Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 107
f puttingit on; the lower one is generally the best, as thedrip drops over the edge of the house, while inthe upper one the drip drops on the lower partof the cornice, and in a few years a nice house 92 PRACTICAL CARPENTRY with expensive cornice, with molds and brackets,is all rotted away. The main… … The fall in these gutters is sometimes madeentirely by putting one end up higher on the roofthan the other, though to put them level and puta bottom board in (as dotted lines show) nearthe top of gutter and tapering down to nothingat the down spout makes a better appearing job;yet, for a very long…
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