1940 House Concrete Walls

In 1940s homes through to 1953 i think i see more high contrast bathrooms.

1940 house concrete walls.

Streamline deco jazz age 1940s high contrast color schemes. In some regions concrete block is also a common building. Some of the most magnificent architectural examples of the builders art that line. Before the 1950s foundations were constructed of a variety of stone or cinder block materials.

1940s 1950s typical features of 1940s 1950s houses included. Inside walls are sheathed with smooth wallboard and floors laid with durable strip hardwood. I have a 1940 s cinder block one story home on a concrete slab in south texas. The pros cons of concrete block house construction.

How to remodel a 1940s bathroom. Concrete block has been used as a building material for more than a century. Concrete became widely used in the late 1940s with poured concrete and concrete blocks becoming standard. These high contrast color schemes are a carryover look from the streamline jazz age era.

Houses built from the 1890 1900 era until the early 1940s compose a good share of rochester s housing stock. Most houses built in the 1940s 60s featured a timber floor supported either by a continuous reinforced concrete perimeter wall and precast concrete piles or by piles without foundation walls. Other variations included cast in situ concrete corners with the remaining support provided by piles or for sloping sites jackframing on. A half century old bathroom will have many features that exude charm but a few updates could enhance the room s practicality and add a touch of modernity if.

Asbestos cement was used in the 1940s and 1950s for wall and roof claddings and also in the 1960s for floor coverings and spray on textured ceilings. Footings that support foundation walls are constructed underground often allowing the. A hipped or gabled roof a variation was the use of the dutch gable on some state houses with a pitch of 30 40 tile asbestos cement shingle or corrugated sheet roofing shallow boxed eaves a suspended timber floor usually with a concrete perimeter foundation wall. If your house has sheet cladding from this period including corrugated cement based roof cladding or sparkly textured ceilings check whether they contain asbestos before working on them.