A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 387
work iscarried on, such as lathing, plastering, and the first coats ofpainting. 115. When two thicknesses of flooring are laid, the first, or under floor, is usual- f:::; ——=—. ly laid diagonally across the beams, as shown at<7, Fig. 34, and the sec-ond, or finished floor, islaid on top of this,… … § 9 CARPENTRY. 57 beneath may pull two or three of the boards of the finishedfloor up tightly together, thereby leaving open joints in theupper floor at regular intervals, corresponding very nearlywith the widths of the rough boards below. The diagonallaying of the lower flooring obviates this…
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