastic joints.<br />

It is quite difficult to obtain c<strong>on</strong>crete wearing floors hard enough<br />

to successfully withstand hotel service. For that reas<strong>on</strong> the use of<br />

metal floor grids is essential, and a cold storage room floor so<br />

c<strong>on</strong>structed will outlast steel plates.<br />

These items, naturally, make the cost of a strictly modern hotel<br />

cold storage room somewhat more than the cost of ordinary equipment,<br />

but the first cost is practically the last cost and is far cheaper<br />

in the l<strong>on</strong>g run.<br />

—<br />

1 Since this article was written in 1918, plastic mastic finish, hand troweled to<br />

<strong>cork</strong>board surfaces at point of erecti<strong>on</strong>, has been developed to a satisfactory standard<br />

by the use of a high grade emulsified asphalt mixed and handled according to proven<br />

formula and tested method.<br />

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