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 151
about one inch in depth. 126 FRAMING Care must be taken that the spaces between theends of the joists over the wall-plates are prop-erly filled, either by lath and plaster or by apiece of board cut tightly in between and nailedin position. This is important, for the effective-ness of any dead air… … Fig. 69. Eoof Construction to Prevent Heat Losses. timbers, and obviously the foregoing would notapply in such cases. For the prevention of heatradiation in roofs of this class, a double roof isthe only effective remedy. A detail of this isshown in Fig. 69, from which it will be seen thatthe…
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