. The sanitation of a country house. ials or perhaps theuse of concrete, which is gaining muchfavor as a building material. Brickand stone houses, on the other hand,are likely to become damp, unlessthe walls are double; that is, theplaster must never be put directlyon the wall, but an air-spaco must 24 Sanitation of a Country House. be left by furring (as the build-ers say) the lath away from thewall by strips of wood which leavea small interval between the lathand wall. The heating of a country housediffers in no wise from that of a cityhouse; hot air, hot water, and steambeing the three prin
. The sanitation of a country house. ials or perhaps theuse of concrete, which is gaining muchfavor as a building material. Brickand stone houses, on the other hand,are likely to become damp, unlessthe walls are double; that is, theplaster must never be put directlyon the wall, but an air-spaco must 24 Sanitation of a Country House. be left by furring (as the build-ers say) the lath away from thewall by strips of wood which leavea small interval between the lathand wall. The heating of a country housediffers in no wise from that of a cityhouse; hot air, hot water, and steambeing the three principal addition to the furnace, it is desir-able to have open fireplaces, not onlyfor heating during spring and fall,when the days are damp and chillyand the furnace is not in operation,but for the cheerfulness it adds to aroom and, in addition, for its valueas a ventilator; for nothing save arotary fan is comparable to anopen fire for getting the foul airout of a house, and a room whichcontains one never gets the peculiar. Fig. 3.—The Old Franklin. The House. 27 odor so characteristic of deficient ven-tilation. In some places where wood is becom-ing almost too scarce and too expensiveto use in an ordinary fireplace, theold-fashioned Franklin stove, or Penn-sylvania fireplace as Franklin him-self called it, is a worthy substitute,on account of the great saving of designer says: The use of thesefireplaces in very many houses, bothof this and the neighboring colonies,has been and is a great saving of woodto the inhabitant. Some say it savesfive-sixths, some say three-fourths, andothers much less. I suppose two-thirds or one-half is saved. My roomis twice as warm with one-fourth thewood as formerly used. If it wasnecessary in Franklins day to econo-mize fuel, it is a hundred times more 28 Sanitation of a Country House. necessary now, and I predict as theyears go by that the old Frankhnswill have a place with those who lovea wood fire. CHAPTER III. WATER-SUPPLY
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