. Carpenter. r threepoints. For ordinary porch rafters Iuse eight or ten-inch boards and ripnearly through, then take the piece I ripout and edge up on the bottom andfasten these by nailing scraps of boardson sides. By this way you have fullwidth board the length of rafters. Itsaves labor and lumber. See if you cando it any cheaper. to hit the three points they must Fig. 1 once. Something New in Fireproofing(By James Barry, L. U. 509.) The accompanying sketch shows a newwrinkle in fireproofing. Here woodenfloors had to be laid on split joists andalso nailed into plugs in the concrete


. Carpenter. r threepoints. For ordinary porch rafters Iuse eight or ten-inch boards and ripnearly through, then take the piece I ripout and edge up on the bottom andfasten these by nailing scraps of boardson sides. By this way you have fullwidth board the length of rafters. Itsaves labor and lumber. See if you cando it any cheaper. to hit the three points they must Fig. 1 once. Something New in Fireproofing(By James Barry, L. U. 509.) The accompanying sketch shows a newwrinkle in fireproofing. Here woodenfloors had to be laid on split joists andalso nailed into plugs in the concrete 48 THE CJI R PED TE R floors of a strictly fireproof job. Whenthis new building was finished it was dis-covered that there was some defect in itsacoustic properties and a good solid ma-ple floor, tongued or butt joints, was laidon top of the concrete. It made a re-markably good solid floor—nailed onsplit joist 12 inches apart, plugs about16 inches, as I have tried to show fromsketches taken on the job. a t\. This shows a well hole. Side cased upto top of concrete. Dots show concrete. Wires pass un-der bottom and double over top of girder.


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