. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . Section of kitchen roofing. opening, so as to carry the weight above in many London houses are constructed inthe back yards, with an area between them and thehouse. This confines all the smell of the cooking to FOUNDATIONS OF HOUSES. 157 the precincts of the kitchen. As it is very importantthat no roofing should interrupt the light from theback ground-windows of the house, the roof of thekitchen is so constructed that the
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . Section of kitchen roofing. opening, so as to carry the weight above in many London houses are constructed inthe back yards, with an area between them and thehouse. This confines all the smell of the cooking to FOUNDATIONS OF HOUSES. 157 the precincts of the kitchen. As it is very importantthat no roofing should interrupt the light from theback ground-windows of the house, the roof of thekitchen is so constructed that the yard is only movedupwards; it belongs to the ground floor and not tothe basement. For this purpose, cast iron girders,standing on brick piers, bear up rolled iron six-inchgirders, between which half-brick arches are all these is concrete, cement, or asphalte. Thecourses of tiles and cement are laid at such a slope aswill be sufficient to take the water off quickly. It iseasy to put skylights, or any kind of opening, in thisconstruction, and to make the whole water-tight. This figure shows a way of supportingwalls over openings, instead of t
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