Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work .. (1912)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago, American school of correspondence · leaf 314
ll meet, in order to stop the plasterand the finished flooring. This memberis called the base or skirting andis almost invariably of wood. It may beof hard wood, or of soft wood for painting,and may be very plain or very orna-mental. Such a base would ordinarilybe made out of stuff | inch or 1|… … Fig. 355. Section of Base Boardor Skirting 356 CARPENTRY 245 molded at the top, as shown at A in the figure. The finished flooringC passes under the base, in which case the flooring must be laid first,but the base may be set in place before the flooring is laid, and theflooring stop against it, in…
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