In a house to be used in winter, the first layer should be of wide ship-lap boards. If put on diagonally it will act as a permanent bracing, and while this is the better way, it takes more time than horizontal siding. In either case nail to every stud and timber the board touches. Begin at the bottom of sill, break joints as the work progresses upward, and saw ends even with outside of posts.
At all door and window openings bring edges of siding flush with openings.
This inner siding is to be covered with building paper, door and window frames set, tin flashing nailed over doors and windows, and outer covering put on.
Fig. 228. Plan and elevation of a bungalow
Before proceeding with outside sheathing, however, the roof should be framed and covered.
ROOFING
It is a difficult matter to say that one part of a house is more important than another, as all parts are important, but a building with an unstable or leaky roof is an abomination. The framing of the roof must be strong enough to withstand gales, blizzards, drenching rains, and the weight of tons of wet snow.
As the method of shingling has been described under tennis court shelter, it is only necessary to take up the subject of the frame. Boys will do well to confine their early efforts to plain sloping, or possibly hipped roofs.