508 SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ERECTION OF A FORESTER’S COTTAGE. 
Joists. —The joists to be 8 inches by 2} inches, set at 18 inches 
apart, and covered with 14-inch mill-wrought flooring; also to 
be bridled at well-hole for stair. Sleepers to be 64 inches by 24 
inches, set at 18 inches apart, and covered with 14-inch flooring. 
Outside Water-Closet will also get sleepers and flooring as 
above. 
Wall Presses.—Four lined wall presses, sides % inch, back 
> inch, and four tiers of 14-inch shelves, fitted into two ground 
floor rooms and two upstair rooms as shown. Partitions through- 
out to have 4-inch by 2-inch standards, prepared for lath and 
plaster, and to get door frames 2} inches thick to flush with plaster. 
Stair.—Stair to be formed as shown on plan, steps 14 inches ; 
stringers, 14 inches; and risers $ inch; to get turned pitch pine 
balusters and hand rail. 
Water-Closets.—Two Water-Closets to be framed and fitted up 
with pitch pine, one in house and other in offices, with hinged lid, 
and moulded, and panelled front. 
Sink.—Sink in scullery will be framed and fitted up with hinged 
door for access to pipes, with lined front, and hardwood cope 1} 
inches thick ; also window to get sill lining 14 inches thick to flush 
with cope of sink; the sink will have a hinged lid on the top, 
to form a table when shut. 
Offices. —Outside offices to get each a door of 14-inch redwood 
on three backings, and fastened with latches and stock locks value 
5s. each. Both the Water-Closets to have a pane of glass fitted 
in their doors where directed, 12 inches by 12 inches. Door frames 
of offices to be 4 inches by 25 inches, and hung with cross-tail 
hinges. Three small doors and frames, to be fitted on ashes and 
coal houses as shown. All outside doors to get stops, with bead 
on edge, 8 inch thick. Inside doors to get stops and facings, with 
blocks. The parlour and two bedrooms will each receive a plain 
box pilaster mantelpiece, and the kitchen a shelf on brackets. 
Skirting.—All rooms, passages, etc., to get a skirting-board 
2 inch by 64 inches, with moulding on edge. 
Shelving.—Windows to get sill lining, to flush with walls, 1} 
inches ; 60 feet of shelving, 12 inches broad, to be fitted up on 
wooden brackets where directed. All corners and angles will get 
corner beads. Closet at stair landing will get three tiers of 
shelving on each side, 18 inches broad by 14 inches thick. All 
stone walls to be strapped with straps 1} inches by 1} inches, as 
will also walls of outside Water-Closet. 
