King, Charles A. (Charles Albert), b. 1865 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company · leaf 49
floor and constructing thepartitions upon it, there will always be cracks in theplastering, as soon as the building seasons. This methodhas nothing to recommend it but its inexpensiveness,and is used only upon the cheapest class of houses, exceptas it is the method by which a closet or other… … Fig. 31. — Partitions. FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION 35 laths and plaster will not cover the defect, say, over ^ inthe height of the partition, straighten it by making a saw cutin the the concave edge, and driving in a wedge as shownin Fig. 32. Nail a fishplate upon one side of the studto give stiffness as…
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