Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 227
din fastening carpets, and drive all other nailsat least -J in. below the surface with a nail-set.Putty all holes, small cracks and the spaces overthe sunken nail heads. If there are knot-holes, 209 210 THE BOYS BOOK OF CARPENTRY or similar imperfections in the floor, fill themwith pegs or plugs of… … Fig.1 until all the glued pieces, putty, etc., have thor-oughly dried. In order to plane and level thefloor a bull-nosed plane (Fig. 1) must be used,for it is impossible to plane close to the wallsand into corners with a common plane. The floor must be thoroughly cleansed with hotwater and soda or…
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