PLAN AXD SPECIFICATIOX OF FORESTERS COTTAGE. 293 



7 feet apart with pieces 8 inches by 1^ inches, driven up and firmly 

 nailed. Joists to be bridled for stairs, and hearths where shown. 

 Bridling joists will be 8 inches by 3J inches. The space between 

 joists will be prepared for deafening with boards | inch thick, 



3 inches broad, laid on fillets 1 inch by 1 inch, firmly nailed to 

 joists. 



Roofs. — The roofs will be constructed as shown on plan, with 

 rafters 6| inches by 2^ inches, placed at IS-inch centres. Piend 

 rafters will be 9 inches by 2 inches. The lower end of rafters will 

 be dressed and moulded, and will project from the walls as shown. 

 Cantilevers for gables will be 5 inches by 2| inches clean dressed 

 at outer ends, and extending through walls and firmly nailed to 

 first rafter. Roofs of dormer windows will be formed as shown, 

 with rafters, ties, and uprights at sides. Rafters to be bh inches 

 by 2\ inches, uprights 4 inches by 2 inches. The whole of the 

 roofs will be covered with |-inch sarking, close jointed and securely 

 nailed. Ridge-rolls will be 1| inches diameter, firmly fixed down 

 at alternate rafters with iron spikes. Provide the roof with all 

 necessary tilting fillets. Fit on roof-lights, which the plumber 

 provides, and place |-inch beaded facings inside the same. 



Projections. — Projections of roofs will be covered with li-inch 

 red-wood flooring, dressed on under side, tongued and grooved 

 and properly jointed ; the rafters being checked down to suit 

 the difi"erent thickness of flooring and sarking. Rolls for pro- 

 jections of roofs will be 2\ inches by 1^-inches, rounded on upper 

 edge, checked and firmly nailed to sarking. Fret-board and mould- 

 ing will be fitted up on projections as shown. 



Strajjs and Lath. — The interior surface of all external walls to 

 have straps 1| inches by | inch, placed at 14 inches apart, securely 

 fixed to bond-timbers, opposite flues to be fixed with holdfasts, 

 and to be all covered with best St Petersburg lath- wood \ inch 

 thick, placed f inch apart, double nailed at joinings, but not over- 

 lapped, and to have band broken every 2 feet. 



Partitions. — Partition standards w^ill be 4 inches by 2 inches, placed 

 at 14 inches from centre to centre, top and bottom runners to be 



4 inches by 2 inches. Dwangs 4 inches by IJ inches to be placed 

 opposite door-lintel, and gradually lowered to mid-way between top 

 and bottom runners, firmly driven up and nailed. The whole of the 

 partitions to be covered on both sides with lath as above described. 



Ceilings. — The whole ceilings throughout the building will be 

 lathed in the same manner. 



