A Modern Residence

Chimney— Build chimney where shown, of good hard burned brick up to proper height above roof. Line flues with fire-clay flue lining. Flues to be 8 inches square. Fireplace flue to have 8 by 12-inch lining.

Chimney will have cement stone cap 3 inches thick, composed of 1 part cement and 3 parts clean, sharp sand; top to have a grade so as to carry water away from the flue openings.

Put in galvanized-iron pipe thimbles where shown, 6 inches in diameter for kitchen range, 6 inches in diameter for laundry, 8 inches in diameter for furnace in cellar. Also one thimble 8 inches in diameter for clean-out for furnace flue, set 18 inches above cellar floor.

All brick laid in good cement mortar as specified for foundation work.

Fireplace facing and hearth to be laid of selected common red brick laid in red mortar.

Piers— Build brick piers for cellar where shown. Cesspools— Build 3 cesspools 7 feet in diameter and as deep as springs will allow. One cesspool to be connected with the laundry tubs only to have a leechy bottom. One cesspool to be made water tight, and to be connected with grease trap and other plumbing fixtures. Ten feet away, build third cesspool with leeching bottom connected with tight cesspool with 5-inch salt-glazed earthen drain-tile, with quarter-bend turned down in tight cesspool.

Lay 5-inch drain-tile from tight cesspool, and connect with 4-inch cast-iron soil line 5 feet out side of foundation.

Also lay 5-inch drain-tile from laundry waste near foundation, and connect with laundry cess pool.

These cesspools are to be located about 30 feet away from nearest point of house founda tion.

Cover cesspools with domed arches laid in Portland cement, and 3-inch cement stone covers with three 1-inch vent-holes in each.

Five feet away from house, build water tight brick grease trap 3 feet in diameter, 3 feet deep. Cover this with cement stone as specified. Connect grease trap with main drain-tile in the customary manner.

Kitchen Hearth— The kitchen hearth will be made of Portland cement concrete 4 inches thick, same as specified for cellar bottom.

Brickwork behind kitchen range will be car ried up 6 feet high; also to extend around the corner in line with windows as shown. This

brick breast to be laid up with close joints, rubbed down with soft brick, and painted 3 coats of paint.

Lathing and Plastering— Lath all the rooms to be finished in first and second stories, also one room on third story, with best spruce wall lath, free from bark or knots, with 4 nailings to each lath, breaking joints every tenth lath. Cover all lath with rock wall-plaster put on according to directions fur nished by manufacturers.

Finish all walls with best lime putty and plaster of Paris, 1 part plaster of Paris, 2 parts lime putty, troweled to a good, hard white finish.

All angles to be rodded straight and true. All work to be done in the very best manner; walls left in perfect condition on completion of building. Wherever finished rooms overhang the first floor, the beams are to be filled in with inches of mortar.

Timber— All timber except where otherwise shown or specified to be square-edge spruce of first qual ity, straight-grained and well seasoned. All framed, mortised-and-tenoned, and spiked to gether in best workmanlike manner. Size of the principal parts indicated by the following: Sills, 3 by 6 in.

Girder in cellar, 6 by 8 in.

Plates at 1st story level, 4 by 4 in.

Partition caps supporting beams, 4 by 6 in.

1st story beams, 2 by 10 in. on 16-in. centers.

2d story beams, 2 by 10 in. on 16-in. centers.

Ceiling beams over 2d story, 2 by 6 in. on 16-in.

centers.

Posts, 4 by 6 in.

Veranda sills and plates and cross-sills, 4 by 6 in.

Veranda floor-beams, 2 by 6 in. on 18-in. centers.

Rafters on steep slope of roof, 2 by 4-in. spruce, 16 in. centers.

Rafters on flat slope of roof, 2 by 6 in., 24-in. centers. Valley rafters, 3 by 8 in.

Floor-beams to be bridged in all spans over 8 feet, with 2 by 2-inch spruce bridging.

Studding for outside walls and interior par titions to be 2 by 4-inch hemlock, set 16 inches on centers, and doubled at all angles and open ings.

Where floor-beams run in same direction as partitions, they are to be set double under each partition in each case. Where second-story rooms overhang first-story, nail furring on each side of beams 4 inches down, and lay a sub floor.