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Fig. 78.) A wooden house may also be veneered 

 with stone, the veneering being held in place by 

 means of metal anchors attached to the board- 

 ing. 



The foundation needs to be a little stronger 

 than for the wooden house, and must be pro- 

 vided with a stone water-table for receiving the 

 veneering. 



In a veneered house, all the lightness and 

 dryness of a wooden house are secured on the 

 inside and on the outside all the durability and 

 solidity of a brick or stone house. When the 

 veneering is of hard-burned, cream-colored or 

 neutrally tinted brick or brown stone, the effect 

 is extremely pleasing. The first cost of such a 

 house is somewhat more than an all- wood house, 

 but its greater durability and freedom from con- 

 stant repairs makes it no more expensive in the 

 end. When one builds such a house and covers 

 it with a steep slate roof, he feels that he has 

 builded for many coming generations. 



It is not necessary to speak in detail of stone 

 and brick houses, since such structures are quite 

 expensive, and their construction should always 

 be placed in the hands of experts. It may be 

 well, however, to discuss them generally. The 

 cost of building ])rick houses is nearly twice as 

 great as those of wood ; stone houses cost more 

 than brick houses. The foundations of brick 



