. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work. Fig. 186. Usual Position of Grille. 167 158 BUILDING SUPERINTENDENCE and when this is to be done, care must be taken to bed the glass care-fully, as the expansion and the jar of closing are likely to crack theglass. The interior use of grilles will be found cliiefly in the protectionof elevators or lifts, and the exclusion of the public from the workingportions of offices and banks. Elevator grilles are generally made ofwrought iron, and they should be at least 7 feet 6 inches high on thesides and carried from fl
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work. Fig. 186. Usual Position of Grille. 167 158 BUILDING SUPERINTENDENCE and when this is to be done, care must be taken to bed the glass care-fully, as the expansion and the jar of closing are likely to crack theglass. The interior use of grilles will be found cliiefly in the protectionof elevators or lifts, and the exclusion of the public from the workingportions of offices and banks. Elevator grilles are generally made ofwrought iron, and they should be at least 7 feet 6 inches high on thesides and carried from floor to ceiling in front of the doors of the car; and all portions within easy reach ofthe public, where there is danger thatthe hand might pass through, to beinjured by the moving parts of theelevator or counterweight, should beof a fine pattern or protected by finenetting. The main support of the ele-vator grilles will be found in the cornerposts which support the elevators, or the.
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