Fig. 187.—Securing Glass to Rustic Casement.

The roof is formed with three gables, four being deemed unnecessary, as a summer-house is generally fixed with its back to a shrubbery. Eight hip rafters are required, and by fixing the heels of each pair of rafters on the sides of the plate marked 1, 2, 3, and 4 (see [Fig. 185]) more space is acquired for the gables. The ridges and valley-pieces of the gables are attached to a wide batten screwed to the under side of the hip rafters (see [Figs. 185] and [186]). Some of the small battens are omitted from [Fig. 185] to give a better view of the gables, etc.

Fig. 188.

Fig. 189.


Fig. 188.—Half Front and Half Back View of Door for Octagonal Summer-house. Fig. 189.—Section of Door for Octagonal Summer-house.

The roof-covering is generally wheat straw, with a top dressing of either broom or heather. The dark colour of the two latter materials harmonises much better with a varnished house than does a covering wholly of straw. The four lower panels are filled in with matchboarding, which is carried right up to the plate in the three back divisions. The rustic work, excepting the back panels, is then fitted and nailed.

Fig. 190.—Part Plan of Octagonal Summer-house.