Gordon-Van Tine homes . November I Oth, 1:30 P. M. Porches up—roof sheathed-ing on shingles and The House completed, altho starting in November and handi-capped by carpenter shortage. Mr. Kittell was able lo moveinto his home before cold weather overtook him. He estimatesthat he saved at least $ How Applying Modern Methods to HouseConstruction Saves You up to 17% onLumber Waste—Around 30% of Construc-tion Cost—and insures against errors andMistakes. NINETY-SEVEN per cent of the lumber that goes into a housemust be cut at one or both ends—an average of more than twocuts on each
Gordon-Van Tine homes . November I Oth, 1:30 P. M. Porches up—roof sheathed-ing on shingles and The House completed, altho starting in November and handi-capped by carpenter shortage. Mr. Kittell was able lo moveinto his home before cold weather overtook him. He estimatesthat he saved at least $ How Applying Modern Methods to HouseConstruction Saves You up to 17% onLumber Waste—Around 30% of Construc-tion Cost—and insures against errors andMistakes. NINETY-SEVEN per cent of the lumber that goes into a housemust be cut at one or both ends—an average of more than twocuts on each piece. In the days of cheap labor this workwas all done by the carpenters on the building lot. Stock lengthsand sizes of lumber were sawed and ripped up to fit by hand-sawand elbow grease. You remember passing a building lot where a new house was to bebuilt and seeing the carpenters sawing up the lumber? After thefoundation was in and everything ready for the frame work to go up,how many days went by before any actual building was done? Everytime you passed the carpenters were busy, sawing awa
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