Put 2 by 4-inch shoes under partitions where beams run in opposite direction to partitions.
Truss-brace all partitions over openings where necessary.
All necessary timber not specially men tioned, to be suitable sizes, and furnished in size by the Contractor as if particularly mentioned.
Sheathing— All vertical walls, also steep slope of roof and veranda roofs to be sheathed with by 8 inch North Carolina pine, of good, sound qual ity, free from loose knots, splits, or shakes. Sheathing boards to be laid horizontally. All joints to be cut on studs, and all well nailed.
Sheathing to be covered with black sheathing paper. Sheathing paper to extend under all window and door casings, cornices, and other places.
Roof— The upper slope of roof to be covered with 1 by 2-inch spruce shingle lath laid 5 inches on centers, all well nailed to rafters.
Form valleys with 1 by 8-inch spruce or North Carolina pine valley boards. Cover all roofs to be shingled with first-quality 18-inch random-width Washington red cedar shingles, laid 5 inches to the weather, nailed with 4-penny galvanized nails.
All valleys shingled tight and step-flashed with tin.
Roof to be covered with roofing tin, rosined-soldered with flat lock seam joints.
Step and counter-flash around chimney and all other places where needed to make a water tight job. All tin for flashings used, to be .... roofing tin painted both sides 2 coats before using.
Upright Finish— The outside covering for vertical walls from sill to cornice lines to be covered with 6 by 20 inch cedar shingles, or brand, laid 7 inches to the weather, nailed with galvanized nails. All lumber for outside finish to be of clear cypress, including all mouldings for cor nices, piazza, plate casings, step planks, etc.
Veranda )' Foundations to be 5-inch yellow locust posts, with concrete footings.
Rear porch to be built as shown. Floors of 1-inch long-leaf Georgia pine, tongued and grooved, not to exceed inches in width, with edges painted before laying, closely driven and well nailed. Outer edge finished with nosing and cove. Steps built as shown, treads, risers, finished with nosing and cove, all set on locust post timbered and blocked in best manner.
Fur off veranda ceiling with 2 by 4-inch nailers spaced 2 feet apart; then ceil with 1/2 by 3-inch No. 1 beaded North Carolina ceiling; fin ish with deep bed-moulding and angle.
Lattice under veranda and porch with by cypress lattice strips, laid with spaces about 2 inches square, nailed to formings as shown in the usual way.
Build box ends for steps as shown.
Columns— Veranda columns to be built-up columns 8 inches in diameter, made by Mfg. Co.
or Mfg. Co.
Veranda top rail to be by 3-inch, bottom rail by moulded cypress.
Balusters, by 1% inches, cut with bird's mouth over bottom rail.
Balcony rail to be built as shown with top rail 2 by 3 inches, bottom rail Ph by 3 inches, with filling-in rails by 1% inches.
Balcony newels will be boxed newels 5 by 5 inches square, with base and caps as per de tails.
Have bottom of these newels carefully tinned around so that no leak will occur.
Cornice— Form veranda cornice as shown, with 4-inch crown-mouldings, 1-inch soffits.
Form tin-lined box-gutter back of crown mouldings, with sufficient grade always to drain dry. Main cornice to have 5-inch galvanized iron eave-trough gutters No. 26 gauge.
Have 3-inch galvanized-iron rain-water lead ers No. 26 gauge, to carry water to ground. Connect rain-water leaders with dry wells built of brick 3 feet in diameter, located at least 8 feet away from foundation of house.
Ceil underneath overhang of roof with inch tongued-and-grooved beaded pine or cy press. The gable end of house and other places to have cornice consisting of 4-inch crown moulding and 5-inch fascia as shown.
Cellar frames to be built of number and sizes as shown, of 2-inch rabbeted cypress. Cellar frames to be painted on all sides before set in wall.
Window-frame for sliding sash to be 1-inch jambs, by casings, back-moulding by sub-sill, 2-inch main sill, all put together in best manner. To have pol fished wheel-pulleys, pockets, weights, cords, and all necessary stops.