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Slater. The roof to be covered with the best full-sized ladies slates, 

 to have two and a half inches of cover at the eaves, and to be laid double 

 there. The slates to be nailed to the laths with copper nails, and. 

 pointed with good lirne-and-hair mortar, and all to be made completely 

 water-tight. 



Plumber. All valleys, ridges, and gutters to be covered with lead to 

 weigh seven Ib. per superficial foot, and that laid in the gutters to be 

 turned four inches up under the slates. Flashings of six-lb. lead. Eave- 

 spouting to be of cast iron six inches wide, hung on iron straps fixed 

 firmly to the roofing, and placed two feet apart. The downfall-pipes 

 to be from the spouting to the drains, and to be two and a half inches 

 diameter, and of cast iron. 



Plasterer. To lath and set ceilings in all rooms, and to plaster all 

 walls in the same. All ceilings and walls to have two coats of plaster. 

 The plaster to be made of the best lime and sharp sand, with a proper 

 proportion of hair, and all to be finished free of cracks and blemishes. 



Glazier. All the windows to be glazed with the best crown glass 

 firmly set with putty. 



Ironmonger. The outside doors of cottage to be hung with six-inch 

 butt hinges, and fitted with seven -inch rim locks with black -wood 

 handles. All the inside doors of rooms to be hung with four-inch butt 

 hinges, and fitted with six-and-three-quarter-inch mortise locks. All 

 press and cupboard doors to be fitted with good press locks and hinges. 



All the windows to have brass spring-fasteners. 



Provide gratings for ventilation below floors and above ceilings. 



Painter. Paint all the woodwork outside three times in good oil 

 colour. The inside woodwork to receive two coats of paint. Paint all 

 window-sashes with one coat before being glazed. 



The foregoing heads may be found useful in many respects in the 

 drawing out of a specification suitable to the erection of a cottage when 

 built of stone. It may, however, be equally useful to give a few head- 

 ings of a specification suited for a cottage erected with bricks. I shall 

 therefore give a few rules under the heading of 



Brickwork. All the walls to have two courses of footings ; the first 

 footing to be laid on a bed of concrete eight inches thick. Before the 

 erection gets on a level with the point at which the flooring will be, one 

 layer of the bricks is to be covered with tar, well boiled and mixed with 

 quicklime. No three courses of bricks to rise more than one inch beyond 

 the height of the bricks. The bricks used to be of the best quality, well 

 burnt and compact. Build all chimney-flues one foot four inches in 

 diameter, and made round, taking care to point closely. Turn all 

 openings with brick arches. 



