. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... fromit in the case of a possible overflow will fall free of the walls andnot injure them. Usually, the gutter ought not to be nearer to thewall than one foot. There are a number of different kinds of gutters in use, and per-haps it will be as well to describe some of them at this time, as theyform a part of the eave flnish. The simplest kind is made of wood,and is generally kept in stock in severaldifferent sizes by lumber dealers. It isof the general shape shown in section inFig. 280, and the most common sizes
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... fromit in the case of a possible overflow will fall free of the walls andnot injure them. Usually, the gutter ought not to be nearer to thewall than one foot. There are a number of different kinds of gutters in use, and per-haps it will be as well to describe some of them at this time, as theyform a part of the eave flnish. The simplest kind is made of wood,and is generally kept in stock in severaldifferent sizes by lumber dealers. It isof the general shape shown in section inFig. 280, and the most common sizes are4X6, 5X7, and 5X8 inches. They areusually made of white pine, but maybetter be made of cypress or is hardly durable enough for use as a material for gutters. Besides the wood gutter just described,there are in use a number of different forms of metal gutters, someof which are carried in stock by dealers in roof supplies and otherswhich must be made to order by the roofer for each particular metal gutters are made of galvanized iron, copper, or of a tin. Fig. 281. Metal Gutter 211 200 CARPENTRY lining in a wood form. Any wood gutter may be improved bylining it with tin or zinc, and there should always be a piece of oneof these metals used to cover the joint between the two pieces of awood gutter where they meet. Wood gutters can be had only inlengths of about 16 feet at the most, so usually there must be somejoints to be covered with metal. The simplest metal gutter takesthe form of a trough, as shown in Fig. 281, and is fastened in placeby hangers placed at frequent intervals or by brackets which answerthe same purpose. Either the hangers or the brackets may bespiked to the ends of the rafters, and thus a cheap and simple gutter may be obtained. Open Cornice. Themost simple way of sup-porting the gutter is to letthe main rafters of the roofframing extend out over thewall as far as necessary andcut a rabbet in the end ofeach of them into which thegutte
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