. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . A One-Stoty Cottage plan is not suggested as a model of architecture or con-venience, but the general principles may be applied to anygood plan. FOUNDATION AND CELLAR The foundation is made of cement and gravel in a pro-portion of one to eight. This part of the basement is builtabout twenty inches above the surface of the ground, andfully ten inches above the sidewalk, to allow for proper Suggestions on Buildin 41. Ground Plan 42
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . A One-Stoty Cottage plan is not suggested as a model of architecture or con-venience, but the general principles may be applied to anygood plan. FOUNDATION AND CELLAR The foundation is made of cement and gravel in a pro-portion of one to eight. This part of the basement is builtabout twenty inches above the surface of the ground, andfully ten inches above the sidewalk, to allow for proper Suggestions on Buildin 41. Ground Plan 42 Home and Health The construction of the house should be such as to securean abundance of air and sunshine. grading. The basement of wood is three feet high abovethe cement. The cellar bottom and sides are finished with cement,and around the cellar on all sides is a shelf of earth threefeet wide and three feet high, covered with cement. SUNSHINE AND AIR The rooms are large and high, windows are large andplain, both sashes being hung on weights. As the housefaces the south, every room gets the sunshine at an hourof the day when it is most agreeable. Notice on the ground plan the arrangement of win-dows, doors, and beds in the sleeping-rooms. In each room,a door and a window opposite can be opened at nightfor free ventilation without a direct draught across thesleeper. Full-sized screens are provided for the windowsso they can be opened at all times without admitting fliesor mosquitoes. PLASTERING The plastering is three-coat work. The first two coatsare of wood-fiber, and
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