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 259
practically three courses on all parts of a 226 PRACTICAL CARPENTRY roof, but a good part of the fourth should be therealso. Fig. 162 shows an old-fashioned way, and whenwe got so high we had to get a new rest for our feetwe nailed brackets on the roof with tenpenny nails,and put a plank on them.… … FIG. 162 FIG. 163 FIG. 164 the shingle nail below where the nails were drivenin the roof when you take it down, and it makesthe holes break joints. Some carpenters to avoid the danger of leakjust mentioned, put the shingle on tip end up,shingle it in, and then saw it off when the scaffoldis taken…
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