Frames for casement sash will be made with 114-inch rabbeted jambs, made in the usual man ner for casement sash.
Doors— Outside door-frames to have jambs, 2-inch oak or ash sills.
Inside doors will have by oak door saddles.
Flooring— Throughout 1st and 2d stories (except in kitchen and rear passage), the floors will be double. The under-floor to be 1 by 8-inch tongued-and-grooved North Carolina pine laid diagonally, with floor-beams to be nailed two 8 penny nails to each bearing; all butt-joints to meet on timber bearing.
Rough floors to be snugly fitted around all partition studs, to make close joint with out side sheathing of building. 'Where the floors are doubled, the finish floor will be of best-qual ity by comb-grained North Carolina pine flooring, very carefully laid, planed and scraped and sandpapered perfectly smooth, and to be treated with 1 coat of wood filler and 2 coats of floor wax, well rubbed between coats and finished with heavy floor brush.
Put rosin-sized building paper between dou ble floors.
The floor in kitchen and rear passage will be of single floor laid with by 3-inch No. 1 North Carolina pine.
Throughout the attic, lay a floor 1 by 5-inch, tongued-and-grooved North Carolina pine, good, sound quality, free from loose knots or shakes, selecting the best for the finished room.
Finish around all rooms with quar ter-round moulding laid in angle.
Build platform for laundry tubs in cellar where shown.
Partition for laundry in cellar will be built of 1 by 8-inch tongued-and-grooved and beaded pine set vertically, and to have a frame of 2 by 4-inch dressed spruce. Studs of sufficient num ber to make a good strong job.
Door to laundry will be a battened door, to be hung with 6-inch T-hinges, and secured with substantial rim lock.
Coal bins in cellar to have a strong frame built of 2 by 4-inch hemlock joists enclosed with 1 by 6-inch tongued-and-grooved sheathing, same quality as specified for attic floor.
Arrange slides for access to coal bins, with opening at bottom for shoveling coal.
Cellar Entrance— The outside cellar entrance to be enclosed with hatch door made of 1 by 6-inch tongued and-grooved beaded pine, with strong battens and formings made in the usual way, and to shed water.
Door to be hung on 16-inch hook hinges, to have galvanized-iron hasps and brass padlock.
Inside Finishing— All door openings to be trimmed on 1-inch jamb with 1/2 by 3-inch stops planted on. Door trim to be inches wide, beaded and rab beted; to have back-moulding by and wall-mouldings by Windows trimmed on sills, by aprons; casings 4 inches wide to match door casings; 1/2-inch stop-beads. Back-bands and wall-mouldings, same as door trim.
Closets to have plain casings, and 6-inch base. Closets will have 6-inch hanging strips and shelves as may be directed.
Closet opening into 2d story hall will have wide shelf from floor to ceiling as may be di rected by the owner.
Lay a 6-inch base with moulding on top in all rooms and halls that are finished.
Wall-moulding of trim to intersect with base moulding.
Put up picture moulding around all principal rooms as may be directed.
All trim to be best, clear cypress and white wood, thoroughly kiln-dried, and of even color, smoothly worked.
Lower hall, living room, and bathroom will be trimmed with whitewood; other parts of house to be trimmed with cypress.
Stairs— Build stairs of whitewood from 1st floor to 2d story. The stairs leading from 2d story to attic, including level rails, to be of cypress; newels 5 by 5-inch, turned; rail by 3-inch, moulded; balusters, 2 to a step, inches in diameter, spaced on level of rail same distance as on steps. Paneled starting newel and hand rail showing in first story, to be of mahogany; balusters of whitewood.
Stair strings risers tongued and-grooved, blocked, wedged, and glued in the best manner, all of selected clear materials and thoroughly kiln-dried.
Build seat in reception hall where shown, with paneled riser, 2-inch plank, and hinge covers.