each side of dormer openings; 4- by 8-inch header, 8 feet above top floor. Partitions are to be carried up to support the roof wherever practicable. All are to be thoroughly tied, and made perfectly secure and strong. Collar beams are to be 2 by 6 inches, 8 feet 2 inches above attic floor. Dormers. Dormers are to be framed with 4- by 4-inch corner posts, 2- by 4-inch studding and plate, and 2- by 6-inch rafters. The studding is to be notched 1 inch on rafters and to extend to the floor. Boarding. Cover all roofs and frame walls with good, sound spruce boards not over 10 inches wide; roof is to be square-edged, the walls to be matched and laid diagonally. Cover walls with "Neponset" black sheathing paper, or its equal. Shingles. Roof. Cover all roofs with "extra" sawed cedar shingles, laid 5 inches to the weather, with two nails to each shingle. Double-shingle all hips. The ridge is to be finished with 6- by 8-inch saddle boards. Walls. Cover all walls with "clear" sawed cedar shingles, 52 inches to the weather. Exterior Finish All exterior finish not otherwise specified is to be worked from good cypress, clear of sap, shakes, and large or black knots, following elevation and detail drawings; and to be put up in a skilful manner, with close joints and with nails sunk for puttying. Joints exposed to the weather are to be matched and painted with thick white lead before putting the pieces together. The painter is to prime finish before or immediately after putting up. Main Cornices. Main cornices are to be according to detail drawings, with 5- by 7-inch cypress gutter, fascia, plancier, rebated 11/4-inch belt above clapboards, moldings, dentil course, and brackets. Cellar Hatchway. Cellar hatchway is to have 2-inch plank treads on 2-inch carriages, 16 inches on centers; 2-inch plank sills, and trapdoor frame, bolted to masonry. Case with 7-inch cypress, and make doors of narrow cypress, the doors to be well cleated. Make water-tight. Put on heavy strap hinges and proper fastenings. Build single door at foot of stairs. Porch and Piazza. Floors. The floors of porch and piazza are to be laid with 7-inch by 3-inch Georgia pine, dressed on one side, the upper edge eased off; laid 1 inch apart, and nailed with 8-penny nails. Finish with rounded nosing and 7-inch by 1-inch moldings. Floors are to pitch to throw off water. Outside Steps. Steps are to be constructed with 2- by 10-inch plank carriages, 16 inches on centers. Treads of outside steps are to be of 7-inch by 4-inch hard pine strips, with rounded nosings and coving under, returned at the ends. Risers are to be 7-inch thick. Ceiling. Ceiling of covered porch and piazza to be of 5%inch by 212-inch tongued, grooved, and beaded North Carolina pine. Columns. Columns are to be built up of white pine, with turned shafts of diameter as shown for lower third, diminishing slightly above, with molded caps and molded bases. Balustrade. At floor and at roof of porch and side piazza, and over dining-room bay, there is to be a balustrade, the balusters to be of 21/4-inch stock, 2 inches apart, turned. Posts. Posts on porch and piazza roofs are to be built up with turned finials, and supported by pieces running up from the plate or sill inside of posts. The top rail is to be built up and molded; the lower rail, 2 by 3 inches, is to be solid and beveled. Window Frames. Plank frames in stonework in basement, except where shown double-hung, are to be of 134- by 6-inch pine, with - by 13/4-inch molded staff bead, and 234-inch sill. Frames are to be rebated on the outer edge for screens. Sash is to be hung at the top, to swing in. All windows shown with meeting rail, unless otherwise specified, are to have pine frames made for double-hung sashes, with 7-inch hard pine pulley stiles, tongued into outside casings, beads, 34-inch ground casings, 1%-inch yokes, 234-inch sills to pitch 111⁄2 inches, 8-inch by 5-inch outside casing over boarding, with 134- by 214inch back window caps, as shown. Windows are to have 2-inch bronze-faced axle pulleys. Scuttle. The scuttle is to be 2 by 2 feet, with plank frame 6 inches high. Heavy strap hinges and fixtures are to be applied that will hold the cover at any angle. Frame and cover are to be tinned. Door Frames and Doors. Frames. The frames are to be made from clear pine stock, 17% inches thick, rebated and beaded on inner edge, and with 134-inch hard pine thresholds. The casing of outside door frames is to correspond with windows. Sash. Sash is to be of white pine, unless otherwise specified. In the first story, it is to be 134 inches thick; in the second and third stories, and all of the ell, 11⁄2 inches thick; in cellar 114 inches thick. Large one-light sash are to have 111⁄2-inch meeting rails. Sash is not to be stained. Doors. Doors, except stock doors, are to be paneled and molded. according to scale and detail drawings. All panels are to be loose, and not glued or nailed. Tenons are to have 3/4-inch haunches. |