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and treated in like manner, or if the studs be set against the rough stonework a 



stop of bricks and mortar should be inserted at the floor level to shut off the flue. 



In a wooden outside wall the space from the foundation wall to the under 



side of the rough 

 floor boarding, and 

 from the inner face 

 of the foundation 

 wall to the outside 

 boarding, should be 

 filled in solid with 

 brick laid in mortar 

 mixed with plaster 

 of paris. Also 

 between the studs 

 above the flooring 

 three or more 

 courses of brick 

 should be laid in 

 like manner, to ex- 

 tend above the upper 

 plaster ground. 



In the inner 

 partitions on the first 

 floor bricks and mor- 

 tar should be laid on 

 the floor joist, its full 

 width, to the height 

 of the under side of 

 the rough flooring, 

 and three or more 

 courses above it be- 

 tween the studs to a 

 height above the 

 plaster ground. 



On floors above the first brick and mortar should be laid on all partition heads 

 to extend to above the plaster ground. Two courses of brick and mortar should 

 be laid on top of all partition bridging to the full width of the partition. The 

 space between the plate and the under surface of roof boarding should be filled in 

 solid with brick and mortar to the full width of the partition. 



Where a partition is set to extend only one story, independent of partitions 

 above and below, the space from the footing to a height above the plaster ground 

 should be filled with brick and mortar; also from the partition head to the under 

 side of the floor boarding. 



Where the walls of attic rooms are furred in from the line of the outer wall, 

 one course of brick and mortar should extend from the partition head to the 

 under side of the roof boarding. The hollow space occasioned by the furring out 



A well-tied fireplace motive, entirely out of the room proper. The old fire frame could 

 well be used in a treatment of this sort 



