58 Colcord's System of 



with long screws and double i^-inch nuts, 

 were built into the centre of the side walls 

 from the foundation up. These rods should 

 be placed about 8 feet apart, commencing 

 4 feet from the end walls. 



Eight by eight spruce timber was used 

 to connect opposite rods across the top of 

 the pit; i^-inch holes were bored through the 

 timbers, to allow them to slide freely on the 

 rods; cast-iron washers i% x 6 inches were 

 used under the nuts. When the wall was 

 up half-way, all around level, 2x6 planks 

 were set up on the outside of the wall between 

 the 6x6 upright timbers and the building 

 plank, for the purpose of setting the upper 

 half of the wall in 6 inches all around the out- 

 side, leaving the part yet to be built 1 2 inches 

 thick. In the 6-inch ledge at the bottom, re- 

 served to build upon, was placed a strip of 2 

 x 2 all around to fasten the woodwork to. 



Before we commenced laying up the wall, 

 a drip or drain pipe \y 2 inches in diameter 

 was placed at the bottom, from the exact 

 centre of the pit to one of the corners, to 

 come out into a well 3 feet deep. This out- 

 side end was placed 8 inches below the bottora 

 of the pit, with a X turning up 3 inches inside 

 the face of the wall. Into this _L was screwed 



