CONSTRUCTION OF SQUAB HOUSES 



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HOW TO BUILD A ONE OR MANY UNIT SQUAB HOUSE 



One can build the house as a carpenter would by first putting 

 up the frame work and then nailing on the siding or you can 



FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR FRONT OF SQUAB HOUSE 

 The above is for sing-le unit construction. Where there are two or 

 more units the construction is practically the same with the exception 

 that the top and bottom runners extend to the middle of the last per- 

 pendicular 2x4 instead of beyond as shown in above figure, or the top 

 and bottom pieces can extend right along the full length of the front. 



make each side and ends on a pair of trussels and then set 

 these sections in place and nail them together. 



The best, quickest, simplest and cheapest way to build a squab 

 liouse of either one or many units is to completely make the 

 ends and all inner partitions, which are the same size as the ends 



