FITTINGS AND DETAILS. 



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height of 3 feet i inch from the floor-level, and from 8 to lo 

 feet in length, carried upon strong 3-inch bearers wedged into 

 the wall, and supported on legs 3 inches square firmly secured 

 into the floor. A series of louvre slats, at least five in number, 

 should be fixed in the space over the door, as shown on 

 Plate 45. 



A very important section of the fittings for stables are those Harness 

 in connection with the harness room, and of these the first '^^^'^' 

 which present themselves are those for keeping the harness free 

 from damp. Mildew, which is now universally admitted to be 

 of vegetable growth, springing from spores carried by the air, 

 and finding a congenial substance for development in damp 

 leather, rapidly spreads over harness which is left in stables 

 or harness rooms insufficiently warmed, damp, or unventilated. 



No harness room can therefore be considered complete with- Heating 

 out some means by which a regular temperature can be main- apparatus, 

 tained, and as a supply of hot water should always be ready, a 

 boiler is one of the first requirements. " The Loughborough," 

 a view of which will be found on Plate 31, Fig. i-, has been 

 designed, among many more, for this purpose, and can be 

 further made to heat a row of pipes in an adjoining coach 

 house or washer's room. It can be built into a fire-place, as 

 in Plate 8, or stand out in the open, and the 

 sockets placed either at the back or the sides as 

 may best suit the construction of the building 

 and the position of the coil or line of pipes. 

 This boiler is 25 inches in height, 17 inches 

 wide, and 13 inches deep. 



For small harness rooms a close stove (Fig. Hg^irrTXli Boilers. 

 56) about 10 inches wide by 18 inches deep, 

 either of wrought or cast iron, with a portable 

 boiler to contain from one to two gallons fitted to the top is 

 sufficient ; but an open grate is always more useful for drying 

 saddles or girths. Convertible grates of this description are 

 made, varying from 2 feet 6 inches to 3 feet in width, which 



Fig. 56. 



