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PRACTICAL HINTS TO BUILDERS AND THOSE CONTEMPLATING BUILDING.

Press of W. J. Pell, 92 John Street, New York. 1890.

PAGE

Architect, The, 4

Architects and Builders, 16

Brick-work, 34

Building.--Selecting a Site, 5

Buildings covered with Metal Shingles, 80

Buildings.--Old Materials, 42

Building.--Our Specialties, 95

Buildings, Sheet Metal Work for, 85

Building Paper, 47

Colors, 10, 48, 66

Chimneys, 17

Cellar, The, 22

Cistern, The, 46

Conductor or Leader Pipe, Cooper's, 56

Construction, Inside, 83

Design for Cottages, 8, 12, 18, 24, 31, 38, 51, 58

Deadening and Fire-Proofing Floors, 60

Elbows, Cooper's Curved, 76

Floors, Fire-Proofing, 60

Finials and How to Set Them, 73, 74

Foundation, The, 6

Guarantee, Our, 51

Gold Medal Award, 7

Heating, 44

Kitchen, The, 29

Metal Shingles, compared with Wood, 26

" " " " Slate, 36

" " " " Ordinary Tin Roofing, 37

" " Samples of, 30, 71

" " Queen Anne, 40

" " Directions for Laying, 61

" " How Made, 78

Measure, Surface, 41

Mortar? What is Good, 14

Roof Paint, 21, 39

" Valleys or Gutters, 13, 23, 85

Roof, The, 28

" Comparative Pitch of, 50

Roofing, Broad-Rib, 72

Ridge Coping, 54

Sheathing, The Best, 45

Testimonials, 87

Ventilation, 55, 73

What Our Goods Are, 20, 35, 68, 70, 77

Walter's Patent and What It Is, 20

PREFACE

The object of this little book is to give to builders a few practical hints that can be used in their endeavors to erect a home that is proposed to be durable, comfortable and healthy. They are susceptible of being improved to an extent that will meet the wishes of the most extravagant builder, or simplified to suit purse and requirements of a builder with moderate means.

We have left out generalities, and offer the reader solid facts that are valuable to every one engaged in the ever pleasant task of constructing a home.

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