On the Construction of Cottages. 
365 
Doors. 
Outside door-jambs 4i inches by 3 inches. 
Outside oak-sill 4^ inches by 4 inches. 
Door 1 inch thick, "2 feet 9 inches wide, 5 feet 10 inches high, 
1 inch ledges, the door-studs being rabbeted. 
Each door complete, painted and hung . , £l 7 0 
Inside doors |-inch board, hung on the studs, which are rab- 
beted, and oak-sill, each door 13.?. 
£. s. d. 
2 outside doors at 1/. Is. each . . . 2 14 0 
6 inside doors at 13s. . . . . 3 18 0 
Total cost of doors ..... £6 12 0 
Thatched Roof. 
Larch poles make excellent rafters for a thatched roof, if pro- 
perly seasoned : they may be purchased as the thinnings of plan- 
tations in almost all situations ; the smallest of them, and the small 
ends of the largest, may be chopped into single rafters : others 
may be sawn into two, while some will make four. The smallest 
of the ends will work in round the hips of the roof; for I intend 
it to be what is called cap-ended, that is, having no gables. The 
cost of larch varies of course, but we shall not put it too low at 
Is. for a rafter 11 feet long; I think I should be nearer the mark 
at 9(i. Nails, sawing, framing done for 5s. or 6s. per square of 
100 feet. Lath for thatcher, cost \s. 6d. or 2.v. per square ; being 
done with listings (thin slabs) or rough lath. A ton of straw, 
threshed by flail, costing 40.y., will cover more than -3 squares, 
say 12s. 6d. for 1 square. 
Thatcher 4^'. &d. per square and beer, say 5s. 
Brotches, nails, and rope-yarn, 2s. &d. 
There will be required for wall-plates and end-bearns 130 feet 
run of stuff 6 inches by 4^ inches ; this may be of foreign timber, 
or any other suitable wood : I put it at 2s. Ad. per cubic foot, 
which is the price of Memel timber. 
The rafters will be 16 inches apart from middle to middle. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
Cost of plates ....... 
. 2 
16 
0 
27 pairs of rafters 11 feet long .... 
. 2 
14 
0 
4 hip-rafters 14 feet long ..... 
. 0 
6 
0 
250 feet of short rafters for hips .... 
. 1 
2 
0 
Collar-beams 7^ feet long, and 6 inches by H inch . 
. 0 
8 
6 
1 ridge-board 36 feet long, and 5 inches by IJ inch .. 
. 0 
4 
0 
2 perlines about 45 feet long each, being larch 
. 0 
9 
0 
