. Cottage houses for village and country homes. Fi£. 26.—THE SECOND STORY. 88 COTTAGE HOUSES ney flue from the second floor. The bedroom is con-venient to either parlor or living-room, and has twowindows and a closet. The stairs, both up and down, are arranged tooccupy but littleroom, and havedoors to Story(fig. 26.)—Hightof ceilings in themain part 8 feet,in the side wing3 to 61/, maybe car-ried higher if de-sired at smalladditional ex-pense. There aretwo chambers,two closets, anda passage in themain part; twobedrooms in theside wing, and agarret in the rearwing, all
. Cottage houses for village and country homes. Fi£. 26.—THE SECOND STORY. 88 COTTAGE HOUSES ney flue from the second floor. The bedroom is con-venient to either parlor or living-room, and has twowindows and a closet. The stairs, both up and down, are arranged tooccupy but littleroom, and havedoors to Story(fig. 26.)—Hightof ceilings in themain part 8 feet,in the side wing3 to 61/, maybe car-ried higher if de-sired at smalladditional ex-pense. There aretwo chambers,two closets, anda passage in themain part; twobedrooms in theside wing, and agarret in the rearwing, all openingfrom the stairlanding. Thechambers have_ side walls full ^ Fig. OF PLUMBING FOR A KITCHEN. Mght to ^ ^ ing; the bedrooms are half-story finished. Thegarret is floored, and has a small window in the rear, but is otherwise unfinished, being intended as aplace for general storage Construction.—The exca-vations for the cellar are 4 feet deep. The foundation. FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES. 39 and chimneys arc of brick-work; frame of sawed timber;siding of novelty pattern/ which is preferable, butmay be of other form of boards. Principal roofs are ofshingles; veranda and porch-roofs of tin. Floors of 8-inch spruce, tongued and grooved. Windows in cellarhave three-light sash hung with butts. Other windowshave eight-light sash hung to weights. All doors arefour-panelled. Casings for the first story are 5-inchreeded; for second story, 5-inch plain; base to matchcasings. Plastering of both stories, two full coats andwhite finished. Painting, two coats of best pump, sink, and tank are provided, connected withsuitable pipes (see fig. 27). This practical method ofplumbing may be used anywhere for country houses. It isquite free from complications, and the several parts maybe obtained ready fitted, so that with pipe-tong and ascrew-driver, any mechanic should be able to connect andset up the whole in working order. The cost is
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