CONSTRUCTION 



CARPENTER WORK. 



The designs for buildings included in this Manual 

 cover the field of buildings generally. From time to time, 

 however, to meet special needs, small buildings, the plans 

 and estimates for which are not included in this Manual, 

 wilL be constructed. Maintenance of buildings already 

 constructed now and then will also require carpenter work 

 of various kinds. The fallowing chapter is written with 

 a view of securing bettwr construction and a higher grade 

 of maintenance work by setting forth certain standards of 

 construction and by giving ideas of how to do certain 

 things which, to the unexperienced man, are more or less 

 puzzling. Unless previrus authority is secured, the 

 specifications with respect to the dimensions of materials 

 for different purposes and the general type o f construction 

 shall eppiy to all common miscellaneous construction and 

 repair work. 



If the builder is unexperienced, before starting 

 actual work he is urged to prwvide himself with a measuring 

 stick 19 feet in length divided into fee-o and r.nches. He 

 should designate the respective marks with bold figures. 

 The stick may be 1 inch square or of any other convenient 

 dimensions. Use the stick for making all measurements of 

 more then 4 feet To do so will obviate the many mistakes 

 frequently made by a man attempting to use the carpenter's 

 square ty lay long lengths out correctly. 



FRAMING. 



The subject of framing tcken in its broadest sent 

 includes about all of the structurel field. By one of th 

 most common uses the term "frame" implies the cutting and 

 joining together of the heavy or supporting members of a 

 building,- spoken of in every day language as the frame. 



B.M. 



