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the studs an inch deep and four inches wide. Fig. 9 represents 

 a stud pattern with two gains in the outside and FIG. .9. 

 one in the inside of it. Now, mark off all the 

 studs like the pattern, marking the ends with a 

 right angle or square mark. Now, with a horse- 

 saw saw off the ends square, and saw the gains, 

 and split out the blocks, and saw the joists of a 

 given length. Now, take two studs and two 

 joists one joist for the lower floor and one for 

 the upper floor and *nail the studs and joists 

 together at right angles. Now, raise it as a bent 

 of a framed building is raised. Plumb it and 

 " stale-aft " it, so that it will keep in a perpendicu 

 lar position. One man and a boy is all that is 

 needed. Now, nail two more joists and two 

 studs together, and set them up about one foot 

 apart in the clear. See that the studs stand 

 plumb both ways, before they are nailed ; and be 

 careful to have the edges of the joists exactly 

 even with the ends of the studs, and the upper 

 end of the inside gains even with the under edge 



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of the joists over head. After the studs and BALLOON HOUSES. 

 joists have been set up, fit ribs in the gains on the outside for the 

 purpose of nailing the siding to, and on the inside for sustaining 

 the joists of the upper floor. The ends of the lower joists will 

 rest on the top of the foundation sticks, into which nails should 

 be driven diagonally through the corners of both studs and 

 joists. If a building is to be but one story and a half high, the 

 studs may extend to the roof, and the joists be nailed to the sides 

 of them, as before. Now, nail a joist on the top ends of the 

 studs for a plate, and put up the rafters, being careful to have 

 the rafters rest directly over the studs. If a two-story house is 

 to be erected, erect one story as already recommended, having 

 the upper ends of the studs even with the top of the joists. 

 Nail a piece as wide as the studs on the tops of them, and erect 

 another story, nailing the lower ends of the studs into the strips 



