Unfinished rubble building in Delhi
Booth (rubble stone) - pieces of stone ( dolomite , limestone or sandstone ) of irregular shape, not more than 500 mm in size by the largest dimension and weighing up to 50 kg.
The booth can be torn (irregularly shaped), tiled (flagstone) and bedded. A boot is obtained by developing local sedimentary and erupted rocks that meet the requirements for strength, frost resistance and water resistance. The stone used for construction must be clean, without cracks and delamination.
Used for the construction of dams and other hydraulic structures, masonry foundations and walls of unheated buildings. A large amount of rubble stone is processed into crushed stone .
See also
- Masonry
Literature
- Booth // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Shepelev A. M. How to build a rural house. - M .: Rosselkhozizdat, 1976.- 352 p. - 150,000 copies.