A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 424
jointsfrom the eaves to theridge, as at c, and theinsertion of flashings un-der the shingles, at thesepoints, prevents the waterthat would work its waybeneath the covering fromgetting into the interior, and carries it to the flat slopes,where it may harmlessly run off. 163. In valleys the means… … Fig. 09. 94 CARPENTRY. pitch; but in the valley we have a depression between twoslopes, and all the water falling- on each of them is immedi-ately carried to the valley. The valley, therefore, acts in the capacity of a gutter, andis flashed accordingly. The tin is joined, generally at theends, to…
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