Category: History - American
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But perhaps the most widely used method of producing an intimate connection between ground and walls of the house is with foundation planting. There is much abuse of this method...
10. Part 10As an illustration, there are certain types of wood-shingle roofs which have a charm in the beginning that is apt to disappear with age. These are constructed of shingles, dippe...
12. Part 12If we consider the machines used in the kitchen for cleaning purposes, a considerable list can be made, but the gas and oil stove and fireless cooker should not be forgotten, si...
5. Part 5In enumerating the places where fire-stops should be built, the most important ones are the blocking of the space between the plaster and furred brick wall at each floor level a...
6. Part 6Glancing around at the walls of the living-room and the dining-room we notice that the wall-paper has cracked in a number of places, pulled up, and curled away. It is extremely...
11. Part 11Tin, approximately in thickness 30-gauge, U. S. Standard, is called IC, and recommended for the roof proper, while valleys and gutters should be lined with IX tin, approximately...
14. Part 14Quoting from the New York _Tribune_ of January 18, 1855, we have a very interesting account of the conditions which were then prevalent that brought about this later variation o...
8. Part 8Moreover, the lighting of a small house must be studied with common sense, and no rule of the thumb can be laid down. Certain enthusiastic illuminating engineers offer typical p...
9. Part 9What happens to the small house after it has been built? This is a question which should interest both the architect and builder, because from the answer can be had some very im...
3. Part 3The walls and ceiling to which plaster is to be applied must be so constructed as to be practically rigid under the loads that they will carry. Since plaster is not elastic, any...
7. Part 7However, where there is no gas to be used, the coal-heater must be employed—either the tank-heater or the water-back in the kitchen-range. The latter was the usual old-fashioned...
13. Part 13There are not many architectural motifs that can be used in designing the small house, and the ones which are employed over and over again are fundamentally a part of the constr...
2. Part 2The lower we keep our house to the ground, the less will be the expense of labor, for, when work must be done above the reach of a man’s hands, it means the construction of scaf...
1. Part 1Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Illustrations have been moved so...
4. Part 4The interior of all stone walls, and in fact all masonry walls, will show condensation of moisture over the interior surface, and if they are plastered directly on the interior...
16. Part 16But probably one of the most satisfactory systems yet devised for financing the small house is through the various building and loan associations which have grown to great stren...