Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905, Nolan, Thomas, 1857-1926 · New York : W.T. Comstock · leaf 176
it is the only suitable methodof stopping the verge board. The top of the ledges or shelvesihown in these figures should be pitched outward and covered withtin or zinc. On brick and stone buildings of a public or enduring character,and on all city buildings, the gable walls are generally carried… … being built into the brick or stonework. Wooden cornices are muchcheaper than stone or terra cotta cornices or coping, and on subur-ban residences they seem more appropriate and are sufficiently dura-ble. A plank should be bolted to the top of the wall to receive theoheathing and to stay the wall.…
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