The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 153
on. Where a partition is set to extend only one story, independent of partitionsabove and below, the space from the footing to a height above the plaster groundshould be filled with brick and mortar; also from the partition head to the underside of the floor boarding. Where the walls of attic rooms… … A well-tied fireplace motive, entirely out of the room proper. The old fire frame couldwell be used in a treatment of this sort Fireplaces, Chimneys and Fireproofing 129 of the chimney breast should be carefully looked to. Before setting the furringthe ceiling should be lathed with metal lathing…
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