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THE LAST OP THE THIRTY STEPS IN BUILDING. 



The outer vestibule door is metal-grilled its entire length, the 

 inner single seven by nine door of English oak, sill of marble, siding 

 of cement, ornamented at the centre with a classic head, while at 

 either side in the white marbleized front are niches for plants, and 

 an oddly wrought iron scraper of the vintage of a couple of centuries 

 is set in the cement platform. 



The first story of Shore Rocks is ecru-face brick, every fifth 

 course fastened with irons to the heavy wooden studding, giving an 

 extra air space for warmth. It has a corbeled stepped-outward brick 

 water table on cut stone foundation. The second story siding is of 

 three coat work in cement, the last coat thrown on with a trowel to 

 give an exceptionally rough effect and disguise the small surface cracks 

 which always appear in stucco. The middle coat was put on over the 

 first coat to cover any openings through which moisture might strike 

 the galvanized wire lath, an important point to remember when 

 using this construction. Wire lath must be stiffened with iron rods 

 and separated from the wood with V's, thus furring out the 

 outer walls, decreasing liability to crack as the wooden sheathing 

 shrinks. This air-space makes an absolutely dry house, appropriately 

 called furring, from the fur of an animal. 



The basement wall is of quarried stone; roof of red mission 

 tile, and gables of chestnut plank set upright, of equal width, T'd and 

 G'd and slightly Vd at joining with wooden keys placed a couple of 



