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H K T I C TJ L T U E E 



November 4, 1916 



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No. 1 is the piible triiHS 

 stiffener. No. i is the pipe 

 brace running froni center 

 of gable to the ridge. No. 

 3, the pipe brace running 

 from the gable rafter to 

 the first columns and then 

 on down into a concrete 

 footing in the ground. 



The stifteniiifi: «»t the tirst 

 two se<-tionK is accom- 

 plihihed by running an an- 

 gle iron from ea\e to sill. 

 Stiffening at this point, we 

 ciinsider * er.v necessary. 



This shows J ou how No. :i is tie*l to (lie (irst <(iluiiii), on 

 itH way to the concrete footing. 



How We Put "The Starcli" In Our Gables 



THERE has been much talk and many claims about 

 rigid gables. ,, . . ,,^ 



The wind pressure against their direct upright sur- 

 faces is terrilic. 



After very onretnl investigation, and a series of rigid 

 tests, we have come to the definite conclusion that much 

 of the loosening of glass in the big houses is largely 

 due to the lack of rigidity of the gables. 

 To make the gable so there Is no movement In and out — 

 is not enough. 



There is a tremendous pressure exerted by the gable 

 against the entire frame. The more rigid it is; in fact 

 with the mare force, is that pressure passed along. 

 I'pright strength rigidity is not enough. 

 There must also lie a bracing that shall convey the 

 winds' thrust to the foundation and footings, and take 

 all possible away from the frame. 

 This is how wo accomplish it. 



First the gabic rafters and purlins are made amply 

 strong. 



Tlieii tlie broad end is stiffened tty a truss running par- 

 allel with one of the purlins. See No. 1. 

 Extending fr<»m the center of the gable, a pipe brace 

 runs til the ridge. See No. 2. 



From two of the gable rafters, we run a pipe brace to 

 the Brst column, and down into a concrete footing be- 

 yond. See No. :{. 



On two of the side sections we put angle iron bracings, 

 from the eave to the sill. See No. 4. 



From the descriptinn and the enlarged points of views 

 of the picture, it miglif seem that such bracings might 

 be rather noticeable, hut they are not. 

 If you do notice them, it is only to be impressed that 

 here at last is a gable that is rigid, and will preservi' 

 the rigidity of the entire house. A gable that will not 

 transfer the wind pressure directly to the entire frame- 

 work, sooner or later, causing glass loosenings. 





NEW YORK 

 1170 Broadway 



BOSTON 

 49 Federal Street 



General Offices and Factory, Elizabeth, N. J. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 40 S. 15th Street 



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