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Walsh, H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort)
1892
Walsh, Harold Vandervoort
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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
Illustrated by the author.
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 methodsāare derived -- Traditions of the construction of doors and windows -- Building the setting for the house -- Financing the construction work.
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