ICE HOUSES AND 



to prevent moisture being carried into the insulation and 

 during construction in cold weather a fire should be built 

 to keep the lumber dry. 



Nails are good conductors of heat, so the kind and 

 manner of using them is of some importance. Cement 

 coated wire box nails are considered best, as smaller diam- 

 eters and shorter lengths can be used without sacrificing 

 holding power. Six and eight penny cement coated nails 

 may be substituted for 8 and 10 d. common nails and, due 

 to the smaller size, the heat transmission will be reduced. 



The coating also prevents rust. 



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A GOOD FARM ICE HOUSE 



The accompanying design, Fig. 3, is planned for a farm 

 ice house of the storage type. It has a capacity of approxi- 

 mately 40 tons, which is a sufficient supply for an average 

 dairy farm having a herd of from 30 to 60 cows. The amount 

 of ice used will depend upon the manner in which the milk 

 is handled as well as the length of the storage season. 



The foundation and floor are of concrete, placed upon 

 a well compacted sub-grade of cinders or gravel. The floor 

 has a slope of %-mch to the foot toward the drain. If it is 

 very important to keep down the cost of construction the 

 concrete floor may be omitted and a foot of sawdust substi- 

 tuted. The sills are made of two 2x8-inch planks securely 

 bolted to the foundation with ^-inch bolts placed every 

 ^/2 feet. It is a good plan to creosote the sills, so as to 

 prevent decay. Two layers of ceiling or flooring are placed 

 on both sides of 2x8-inch studding forming the walls. The 

 ceiling is made of two layers of matched lumber nailed to 

 both sides of 2x6-inch joist. Waterproof paper is placed 

 between the matched lumber in both the walls and ceiling 

 and the space between the studding and joist is filled with 

 mill shavings, not sawdust. 



The roof is quarter pitch made of 2x6-inch rafters and 

 shingles. The 2x8-inch ridge piece is extended at one end 

 to provide a place for fastening a block and tackle when ice 

 is being stored in or removed from the house. A ventilator 

 two feet square is placed at both gable ends of the building 

 to permit the free circulation of air in the attic and thus 

 prevent the penetration of heat from the roof. 



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