Attic Partitions
Attic Partitions It Is Often Necessary To Build Partitions In The Story Directly Beneath The Roof, And Such Partitions Must Extend Clear Up To The Under Side Of The Rafters And Be Connected With Them In Some Way. This Makes It Necessary To Cut The Tops Of The Studs On ...
Carpenters Tools
Carpenters' Tools Steel Square. It Is Not Only Important That The Workman Should Know The Character And Usefulness Of The Various Materials, But It Is Also Essential That He Should Be Familiar With The Steel Square, Which Is The Universal Tool Used To Lay Out The Material. Figs. 16 And ...
Carpentry
Carpentry The Carpenter Has Always Been A Worker In Wood And Probably Will Always Be So, Unless We Are So Foolish As To Neglect The Newer Art Of Forestry To Such An Extent That In The Course Of Time We Have No Wood Wherein To Work And With Which To ...
Classes Of Trees
Classes Of Trees There Are In General Four Kinds Of Trees From Which Timber Suitable For Structural Purposes May Be Obtained, Which Differ From Each Other In Their Manner Of Growth And In The Details Of Their Struc Ture, As Well As In Their Adaptability To Building Work, But Of ...
Floors
Floors After The Wall, The Next Important Part Of The House Frame To Be Considered Is The Floors, Which Are Usually Framed While The Wall Is Being Put Up And Before It Is Finished. They Must Be Made Not Only Strong Enough To Carry Any Load Which May Come Upon ...
General Characteristics Of Timber
General Characteristics Of Timber In Speaking Of Wood We Are Accustomed To Use Certain Words To Express Our Idea Of Its Mechanical Properties, Or Of Its Probable Behav Ior Under Certain Conditions. Thus We Say That A Wood Is Hard, Or Tough, Or Brittle, Or Flexible, And Frequently We Use ...
Geometrical Stairways And Handrailing
Geometrical Stairways And Handrailing The Term Geometrical Is Applied To Stair Ways Having Any Kind Of Curve For A Plan. The Rails Over The Steps Are Made Con Tinuous From One Story To Another. The Resulting Winding Or Twisting Pieces Are Called Wreaths. Wreaths. The Construction Of Wreaths Is Based ...
Joints And Splices In
Joints And Splices In Carpentry Before Beginning A Description Of The Framing, It Will Be Well To Consider The Methods Employed In Joining Pieces Of Timber Together. The Number Of Different Kinds Of Connections Is Really Very Small, And The Principles Upon Which They Are Based May Be Mastered Very ...
Laying Out
Laying Out Having Now Considered The Material And The Most Important Of The Tools With Which The Carpenter Performs His Work, We Shall Pass To A Consideration Of The Work Itself, And See How A Building Of Wood Construction Is Put Together. Ground Location. In Undertaking The Construction Of Any ...
Outside Roof Finish
Outside Roof Finish Finish At The Eaves. The Point, Or Rather The Line, In Which The Sloping Roof Meets The Vertical Wall Is Called The "eaves" And This Point Must Always Be Finished In Some Way. This Finish, However, May Be Varied To Almost Any Extent, And It May Be ...
Outside Wall Finish
Outside Wall Finish Sheathing. The First Operation In Connection With The Applica Tion Of The Finish Is That Of Covering The Framework With Sheathing, Which Should Be About 1 Inch In Thickness, And For The Best Work, Dressed On One Side. The Sheathing Should Be Placed Diagonally Across The Studding ...
Partitions
Partitions The Studding Used In Partition Walls Is Usually Of 2x4-inch Stuff, Although 2x 3-inch Studding May Sometimes Be Used To Advantage If The Partition Does Not Support Any Floor Joists. Furring Walls. The Partition Walls Are Made 4 Inches Wide, The Same As In The Outer Walls, Except In ...
Rafters
Rafters The Ends Of Rafters Are Usually Cut To Fit Accurately Against One Another And Against The Plates On Which They Rest. The Cutting Of These Bevels Is Not At All Difficult When The Relation Of The Rafter To The Roof Surfaces Is Seen And The Steel Square Is Used ...
Roof Characteristics
Roof Characteristics Styles Of Roofs. The Different Varieties Of Roofs, From The Simple Pitch Roof To The Most Complicated Combination Of Hips And Valleys, Are Developments Of A Few Simple Forms. Lean-to Roof. The Lean-to Roof Is The Most Simple Of Them All, And Is Usually Employed For Small Sheds, ...
Roof Frame
Roof Frame Layout Of Roof Plan. The Laying Out Of The Roof Plan For A Building Is A Problem Which Requires Some Little Thought And Skill And It May Be Well To Give A Little Space To A Consideration Of The Best Way In Which To Approach This Problem. Suppose ...
Shrinkage And Settlement
Shrinkage And Settlement An Important Point Which Must Be Considered In Connection With The Framing Of The Walls And Partitions, Is The Settlement Due To The Shrinkage Of Timber As It Seasons After Being Put In Place. Tim Ber Always Shrinks Considerably Across The Grain, But Very Little In The ...
Special Framing
Special Framing We Have, In The Preceding Pages, Considered The Framing Which Enters Into A Building Of Light Construction, Such As An Ordinary Dwell Ing House, But There Are Certain Classes Of Structures Which Call For Heavier Framing, Or Framing Of Special Character. Among These May Be Mentioned Battered Frames, ...
Stair Building
Stair-building Introductory. In The Following Instructions In The Art Of Stair Building, It Is The Intention To Adhere Closely To The Practical Phases Of The Subject, And To Present Only Such Matter As Will Directly Aid The Student In Acquiring A Practical Mastery Of The Art. Stair-building, Though One Of ...
The Roof
The Roof The Framing Of The Roof Is One Of The Most Difficult Problems With Which The Carpenter Has To Deal, Not Because Of The Number Of Complicated Details, For These Are Few, But Because Of The Many Different Bevels Which Must Be Cut In Order To Allow The Rafters ...
The Steel Square
The Steel Square The Standard Steel Square Has A Blade 24 Inches Long And 2 Inches Wide, And A Tongue From 14 To 1s Inches Long And 1 Inches Wide. The Blade Is At Right Angles To The Tongue. The Face Of The Square Is Shown In Fig. 1. It ...
Timber Trusses
Timber Trusses In The Discussion Of Roofs And Roof Framing Which Has Already Been Given Here, Only Those Roofs Have Been Considered Which Were Of So Short A Span That They Could Easily Be Covered With A Frame Work Of Ordinary Rafters, Spaced From 1 To 2 Feet Apart, Between ...
Towers And Steeples
Towers And Steeples Towers Are A Very Common Feature In Building Construction, Ranging In Size From The Small Cupola Used On Barns To The High Tapering Spire Which Is The Distinguishing Mark Of Churches. They Have Roofs Of Various Shapes, Some In The Form Of Pyramids, With Four, Eight, Or ...
Trim
Trim Base Or Skirting. The Walls And Ceilings Of Rooms In Which There Is No Attempt Made To Give An Ornamental Treatment In Wood Work Are Ordinarily Finished In Plaster. Even In The Cheapest Work, However, There Should Be Some Sort Of Finish At The Point Where The Floor And ...
Varieties Of Timber
Varieties Of Timber Although There Are A Great Many Different Kinds Of Trees Growing In Different Parts Of The World, Only A Comparatively Small Number Of Them Yield Wood Which Is Used To Any Great Extent In Building Work. These Differ Very Much Among Themselves, Each Variety Possessing Certain Characteristics ...