Flat roofs, 417, 44756, 461, 466
Flat sawn timber, 554
Flat slabs, 4968, 668
Flat top girder, 569, 572
Flemish bond, 326
Flexible paving, 133
Flight auger, 78, 234
Flitch beam, 557
Float valves, 774 5
Floating floor, 651, 683 4
Floating pile foundation, 228
Floor plans, 26, 41
Floor springs, 724
Floors:
domestic ground, 647 51
finishes, 652 3
fixings, 672
flat slab, 4968, 668
hollow pot, 671 2
insitu RC suspended, 4968, 668
large cast insitu, 654 5
loads, 37
precast concrete, 673 5
ribbed, 669 70
screeds, 6478, 656 7
sound insulation, 67980, 683 4
suspended concrete ground, 352, 650 1
suspended timber ground, 547, 549
suspended timber upper, 65863, 667
waffle, 669 70
Flue blocks, 800, 809
Flue lining, 8001, 803, 8056, 808
Flush bored pile foundation, 229, 231
Fly jib, 189 90
Flying shore, 153, 156 8
Folded plate construction, 8, 587
Footpaths, 136
Forklift truck, 182
Formwork:
beams, 515 17
columns, 517 18
principles, 514
slab, 498
stairs, 700
walls, 519 20
Foundation hinges, 551
Foundations:
basic sizing, 216
beds, 215
calculated sizing, 218
defects, 207 9
design procedure, 21618, 223
functions, 205
grillage, 225
isolated pad, 225
piled, 221, 230 47raft, 222 3
shortbored piled, 221, 228 30
simple reinforced, 220
stepped, 219
strip width guide, 217
subsoil movement, 207 10
types, 223 7
Four-in-one bucket, 174
Four wheeled grader, 173
Framed structures, 500, 504, 5214, 5379,
560
Freyssinet anchorage, 529
Friction hinge, 375
Friction piling, 228
Frieze, 736
Frodingham box pile, 240
Frodingham sheet pile, 291
Full height casting, 255
Fungicide, 122
Furniture beetle, 463Gabion wall, 262
Gable end roof, 418 20
Gambrel roof, 419, 427
Gantry crane, 191
Gantry girder, 534
Gantry scaffolding, 152
Garage, 330 1
Garden wall bonds, 327
Gas:
fires, 799
flues, 799800, 809
service intake, 797 8
supply, 797 8
Gas resistant membranes, 3512, 651
Gas Safe Register, 57, 479
Gate valve, 774 5
Gauge box, 286
Geodistic dome, 578
Girders, 534, 569, 571 2
Glass and glazing, 379 88
Glass block wall, 389 90
Glass manifestation, 388
Glazed cladding, 601 2
Gluelam, 553 6
Grab bucket, 178
Graders, 173
Granular soil shell, 230
Green field, 318, 351
Green roof, 465 6
Grillage foundation, 225
Groins, 582
Ground anchors, 270, 310, 531, 588
Ground freezing, 312
Ground vibration, 313 15
Ground water, 70, 72, 80, 302Index