The Country House 



As a matter of utility, the stained sash is to be preferred to the painted one, 

 as paint is very apt to stick, damp weather tending to soften it. 



The construction of the window as set in the brick wall is shown in Fig. 18. 



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The principal thing is to see that the joints between the brickwork and woodwork 

 are made weather tight. Thus the intervals are filled in with plaster or cement as 

 shown, and the staff bead (k) is adjusted after the window has been built in. It 

 is well to bed the staff bead in elastic cement, a mixture which partakes of certain 



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Plan 



Fig. 18. Sections of window in a brick wall 



, Top rail 



b. Bottom rail 



c. Style 



d. Pulley style 



e. Stop bead 



f. Finish 



g. Casing 

 E. Furring 



k. Staff bead 

 n. Ground 

 p. Plaster 

 w. Weight 



Fig. 19. Showing the construction of a " French" window 



n. \v .<! panel f. Wea'.her moulding n. Ground 



b. Putty f. Canal o. Inside casing 



c. StopmoiiMin h. Drain to canal p. I 1 ; 



d. Kn.,1, k. II: r. Putty bed for glass 



e. Rubber weather stop m. Drip s. Up| 



A. Section of style showing the natural 

 bend of rubber when not engaged with f. 



properties of putty and glue. As it can be said practically never to dry, it thus, 

 with its elastic properties, makes an excellent joint for any similar case. 



Where the window is set in a stone wall, especially if the stone be rough field 

 stone, the care in caulking joints becomes yet more important. Some claim that 

 the frame should be set after the window opening is constructed. As this receives 

 the support of some of the best authorities, it is worthy of consideration. How- 

 ever, if the staff head be bedded in elastic cement as already described, there 

 should be little trouble with a built-in window frame. 



