The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . Fig. 89.—Standing seams for metal roofs. contrived so that the water flows past them and notagainst them. The best grades of metal roofing are usually sold withthe name of the brand and the weight stamped on everyshe
The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . Fig. 89.—Standing seams for metal roofs. contrived so that the water flows past them and notagainst them. The best grades of metal roofing are usually sold withthe name of the brand and the weight stamped on everysheet, and this should be noted for first-class under side of tin roofing is painted with a goodgrade of metallic paint, such as iron oxide and linseedoil, also the exposed surface, prior to which the roofshould be cleaned, especially of all traces of rosin, whichmight otherwise start rust. EAVES TROUGHS AND CONDUCTORS In connection with the roofing there is the installa-tion of eaves troughs, gutters, and rain-wrater conductorpipes or spouting to consider. See Fig. 90 for several IX 162 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER types of gutters. Copper is the best material for thiswork, though galvanized iron and tin are more exten-sively used. Care should be taken that the gutters arepitched to drain properly, that all metal surfaces which. Standing gutter.
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