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.

Design F.—Side Elevation.

Roof to be covered with 10 × 14 No. 1 Standard Tin Shingles; gables with 7 × 10, same quality; and porches with Broad-Rib Tin Roofing. Use attic ventilators and lights ([see page 73]) on main roof.

Lititz, Pa., February 27th, 1885.

Dear Sirs:—I was the first man in this town to cover my new house, built last summer, with Walter’s Patent Charcoal Tin Shingles, and will say that they have given, thus far, entire satisfaction. They are not only ornamental but durable, and since my roof has introduced them in our town, a great many have been put on, all giving satisfaction. I am sure that this is the material for roofing houses in the future. They are better than any other roof now in use, and will take the place of wood shingles, which are getting scarce, and also of slate roofs, which are broken by storms. Mine has stood the test of the severest storms, during the summer and winter, known here for many years, and has proven itself what you claim it is—absolutely wind, rain and storm-proof.

JOHNSON MILLER, Secretary.

First Floor. Second Floor.

Design F.—(Elevations, [pages 31 and 32].)

Cedar Bluff, Ala., February 20th, 1888.