. Barn plans and outbuildings . r joists are beddedin dry sand or dry, well-packed cinders. The floor isdouble, with two layers of building paper between the twothicknesses. Three rows of ten by ten-inch posts, carry-ing eight by ten-inch caps, support the ten by twelve-inchbeams, upon which are laid the six by eight-inch joistsfor the second floor. Two-inch flooring is laid over flooring is laid tight in the storage room and providedwith a slope toward the center. A gutter catches thedrainage and carries it into the gutter from the icechamber (not shown in the drawing). To prevent l
. Barn plans and outbuildings . r joists are beddedin dry sand or dry, well-packed cinders. The floor isdouble, with two layers of building paper between the twothicknesses. Three rows of ten by ten-inch posts, carry-ing eight by ten-inch caps, support the ten by twelve-inchbeams, upon which are laid the six by eight-inch joistsfor the second floor. Two-inch flooring is laid over flooring is laid tight in the storage room and providedwith a slope toward the center. A gutter catches thedrainage and carries it into the gutter from the icechamber (not shown in the drawing). To prevent leakagethe floor of the storage room must have a sheet iron cover-ing. The floor of the ice chamber is laid with two by 382 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS four-inch lumber, with one-inch spaces between. Thisprovides for air circulation and water drainage. A slopingcatch floor, shown in Figure 373, leads the water into thegutter which carries it down and out through the coolingroom. The upright studding, outside of the walls, two by. Fig. 373—CROSS-SECTION OF THE STORAGE HOUSE six inches, are twenty inches apart. On the inside is aninch of rough boarding, two layers of building pa^oer, asecond inch board, then an inch air space, then two otherthicknesses of inch boarding with double thicknesses oibuilding paper between. On the outside of the studding COJiIBIXED COLD STORAGE HOUSE 383 is a double thickness of inch boarding with two layers ofbuilding paper between. Beyond that, building paper,an inch space and the weather boarding. The space be-tween the studs should be packed a foot from the founda-tion with mineral wool or sawdust. The inch dead airspaces and the double layers of building paper should becontinuous around the room. If there is a break thatadmits air the dead air space loses all its qualities ofinsulation and becomes an air conductor. The ceilingover the ice chamber and storage should have a doublethickness of boards and paper the same as the walls. Thespaces betwee
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