January, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
49 
winter time to heat them. This method of 
using a square hall is perfectly feasible; 
many a home could be so designed to ad¬ 
vantage. We would not have a bedroom 
without two windows, if possible on 
separate sides of the room. This cannot 
always be done except on corner rooms, 
still it is possible to put two windows in 
every room and this should always be 
done. 
We wish we had put a transom in some 
of the bedrooms; especially in the nursery. 
If we had we could have left the children’s 
door closed and yet have heard anything 
occurring in the room. Many people like 
to have all doors locked in the house, or 
at least closed, so windows can be left 
open without a draft. A transom is in¬ 
expensive and allows ventilation and also 
prevents a draft. 
A mistake in the plans made one part 
of the roof so low that it was difficult for 
a tall person to pass through a section 
of the third story hall. Such blunders are 
constantly occurring in plans. It is very 
difficult to rectify such mistakes after the 
house is under way. In our case we had 
to give up part of a good third story room 
simply to allow the hall to be enlarged so 
as to overcome this defect. 
Always have all rooms finished in your 
third story. It is a very mistaken idea to 
leave some of them unfinished. It does 
not cost a great deal more to finish a 
room while the house is being built; it 
costs a very large amount to do after the 
house is complete. We found this out. 
Never have any room unfinished. A room 
next to an unfinished one will be cold in 
winter and will take far more heat to make 
it habitable. Also we found snow would 
enter an unfinished room around the win¬ 
dow frames; and then it would melt, 
wetting the ceiling of the room below on 
the second story, and in time causing the 
ceiling to fall, if the snow is not gathered 
up each time it comes in. This caused us 
much trouble until it was rectified. 
All rooms on the third floor should have 
two windows. Third story rooms are far 
more warm in summer on account of the 
roof heating them. We wish we had put 
two windows in all our third story rooms. 
Taking up the outside of the house, our 
front steps were made far too narrow for 
comfort. When covered with ice in the 
winter they were really dangerous. Care 
should be * taken to design steps wide 
enough to allow a person to mount them 
easily. Have your architect attend to this ; 
he can do so with no trouble. 
WhatlYou Should Know About 
Plumbing 
( Continued, from page 39) 
Since its appearance on the market, the 
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many forms, has gradually gained pre¬ 
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numbers used as well as in points of ex¬ 
cellence. One of the latest types of syphon 
closets is supported by the piping and wall 
with no part touching the floor. This 
enables one to keep the floor sanitary. 
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