HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1913 
of course, that the pipe line is air tight and 
the compressor is of sufficient capacity. 
In conclusion, it may be said that house 
owners need have no fear in installing a 
water supply outfit on their country place, 
for manufacturers have developed their 
apparatus to a high state of efficiency. 
Owners, however, should consult only 
with well established firms whose experi¬ 
ence is unquestioned. Advice concerning 
water supply projects is freely given by 
most reliable concerns and apparatus in¬ 
stalled according to manufacturer’s direc¬ 
tions will be found very satisfactory. 
House Walls and Their Making 
(Continued from page 34) 
place, thus doing much to prevent 
draughts and leaks. For spanning open¬ 
ings, reinforced concrete lintels have 
proved the most satisfactory, although flat 
arches of hollow tile are often used. As 
the exterior of most hollow tile houses is 
stuccoed, care must be taken to give all 
cornices and copings a drip sufficiently 
wide to clear the walls below; this will 
help to avoid objectionable staining. If 
the cornice or belt courses project several 
inches or more they should be supported 
by projecting hollow tile courses and not 
built solidly of plaster or cement which 
would be sure to crack and break off. This 
exigency of wide eaves or projecting 
cornice is easily complied with since it is 
at one with good design, and finds pic¬ 
turesque prototypes in many of the old 
cottages abroad. In mentioning staining 
it is well to remember that if the finish 
plaster or stucco is put on while the walls 
are damp, discolorations are sure to fol¬ 
low. 
It is a widespread fallacy that no par¬ 
ticular skill is needed for building in terra 
cotta blocks. Unskilled workmen can be 
employed only under an able superintend¬ 
ent who will see that continuous horizontal 
and vertical spaces are laid to accom¬ 
modate lighting and plumbing conduits, 
■ thus saving additional furring; to see that 
cracked and broken blocks are not used, 
and to see that walls are built absolutely 
plumb, else the discrepancies must be 
righted by the inside finish. I remember 
seeing a wall where the plaster was an 
inch and one-half at one end of the room, 
and barely a quarter of an inch at the 
other; this was the result of trying to cor¬ 
rect the inaccuracy of the hollow tile wall. 
The question is often asked whether 
wooden furring appreciably diminishes the 
fireproofness of a terra cotta house. From 
both this standpoint and that of sanitation, 
metal lath is superior, but considering that 
wooden furring is covered by plaster, it 
could hardly be considered inflammable. 
The cost of a hollow tile house is but 
little greater than that of a first-class 
frame house, averaging about four or five 
per cent. more. On the same basis that 
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