The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . d so there is work preliminary to the excava-tion. Be careful to give this point due should make a survey of the site, and note thenature of the soil, contour of the ground, and if anyp
The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required With special reference to concrete and carpentry . d so there is work preliminary to the excava-tion. Be careful to give this point due should make a survey of the site, and note thenature of the soil, contour of the ground, and if anypreparation is necessary before starting the actualdigging. Perhaps there is some rubbish to clear away,an old building to demolish, trees to cut down, andothers to be protected by boxing. Figure the dis-tance from the railroad or wharf, whence the materialswill have to be hauled. Form some opinion as to thecondition of the roads and their grade, especially if thework is to be done in the winter time. These factorswill influence the extent of the hauling. Bad roads willeffect the size of the loads, and may double the cost ofthis item. On a building of any size the cost of hauling is quiteconsiderable. I have been associated with jobs where it 42 THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER amounted to over a thousand dollars. Unless you canhandle it with your own teams, you had better obtain. tfewovaA/e /a/se* i a 60//om Fig. 14.—Detail of construction of sweet potato storage house, as shown in Fig. 11. prices from some local teamster or from neighboringfarmers. Wherever possible get a price per ton; it is MATERIALS REQUIRED 43 the most satisfactory way to pay for hauling; disputesare not so likely to arise, as in the ease of day-work, andit is an easy matter to check up the bills. POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND DIFFICULTIES Remember, also, in this preliminary work there maybe underground difficulties to take care of, such as rockblasting, springs, shoring, and piling, the extent ofwhich can only be appr
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