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Fig. 24. Detail of Framing of Upper Porch Section. 



the upper to project straight through 

 the rafters. Fastening and securely brac- 

 ing your 1 8-foot ladder so that you can 

 use it to conveniently reach the upper 

 end of the pipe, carefully drive the point 

 into the ground. Using the ladder to 

 stand upon, you are thus enabled to de- 

 scend, as your pipe is driven down. 

 When it is the proper distance from the 

 floor, remove the drive cap and drop a 

 string down the pipe with a weight at- 

 tached. Leave it for some little time, 

 as the water might be slow in entering 

 on account of the dirt in the perforated 

 jacket. If, upon withdrawing the string, 

 the lower end is wet, you have prob- 

 ably gone deep enough. Generally, being 

 near water, 20 feet is sufficient unless 

 the cottage is built upon a very high 

 elevation. Attach the pump, prime it, 

 and give it a try-out before leaving this 

 important part of the equipment. 



Next, put on the roof boards, just as 

 you did the flooring, allowing them to 

 project out on each side one foot for a 

 cornice. Cover with the rubber roofing, 

 according to the directions of the manu- 

 facturer found upon each roll, turning 

 the outside edges under the 

 cornice and securely fastening 

 them ; also the ends at the lower 

 edges of the roof. 



Build the bracket in the 

 kitchen to carry the chimney, 

 next, as illustrated in the left 

 side elevation in the May in- 

 stalment. Carefully cut a cir- 

 cular hole in the roof above 

 this bracket, and place the tile, 

 large end down. The lower 

 end of the T-branch should be 

 filled with a rich cement mix- 



ture, also each joint. Strengthen with 

 the wire guys to the roof, and fit the 

 rubber roofing very snug around the 

 pipe, using plenty of roofing cement to 

 make a good job of it. 



Fit all door and window frames into 

 place, and nail them securely to the sid- 

 ing and the studding. Next place all 

 casings, the frieze, water table, etc., as 

 illustrated in the elevations and in Fig. 

 27. Be sure that you make neat, sharp 

 joints wher^. the various pieces join. A 

 good way to do this is to saw a bit out- 

 side of the pencil line, and plane down to 

 it, constantly trying the piece in position. 

 The upper end of the water table is to 

 be planed to an angle of 45 degrees, so 

 as to guide the water away from the 

 building. 



Fit the windows and doors very care- 

 fully into their respective frames. Take 

 a great deal of time for this important 

 part of the building, as a poor job of 

 fitting will reflect discredit upon the 

 builder as long as the cottage stands. 

 The kitchen and balcony single-sash 

 windows are hinged at the top, while at 

 the bottom they are fastened with the 

 transom catches. The other windows 

 have the spring bolts inserted through 

 their sash with holes bored into a num- 

 ber of positions in their frames, these 

 holes permitting the windows to be raised 

 to various heights. The doors are all to 

 be equipped with the lock sets, and the 

 screen with its attachments. 



There are a number of odd jobs left 

 such as the placing of the sink with its 

 drain pipe, building the balcony ladders, 

 the porch seats and the steps. As these 

 tasks are so simple for the craftsman 

 who has just built a complete structure, 



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Fig. 25. Arrangement of Framing for Rear Kitchen Wall. 



