Garden Walls
Garden Walls.—A chalk garden wall must be afforded just as much protection as the wall of a house and on both sides.
The hat with which it is provided is of the highest importance to the health and longevity of the walling.
Examples of garden wall copings are given in the sketches shown below.
WALL COPINGS.
House Walls.—Chalk conglomerate walls rarely exceed 18 in. in thickness, and are usually the same upstairs as down.
A plinth of the same thickness as the chalk wall it supports is usually carried up 6 in. to 18 in. above the ground level in rubble-work, flint, or brick, being known as the “Underpin Course.” Any of the stock damp-courses are suitable, but they must be well and truly laid, as damp feet are nearly as deleterious to a chalk wall as a leaky or inadequate hat.
No special tools are required for this method of building, an ordinary farm fork for lifting and a spade for the final chopping down of the wall faces being all that are necessary.
A house built during the summer is usually fit for occupation the same autumn.