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HOET I CULTURE 



March 24, 1917 



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Note how scarcely noticeable the sag: rod is, extending: from the header purlin to the eave plate. 



\o iiiterine^Iiiite posts are ncedeil. 



SAG 



How We Prevent Eave Sag 

 In Our Reconstructed Constructed Houses 



WITH the old spacing of 8 feet 4 inches between 

 rafters, the Eave kept right up in line, true 

 as a die. 



But when it came to malving that spacing 12 feet 

 1% inches and using 20-inch glass instead of 16, 

 there was an extra strain thrown on the angle iron 

 plate, which had to be taken care of, or there would 

 be a sure enough centre sag. 



Such a sag would look bad, cause loosening of the 

 .^lass, and make the sash hit and stick. 

 Any one of these faults would be bad enough. To 

 have all three would be beyond endurance. 

 Being the first to use such a wide rafter spacing, 

 with 20-inch glass, we had many difficult complica- 

 tions to overcome. 



All of them were solved before we sold a house. 



It's not our way to induce the grower to be the goat 



and try our experiments out for us. 



So to prevent that Eave sag, we put in a half size 

 intermediate rafter running only from the header 

 purlin to the ridge on both sides. Running from that 

 purlin through each one, down to the plate, we ran 

 a sag rod. 



At each purlin it had a stop which fitted up snug 

 against it, also preventing any possibility of their 

 sagging. As a result, our Eaves and purlins remain 

 straight as a string. 



It overcomes entirely the necessity of using that 

 heavy eave supporting centre post that in some con- 

 structions comes right in the centre of a light. 



In comparing our construction carefully with others, 

 you can plainly see in how many ways we accom- 

 plish the same thing in a neater, more common 

 sensed sort of a way. 



You know we go anywhere for business. Or to 

 talk business. 



HitcKirtsgs ^ CompatiV 



NEW YORK 

 1170 Broadway 



BOSTON 

 49 Federal Street 



General Offices and Factory, Elizabeth, N. J. 



PHILADELPHIA 

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