A treatise on architecture and building construction . in Art. 136. 186. The interior of the house is now ready for theplasterers, but the carpenter should shingle the roof beforethe plasterers work is started, in order to protect the wallsand ceilings in case of rain. The shingling should be startedas soon after the roof is covered in as is possible, and accord-ing to the methods previously explained. 187. Sidinj? is the term which is applied to the materialwith which the exteriorwalls of a frame buildingare usually covered. Thereare two kinds, the beveledsiding, and the novelty^ orpatent, si
A treatise on architecture and building construction . in Art. 136. 186. The interior of the house is now ready for theplasterers, but the carpenter should shingle the roof beforethe plasterers work is started, in order to protect the wallsand ceilings in case of rain. The shingling should be startedas soon after the roof is covered in as is possible, and accord-ing to the methods previously explained. 187. Sidinj? is the term which is applied to the materialwith which the exteriorwalls of a frame buildingare usually covered. Thereare two kinds, the beveledsiding, and the novelty^ orpatent, siding. The formerconsists of sawed andplaned boards in commer-cial lengths of about 10feet and a width of from 4to 6 inches. Its thicknessis f inch at one edge, bevel-ing back to f inch at theother edge, as shown atFig. 73. Novelty siding has a imiform thickness of about \ inch,except where it is rabbeted at the bottom to receive thechamfered edge of the next board below it, and where it ischamfered at the top to fit the rabbet of the board next above. Fig. 73. no CARPENTRY. §9 it, as shown at h, Fig. 74. Novelty siding is manufac-tured in single widths offrom 5 inches to 9 inches,though in very cheap gradesof work it is used in doublewidths, with a groove workedlengthwise through the middleto imitate the joint, as shownat f, Fig. 74. The depth of the rabbetand the width of the chamferlimit the amount of lap thatcan be made with novelty si-ding; whereas, with beveledsiding, one course may overlapthe other any distance withinthe limits of the width ofthe material. It is far prefer-able, therefore, to use thebeveled stock on all first-class work, though it costs a triflemore and requires more labor to put it in place. It is moredurable on exposure to the weather, less liable to crack andcheck, while its thinness renders it easily dried out, and thestock is much more liable to be well seasoned than that usedfor the novelty siding.
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