1882.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
rabbeted. 
put on diagonally in gable ends. Roof, board with 
li-inch matched pine plank, laid smooth side 
down, as far out as the roof projects, covering 
balance with 6 inch hemlock boards, or shingling 
strips; put in fourteen inch tin valleys, painted both 
sides, and shingle in the tin gutters, as in figure 
8, and paint both sides of the tin. Straps across 
the gutters should be about 2 feet apart. Put in a 
line of gutters, graded to and a little above the 
tank. Use a 2-inch leader, put through roof, and 
within 5 inches of bottom of tank. Place the 
other gutter as near the edge of the roof as practi¬ 
cable. Put on leaders of proper size, to conduct 
water to tank and ground.—All shingles to be 
best sawed pine, 18 inches long,laid 5i inches to the 
weather. Water-table to be 6 inches wide, li-inch 
Corner boards to be li inch thick, and 
show 4 inches wide. All 
belts to be 1? inch thick, 
rabbeted for clap-boards.— 
Make window frames as 
shown, with plain drip 
caps, li-inch casings, li- 
inch jambs, and 2-inch sub¬ 
sills. Cut pockets, and put 
in axle pullies for weights. 
The sash in mullion win¬ 
dows of First Story, for 
glass, 18 by 30 inches, 2- 
light. In Second Story, 18 
by 29 inches, sash, li-inch. 
The single frame windows 
of First Story to have sash 
13 by 30 inches, 4-light; 
and for Second Story, 13 
by 28 inches, 4-light. All 
to be glazed with best 
quality French sheet-glass. 
Make other windows as 
shown on plans and eleva¬ 
tion. Prime paint the 
frames and comer boards 
before setting. Cover all 
sheathing with best resin¬ 
sized building paper, giv¬ 
ing good lap, and have it 
extend well under all frames, casings, etc. Cover 
with. i-inch bevel edge pine siding, 5i inches 
wide, to lap not less than } inch, and nailed 
with sixpenny nails. All outside pine to be free 
from splits, sap, and loose knots.—Put Wood-house 
sills 6 inches from the graded ground, on inch iron 
rods, to have thread and nut on upper end to ad¬ 
just sills; lower end to rest on stone set below 
Fig. 6.—THE FRAMING. 
frost. Roof and frame same as main. Side of 
Wood-house may be covered with 6-ineh “Novelty 
Siding,” instead of the bevel edge pine siding. Build 
Privy the same. Build hood over kitchen door, 
as shown (fig. 5). Make platform stoop, set on 
rods, with outside steps on two sides; plank for 
steps, li inch; for risers, 1 inch thick. Set front 
porch on iron rods. Floor to be narrow 11-inch 
matched pine, driven up in paint. Steps, li inch 
thick, and risers, i inch. Put up rail and seats 
where shown. Rafters, 2 by 5 inches, spruce, 
planed and cut to pattern. Roof boarded with 
matched pine plank, smooth side down. In shin¬ 
gling the roof, cut the two middle courses to pat¬ 
tern. Put on brackets, and do all ornamental work 
as shown.—Cover cellar-way with a pair of flap- 
doors, made of li-inch matched pine plank, with 
proper hinges, etc.—All the windows to have out¬ 
Fig. 7. Fig. b. Fig. 10. 
side blinds, except those in cellar. Bridge all floor 
timbers, one row through each span, with li by 2- 
inch spruce strips. Use liinch matched pine- 
plank, 6 inches wide, for flooring, selecting the 
best for the Kitchen, Pantry, and Bath Room. Set 
partition of 2 by 4 studding, 16 inches to centers, 
and doubled at openings. Make angles solid with 
blocks, spiked in.—Build Stairs as shown, with li¬ 
inch plank treads, and 1-inch risers, blocked and 
glued. Put up a 4-inch black walnut rail, 2-inch 
black walnut turned balusters, and 8-inch turned 
black walnut newel. House to be cased on first or 
scratch coat. All inside pine to be clear. Door and 
window casings 5 inches wide, 1-inch thick, with 
a cove on each edge, and three scratch beads run 
through the center, as in figure 9 ; these to be cut 
against corner blocks, 5i by 51 by li inches, fig. 10. 
Use base blocks for door, 51 inches wide, 81 inches 
high, li inch thick. Base-boards of first floor, 
8 inches wide ; second floor, 6 inches. Bevel off 
top edge, and run on bead, as in figure 11. Front 
doors to be each 2 inches thick, 2 feet 3 inches 
wide, and 7 feet 6 inches high ; to have ground 
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glass in upper panel. Furnish with flush bolts, 
lock, and Kahala bronze trimmings ; also a good 
lever-bell, to cost $2.50. All doors on first floor to 
be four-panel, molded both sides, and 11 inch 
thick ; white porcelain trimmings; mortise locks, 
and hard-wood thresholds. Second floor to have 
four-panel “OG” door, 11-inch thick, mortise 
locks, brown trimmings, pine thresholds. Put plain 
wood mantel in each chamber, and a neat hard¬ 
wood mantel in Sitting Room. Fit up closets with 
shelves, and a set of hooks, 9 inches apart, on two 
sides. Build a Tank in attic, of good 2-inch pine 
plank, 4 feet wide, 10 feet long, inside measure, 
and as high as the roof will permit, to be properly 
timbered and braced. Put 1-inch iron-rod across 
the top at center ; cover top with 1-inch matched 
boards, leaving a man-hole with cover. Make a 
ventilating tube of pine boards 6 by 6 inches, run¬ 
ning from top of tank to top side of collar beams. 
Connect it with ventilating flue of chimney with a 
piece of 5-inch stove-pipe. Have the leader from 
gutter made loose joints, so that it can be taken off, 
and the tube plugged when no water is wanted in 
the tank. Make scuttle and cover in ceiling of 
chamber over Kitchen.—Waiuscoat Kitchen, Entry 
and Bath Room, 3 feet high, with narrow matched 
and beaded pine, 1 inch thick ; cap with nosing, 
and cover.—Ceil up sink, with door under, and 
put up splash-board 16 inches high.—Fit up Pantry 
with table, as shown, with drawers under ; a set of 
closets with doors along one side, with closets for 
flour barrels under, and a set of open shelves. 
Build a closet in entry of matched pine boards, 3 
by 5 feet. Put up row of hooks. Fit and properly 
hang batten door to the same.—Build a wood 
sink where shown, 20 by 30 inches wide, by 5 inches 
deep. Ceil up under, making a closet with door. 
Put up board at right hand of sink for water-pail. 
Case up bath-tub with pine, putting up proper 
cant-boards, etc. Build steps from stoop down in 
wood-house. Make coal-bin, where shown, of 
hemlock boards, to hold 6 tons of coal. Make 
window and shute of proper hight to shovel 
in coal from wagon. The back door of wood- 
house to be of li-inch matched pine, and 3 feet 
wide, properly hung, with a bolt to fasten from 
inside.—Fit up Privy with li-inch counter top, to 
have hinged covers.—Build reservoir in top for dry 
earth, part of which may extend in wood-house. 
Place window so that earth can be shovelled in from 
a wagon.—Make a tight box, with hard-wood run¬ 
ners, and stout ring and staple in end, to receive 
droppings, so that this can be drawn away and emp¬ 
tied when necessary. Put up a swing-shelf in cel¬ 
lar. Do all necessary carpenter work to carry out 
and complete the design of the entire building. 
Pluniber’s !°>pecifieailiotas.—Put up 
in Kitchen a thirty-gallon galvanized iron boiler, 
set high enough to clear the sink. Furnish iron 
sink, 20 by 30 inches. Furnish a 6-foot bath-tub, 
of 12-ounce sheet-copper, well tinned. Line tank 
in attic with lead. Put a 3-inch lead waste-pipe in 
tank, and connect it with the leader at corner of 
house. Connect tank with boiler through i-inch 
“ B ” lead-pipe, to supply sink and bath-tub with 
hot and cold water, through f-ineh “ B ” lead-pipe. 
At in li-inch waste-pipe for sink, trapped, and 
li-inch was'-.e-pipe for bath-tub. The latter may 
connect with sink waste-pipe above the trap. 
Properly connect waste-pipes with the drain.—Con¬ 
nect boiler with water-back of Range. Put a 
li-inch lead waste-pipe in sink in Entry, to go 
through wall and discharge on the ground; no 
service-pipe required for this sink. Put up in 
the Kitchen, at right hand of sink, a No. 2 “ Union 
Pump,” or its equivalent; connect it with the well 
by a li-inch galvanized iron pipe. [An important 
matter is not stated. The pump to be “ suction ” 
and “force” with strong pipe up to tank, and 
“tell-tale pipe” down to sink—to fill tank from the 
well (or from cistern) when roof supply fails.— Eds.] 
Painter’s Specifications.—Prime out¬ 
side of house and the blinds with white lead, oil, 
and yellow ochre. Cover this with one coat best 
white lead and oil. Paint in colors to suit the 
owner. Paint all inside work two coats, using best 
materials, and in tints to suit those concerned. 
