HORTICULTURE 



December 9, 1920 



Some Hold Up Points 

 Worth Upholding 



Before you decide on the house you are going 

 to build, hold up a bit, and consider some of 

 these hold up points in Hitchings houses. 



Take the columns for example. As columns, 

 they are pipe like any other column. But there 

 Uie likeness stops.- Look at the centre illus- 

 tration, and you see why. 



.\o one else uses a foot base like that. It's a 

 regular 4 way braced base, just such as is used 

 in building a steel frame office building. When 

 you dig the hole for it, it has a goodly sized flat 

 bottom to set square and fair in place. When 

 you put the concrete around, it has something 

 to grip for fair. 



The column clamps in place with a four bolt 

 clamp, and a set screw. All of which means a 

 bull dog grip and also that you have some way 

 to raise or lower it to line it up. 



At the top, the column cap is bolted directly 

 to the plate that splices the rafter and carries 

 the truss tie. The cap itself is bolted through 

 and through to the column. So much for that 

 hold up framing point. 



Now for liow the rafter and purlins are 

 fastened together. Take a look at the cut 

 below. See that knee brace, and the way it 

 first bolts with 2 bolts to the purlin. Then bolts 

 to the rafter. Then screws to the rafter 



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cap itself. Compare its strength with the 

 usual piece of angle iron cut off in short 

 lengths. 



After which, let's go up the roof to the ridge, 

 as shown at the right. That part of the rafter 

 and truss from the column cap splice plate to 

 the ridge is framed at the factory, all ready for 

 lifting up into place. Plate No. 1 on both sides 

 of the ratter, with its angle No. 2, is brought 

 face to face, and bolted together. 



No. 2 is the anchor for the truss rod which 

 stiffens the ridge. No. 4 is the truss rod. No. 7 

 is the no leak ridge, so milled that the sash 

 have sort of a pry tight movement, making it 

 weather proof. 



Now figure on the tact that the ratter from the 

 column runs to the eave, where it bends, and 

 continues straight to the cast iron post base, 

 similar in design to the column base. 



The rafter itself is not below grade to rust. It 

 has no splice plates at the eave to cumber it up 

 and cast shade. It's one solid piecs, from col- 

 umn cap to base. 



For the rest of them — both .'he hold-up and 

 hold-down points — see our Supply flook. If you 

 haven't one, send for it. And you know we go 

 anvwhere for business, or to talk business. 



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