Wilson’s Carpentry and joinery / by John Wilson (1891)
Wilson, John · Manchester [England] : Percy Bros. · leaf 20
e all alike, a wall right up is not practicable. To prevent sound, the partitions are often filled between the studs withsawdust or ashes ; this is put in after the laths are on, a small hole beingleft near the coiling, or a lath or two left off near the top until they are tilled In colleges and… … The wall plate is the piece shown in crosa section at the top of the wall.It runs the full length of the building and is generally 4 j x 3, its object beingto distribute the weight of the roof equally, the full length of the wall. The ridge is a piece parallel to (he wall plate, and is placed at…
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