. Cottage houses for village and country homes. l communication between the rear sectionand the main house in this story, may be cut off by clos-ing the sash door at the end of the main —Space for storage, etc., is made under the roof of themain house. It is floored, and has windows in the ga-bles, but otherwise unfinished. The stairs are planedabove the main flight, boxed in, and have a door at the foot Construction.—The foundations are of broken stone and mortar, V/9 foot thick, except where reducedfor the stair-way, and are finished to show 2!/2 feet abovethe earth grades. For
. Cottage houses for village and country homes. l communication between the rear sectionand the main house in this story, may be cut off by clos-ing the sash door at the end of the main —Space for storage, etc., is made under the roof of themain house. It is floored, and has windows in the ga-bles, but otherwise unfinished. The stairs are planedabove the main flight, boxed in, and have a door at the foot Construction.—The foundations are of broken stone and mortar, V/9 foot thick, except where reducedfor the stair-way, and are finished to show 2!/2 feet abovethe earth grades. For the nnexcavated part they extendin the ground below the reacli of frost, and have open-ings in them sufficient to insure ventilation beneath thekitchen floor. The area steps and coping, and the sills K)R VILLAGE A NT) COUNTRY HOMES. 10? for the cellar windows, arc of blue stone. The cellarwindows are made to swing inside and upwards, and areheld open as required by being hooked to the beamsabove. The chimneys are of hard brick and mortar,. Fig. 83.—PLAN OF THE SECOND STOBT. with tops laid m cement. The main frame is of sawedtimber thoroughly framed. The inclosing is of doubleboarding—first with 10-inch sheathing of even thickness,then with 6-inch clear pine clapboards. The roofing isof the best quality of 18-inch pine shingles, and for the 108 COTTAGE HOUSES principal parts are laid on spruce lath. The valleys,gutters, and leaders are of IX charcoal tin. The insideflooring is of 8-inch spruce, outside of 472~mch , hard-finish on two coats of best brown mor-tar, and seasoned lath, with neat stucco cornices,-are putin the principal rooms. The principal finish in the ga-bles and verandas is of timber neatly stop-chamfered,and fitted together. The rafters of the latter are leftexposed to sight, with the roof-planking laid face downand beaded, complete for painting. Lattice panels areput under the veranda floors, as shown in fig. 79. Thesash and doors are all
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