Fig. 230. Building details
The first pair should be flush with the edge of plate and temporarily held in position by braces of shingle lath. It will be necessary in erecting the roof to place timbers and floor boards across the top of plate as a temporary floor to work on. Nail rafters to ridge board, and plate with ten-penny wire nails. Two boys must work together on this job, as every part of the work must be plumb.
When all the rafters are in place, cut and fit the short studs between plate and rafters, being careful to leave the openings for windows in the places called for on the plan.
The ship-lap siding may now be continued up to top edge of rafters, and sawed off even with upper edge.
If novelty siding is used without any under sheathing, it may be treated in the same way.
Shingling may now be done as described under [tennis court accessories].
WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES
These may be bought at the mill ready made. Very few carpenters make their own, as they are staple articles coming in standard sizes. Second-hand sashes and frames may often be bought at very reasonable rates, and it never pays to make either.