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seasoned second floor be laid upon it, they will 

 be greatly improved at slight cost. 



Eave troughs should be placed outside the 

 perpendicular line of the walls to prevent water 

 from entering the house should the troughs 

 leak or overflow from being filled with ice. 

 Eave troughs are frequently made of tin which 

 is too narrow, in which case, especially on flat 



Fig. 80. Faulty gutter or eave trough. 



Fig. 81. Well consti-ucted gutter. 



roofs, the water will back up under the shingles 

 and run over that part of the gutter which lies 

 hidden in the roof. The elevation of the front 

 edge of the gutter should be at least 2 inches 

 below the extreme upper edge of the tin of 

 which the gutter is made. (Compare Figs. 80 

 and 81.) Gutters placed at the end of the 

 rafters are usually not as durable as those 

 placed on the roof, but if carefully put up so 

 that they will keep their position they serve 



