Contract and Specifications 307 



down to them and are not to rest on the floors. All others are to have soles, and all partitions are 

 to have heads 3" x 4", unless otherwise shown. Truss over all openings exceeding 3' in span. 

 Form all corners and angles solid by spiking two studs together. 



Line the sliding-door pockets with $ ;" x 4^" tongued and grooved boards. 



Bridge all partitions once in their height with 2" x 4" pieces cut horizontally and nailed at 

 each end with two lod. nails. 



Boarding. Cover all outside walls with air-dried matched spruce boards J" thick, free from 

 holes and large knots, surfaced one side to an even thickness and nailed to every bearing with two 

 8d. nails. 



Cover the entire roof with square-edge spruce boarding planed to an even thickness of ", 

 and nailed to every bearing with two 8d. nails. 



Roofing. Cover all roofs with air-dried spruce boards " thick, free from holes and large 

 knots, surfaced one side, and well nailed. Cover with two-ply "Neponset" black paper. 



The roofs of front and rear piazza, bay windows and bulkhead are to be tinned, and are 

 hereinafter specified under the title of "Metal Work." 



Shingle all other roofs with first-quality 16" sawed Washington red cedar shingles, laid 4^ 

 to the weather and nailed with two nails to each shingle when under 6" wide, and three nails 

 when over 6" wide. Shingles over 8" wide to be split and no width laid to exceed 8". Shingles in 

 wide 14 oz. copper flashings, in valleys. The top portions of roofs which are one-third pitch to 

 have "Neponset" paper 12" wide shingled in with each course. 



Form the main gutters of cypress 5" x 7" with 2\ Ib. lead goosenecks. 



Porch and piazza gutter 3" x 5", of cypress, with i" lead goosenecks. 



Walls. Cover the walls with two thicknesses best-quality two-ply "Neponset" black 

 sheathing paper, with joints well broken, run under all casings and corner boards. Run heavy 

 tarred paper under all casings of doors, windows, etc. 



Cover the walls throughout with best-quality spruce clapboards 6" wide, laid with a i^ n 

 lap and well nailed to every bearing with 6d. nails set in for puttying. 



Outside Finish. Form cornice, base, casings, corner-boards, water table, etc., as shown 

 on drawings and details, of best seasoned white pine, free from sap, shakes and knots. 



The carpenter must call upon the painter to prime all exterior finish before putting up 

 or immediately after. 



Piazza and Porch. Form porch and piazza columns of cypress, solid, with 2" bore in centre. 

 Form rails, posts and balusters of cypress. All to be as per detail drawings. Ceil the underside 

 of roof with |" North Carolina pine sheathing, matched and beaded, not over 3" wide. 



Floors to be " x 2 " rift longleaf Georgia pine, laid with tongued and grooved joints, and 

 outer edges rounded. Cover floor joists, sills and girders with one priming coat of paint. 



Fill in with square lattice work between the piers under piazza and porch. The strips to be 

 y x ij" in size, with i \" openings. The frame to be f" thick, bottom rail 7" high, and stiles and 

 top rail 4" wide. 



Make bulkhead entrance to cellar, as shown, with 2" spruce plank steps on 2"x 12" spruce 

 plank carriages, 14" on centres. 



Construct the outside steps with i J" treads of hard pine and raisers of $" cypress. The edges 

 of the treads to have a nosing and cove. 



Window and Door Frames. All outside-door frames are to be blocked solid for the hinges 

 and locks. All frames in masonry are to have 2" jambs, rabbeted, with provision for anchoring 

 the frame to the walls. All outside-door frames to be of best white pine. Front-door frame to be as 

 per detail. Bulkhead, rear and side-door frames to have 2" jambs, rabbeted. 



All outside doors are to have 2" bevelled and rabbeted thresholds, front door of oak, others 

 Georgia pine. 



All casement and stationary sash frames are to have i" rabbeted jambs and 2" sills of 

 white pine. 



The frames in the basement are to be 2" x 8" white pine, with rabbeted jambs, with sash 

 hung at the top to swing in with two iron hooks and staples and two iron buttons to each sash, fur- 

 nished by the Contractor. 



All window frames, unless otherwise shown are to be made for double hanging the sash, 



