Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 119
f service, also to help carry the 1 f 2 COMMON-SENSE HANDRAILING lath or paneling which may be necessary in comple-ting the soffit. The strings being closed, the butts ofthe balusters must rest on a sub-rail which caps theupper edge of the outer string. The first newel should pass through the lower… … Fig. 5. Fig. 6. The sketches shown at Figs. 5 and 6 exhibit the endof the bottom step, which is semi-circular or bull-nosed, also an end view of the lower tread and riserwith the shank of the newel passing through. Theposition of the newel, with regard to the step, is shownby the dotted lines in…
Stair building · Hand-railing
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