Hints to househunters and householders / by Ernest Turner.

  • Turner, Ernest.
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hints to househunters and householders / by Ernest Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER V. CONSTRUCTION. The three requirements—The concrete shield—Rotting of timbers—Thirsty bricks—The bottom of the pond—How the moisture comes—The capillary climb—The aesthetic soak—Overgorged gutters—The sparrow-demon—Damp- proof courses — Bad made worse — Protection of para- pets—Washes and their worth—The test of the brick— Jointing and pointing—Hollow walls—The air blanket— Chilly bedrooms—Areas—Air drains — Expensive eco- nomy— Double windows—Roofs—Tile—Slate—Pitched too high—Flat roofs—A roof on the crawl—Zinc—Shilling versus threepenny piece—An unpremeditated battery. Having settled the sort of house you want, and the place where it is to be, the next thing is the fabric of the house itself. A house to be either comfortable or healthy, should be— Warm in winter. Cool in summer. Dry always. If it fail in either of these three respects, that is a fault of construction—and a fatal one. The worst failure of all is in respect of the third requirement. A damp house is a deadly house. D 2