Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 218
76), and if the floorbeams were all dressed to a pattern there would not be much advan-tage in cross-furring. As it is, the principal advantage of cross-furringis that it is more practicable to get a level ceiling by it, and the floorbeams may be spaced from 14 to 18 inches apart, while the… … furring is put on some time after the beams are set, this unequal de-flection may be in part overcome. On the other hand cross-furringleaves a space between the bottom of the floor joists and the lathssufficient for the passage of vermin and of fire. When the ceiling is to be cross-furred no…
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