A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 296
tened by means of barbed nails; the nailingshould be started at the middle of the sheet and carried to theends, in order to make the lathing set firmly on the woodwork. Fig. 102 shows one of the best known and most satisfactorymetal laths, which is called the Bostzvick. This is made ofribbed sheet… … Fig. 102. 126 MASONRY. § 8 215. Metal Latli in Wood Constmietion.—While metallath is, of course, preferable to wood for ordinary framestructures, the additional cost generally precludes its use;but even in such buildings there are numerous places whereit is of considerable advantage, while the…
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