LAWNS: GRADING AND UPKEEP 



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CORRECT GRADING FOR HOUSE BELOW PAVEMENT GRADE 

 Fig. 70. — A section showing revised grade for lawn when the house is located lower than the 



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HOUSE BELOW PAVEMENT GRADE 



Quite frequently topographical conditions are encountered that 

 make it necessary to set the house below the grade of the pave- 

 ment. (Fig. 70.) In such cases the site selected should be just as 

 far back from the property line as practicable, the slope from the 



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CORRECT GRADING WHEN HOUSE IS ON STREET LEVEL 



Fig. 71. — A section showing concave lawn surface where the pavement and house grades 



are on the same level. The convex surface as shown by the dotted line is not so good as it 



apparently shortens the distance. — See page 70 



house to a point one-fifth to one-third the total distance from the 

 house to the property line to be made rather sharp, with the longer 

 slope from the property line to the established low point. This 

 treatment will seemingly lift the house up and is more pleasing than 

 a grade with the longer slope falling from the house. 



TREATMENT OF TERRACES 



Fig. 72. — When the distance CC is less than BB it is better to eliminate the slope BC and 



grade along the lines of AA. — See page 70 



