The builder's practical director; or, Buildings for all classes, containing plans, sections and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings, dispensaries, public schools, &c., with detailed estimates, quantities, prices, &c. .. (1855)
Leipzig, Dresden : A. H. Payne; [etc., etc.] · leaf 206
ts of the country. Building walls withtimber is obviously undesirable on account of its liability to destruction by fiic and damp;yet many old houses built with it, plastered over, have lasted for centuries: they shoidd bealways raised on footings of brick or stone. The timber used will probably be… … PMW OF LAWiD ner 8 3c:n A. H P; DKSKINS FOR A V\\\l Ol MODKL COTTAOES. 99 period as possililo ho allowed to elapse Lefore it is worked; as, if not properly seasoned,the efiects will be speedily visible after it is iixed: washing it with charcoal and water is acheap mode of seasoning. Baltic, Scotch…
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