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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 8, 1920 



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Gable Gambles 

 Their Prevention 



^'ou ami I have read and heard a 

 lot of Ihiiijis about tiables 



From some ol' the thiiifisiit'sfevi- 

 dent there is a lot of gamble?!" 

 yal)les. 



And tliere is. 



Kver seen a house weave? 



Of eourse you haven't. 



Ikit tlie.v do. 



That is to say, some do. 



Tliose that do j.'enerally have 



i.'amblinf.' yahles. 



The builder took a eliaiiee of tlieir 



IwinLT strong enouyli. 



And tlie owner is fooled. 



Fooled into thinking.' that l)eeause 



the wible don't actually l)lo\v in. 



or belly in and out. that it i>a tiocd 



enou^'h t-'able for liini. 



Sueh fiables make such houses 



weave. 



Vou can't see the weaving Ity just 



Hut when you look at the loosened 



are lookint^ at what tlie weaving 



Weak gables weaken the entire 

 house . 



Their lack of rigidity gives a give 

 to the entire house when a direct 

 wind thrust comes full force 

 against the direct gable surface. 

 Every give is a strain against the 

 entire length of the frame. 

 When the give stops, the frame 

 generally goes back into place 

 again. 



It's this weaving back and forth 



that loosens tlie glass, a little at a 



time, until first thing you know 



it's slipping. 



You know the rest. 



We positively refuse to gamble 



with gables. 



The (table posts are flat bar steel like the roof rafters, 



The (table purlins are steel anjtles. 



The purlins are bolted to the posts by double angle 



plates. 

 DOUBLE, mind you. Not sin(fk-. 

 TWU bolts are used on the purlins. 

 Two, mind you. Not one. 

 Each gable bar is screwed to each purlin. 



looking at the house, 

 glass, you know you 

 cau.-ed. 



We put enough steel into them to 

 insure rigidity. 



Framed the way we frame tiiem, 

 no heavy prop-bracings are neces- 

 sary. 

 They are clean cut and free, but 



they >ure do stand the winds pounding. 



When you are ready to talk buikling— say wlien and 



wiiere and we'll be there. 



or4& JBiirnhamlo. 



Builders of Greenhouses and Conservatories 



IRVINGTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO 



New York 42nd St. Bldg. Und Title Bldg. Continental Bank Bldg. 



BOSTON! 1 CLEVELAND TORONTO 



Little B' ' 2063 E. 4th St. Royal Bank Bldg. 



Elastem Factory Western Factory Canadian Factory 



Irvington, N. Y. Des Plaines, 111. St. Catharines, Ont. 



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