Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building / Facts worth considering relating to foundation, cellar, kitchen, chimney, cistern, brick-work, mortar, heating, ventilation, the roof, and many items of interest to builders.

by National Sheet Metal Roofing Co.

ROOFING SUNDRIES.

We were the first to manufacture a full line of Valley, Hip and Ridge Coping, Gable, &c., to enable the builder or roofer to use them at a reasonable price, and are the only factory in America prepared to furnish such trimming in any quantity; and while they are not absolutely necessary, they greatly lessen the amount of labor and cost of laying, besides adding a finish to the roof not otherwise obtained, so that the saving in labor will pay the additional cost.

Design E.—Front and Side Elevation.

SIX-ROOM COTTAGE.

Estimated Cost, with Bath and Furnace, $2,000 to $2,300.

Use Broad-Rib Steel Plate with attic vents ([see page 73]) for roof, and 10 × 14 No. 2 Metal Shingles for gables.

First Floor. Second Floor.

Design E.—Elevations, [page 38].

ROOF PAINT.—We use the best Brown Mineral Oxide of Iron, roasted and double-ground, mixed with boiled linseed oil, grinding them together, and adding only enough turpentine to dry in the air in seventy-two hours. We first dip the shingles, and after they have stood a short time, and before the paint has set, they are carefully gone over with a brush, insuring an even, perfect coat, not obtainable in any ordinary way of painting.

All tin roofers, who have experience, know the importance of putting on a second coat. In spite of the best care in laying, more or less paint is scratched off, and without a second coat the roof is not finished. Architects and builders always require it, and if a heavy single coat of paint is given the roof every five or six years, there will be no perceptible wear on the tin, insuring many years’ service.