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| Author: | H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort) Walsh |
| Category: | Building And Construction Tools [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Project Gutenberg |
| Release Date: | 20 Apr 2020 |
| Pages: | 256 |
| File Size: | 10.42 MB |
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| Creation Date: | 19 Jul 2022 |
| Rank: | 619,459 No 1 most popular |
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The Author Book The Construction of the Small House A Simple and Useful Source of Information of the Methods of Building Small American Homes, for Anyone Planning to Build .
Walsh, H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort), 1892-
Author: Walsh, H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort), 1892-
LoC No.: 23005913
Title: The Construction of the Small House
A Simple and Useful Source of Information of the Methods of Building Small American Homes, for Anyone Planning to Build
Note: Illustrated by the author.
Contents: Present-day economic troubles -- General types and costs -- Essential standards of quality in building materials -- Types of wooden-frame construction -- Construction of the masonry and wood dwelling -- Safeguards against fire in dwellings -- Poor methods of construction employed by unscrupulous builders -- Essential features of good plumbing -- Methods of heating -- Lighting and electric work -- Construction of the trim -- Lessons taught by depreciation -- Selecting materials from advertisements -- Roofing materials -- Painting and varnishing the house -- Labor-saving devices for the home -- Concrete work around the house -- Classification and construction of the architectural motifs used in small-house designing -- Traditions of building from which our modern methods are derived -- Traditions of the construction of doors and windows -- Building the setting for the house -- Financing the construction work.
Language: English
LoC Class: TH: Technology: Building construction
Subject: Dwellings
Subject: Building
Release Date: Apr 20, 2020
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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