In warm climates, also for smaller houses, and for city supply depots, foundations of stone or brick are employed to advantage. They should be put in below frost, and extend about two feet above the surface.
FIG. 48. PLATE A. GROUND PLAN.
Details of Construction.—In the building illustrated in plates A, B, the sills are placed upon the ground. The house is divided into four rooms, each forty feet wide in the clear, two hundred and fifty feet deep, and forty feet high from sill to plate. The dimensions of lumber required may be:
For outside sills, 8 × 10 inches, of such lengths as can most readily be obtained.
Inside sills, 6 × 10.
Outside posts, 4 × 10 inches × 40 feet, set 12 feet apart.
Studding, 3 × 10 inches × 40 feet, with three feet centers.
Inside posts, 4 × 8 inches × 40 feet. Studding, 3 × 8 inches × 40 feet.
For outer circulating air space, the studding should be 2 × 8 inches × 40 feet, with three feet centers.