Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building Facts worth considering relating to foundation, cellar, kitchen, chimney, cistern, brick-work, mortar, heating, ventilation, the roof, and many items of interest to builders.

The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF =Walter’s Patent Standard, and Cooper’s Patent Queen Anne Metallic Shingles and Siding Plates,= 510 TO 520 EAST TWENTI...

The carelessness displayed in chimney construction is astonishing. As the work is hid from view on completion, be watchful during the process of construction from the ground up....

For doors and windows, insert pieces same thickness, but large enough to receive the casings. These thin pieces inserted in the mortar joints are better and cheaper than plugs o...

We guarantee our shingles as follows: If you will use them, and _they are properly put on in accordance with our instructions_, and if they do not then give satisfaction, we agr...

=Like Our Shingles=, has a nailing flange the entire length of each sheet. =It forms a Continuous Rib= when applied from eaves to comb with cross seams twenty-five inches apart,...

Take two pieces of different quality of Tin or Terne plates, say two inches square, grease one side with any kind of animal fat; then with a pair of plyers, hold them separately...

=A Low Pressure Apparatus.= Radiates Steam Heat with from ½ to 3 pounds pressure. =One fire generates both Warm Air and Steam, Increasing its capacity 25 per cent. over any All-...