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A

American Bond 20

Anchor, Brick Wall 139

Angle Post 118

Apron 109

Architrave 109

Ashlar 20

B

Backing Hip Rafter for Square Cornered Building 63

Octagon and Other Hips 80

Balloon Frame 27

Base Block 109

Blocks, Placing 128

Mould 109

Mould, Placing 129

Batter Boards 15

Bed Moulding 98

Belt Course 110

Bibliography of Reading References 183

Blind Stop 109, 138

Board Measure Table 169

Bonds, Masonry 20

Brick Walls 20

Contents Table 172

Bridging 32

Building Paper 95, 98

C

Casing 109, 138

Casings, Placing 128

Chalk Line 103

Common Rafter 74

Concrete Mixtures 19

Corner Boards 109

Board, Splicing 102

Posts 38, 39, 109

Cornice 98

Costs, by Percentages 156

Example of Form 154

Counter Flashing 107

Cove 118

Crown Moulding 98

D

Deck 94

Door, Fitting 130

Frame 137

Hanging 129

Hinging 131

Jambs, Setting 125

Parts Named 129

Sill 109

Trim, Placing 127

Drain Tile 24

Drip Cap 109, 138

"Duck" 127

E

End Cut of Common Rafter 55

of Hip and Valley Rafter 62

of Octagonal and Other Hips and Valleys 79

English Bond 20

Estimating 142

Brick Work 180

Estimating Cement Mortar 179

Concrete 178

Cubic-foot Unit 142

Excavations 178

Labor Costs, Carpentry 150

Lathing 182

Lumber Quantities 146

Millwork Quantities 149

Painting 182

Plastering 181, 182

Quantities of Nails 153

Slate Roof 181

Excavations 18

Exterior Wall Coverings 95

F

Fascia 98

Finish Floor 109

Finishing Exterior Walls 108

Flashing 105

Flemish Bond 20

Floors, Laying and Scraping 135

Footings 18

Forms for Concrete 23

Foundations 18

Laying out 13

Foundation Materials 19

Frames, Basement 25

Framing Common Rafter 49

Joists 31

Roof about Chimney 94

Square with Rafter Table 53

Table for Common and Jack Rafters 52

Frieze 98

Full Frame 27

Furring 109

G

Girders 29, 31

Grade Line 16

Grading Rules, Lumber 143

Griffith's Roof Framing Tables 72

Griffith's Tables, Directions for 173

Grounds 115

H

Half-frame 27

Headers 20, 35, 109

Headroom 119

Hip and Valley Rafter End Cut 62

and Valley Rafter Lengths 61

and Valley Rafter Plumb Cut 60

and Valley Rafter Seat Cut 62

and Valley Rafters for Octagon and other Polygons 74

and Valley Rafter Side Cut 60

Rafter, Unit Lengths 59

I

Interior Finish 115, 125

Walls 117

Interpolation 164

J

Jamb 109, 138

Jack Rafter for Octagonal and Other Polygonal Roofs 81

for Square Cornered Building 65

K

King-Post 78

L

Lap Siding 111

Lathing 115

Length and Number of Wire Nails to the Pound 168

Length of Common Rafter 50, 54

of Hip and Valley Rafters 61

of Jacks for Square Cornered Building 66

Length of Octagon and Other Polygonal Jacks 82

of Rafter by Scaling 53

of Side of Polygon 73

Leveling Door Sill 110

Foundation 16

Rod 14

with Straight-edge 17

Lintels 141

Locks, Fitting 132

Lookout 98

Lookouts, Framing 99

M

Main Frame 27

Masonry Construction, Woodwork for 138

Miter Cuts of Plate 69

N

Natural Trigonometric Functions 158

Nosing 118

O

Octagonal and Other Jacks 81

Roofs 73

Octagon Bay, Framing 85

Openings in Framework 42, 94

P

Parting Strip 109, 138

Partition 38

Wall Detail 116

Patterns for Joists and Studding 38

Pier 123

Pitch 46

Pitch Board 120

Placing Joists 32, 41

Plancher 98

Plank Frame 27

Plates 41, 98

Platform, Stair 118

Plumb Cut of Hip and Valley Rafter 60

of Octagonal Hip and Valley Rafters 74

Porches 122

Porch Steps 117

Protractor, Framing with 82

Pulleys 138

Pulley Stile 109, 138

R

Raked Moulding 100

Reduction for King-post 79

for Ridge 57

Ribbon Boards 39

Ridge, Length of 56

Piece 57

Rise 46

Rise of Stair 119

Riser 118, 121

Roof Boards, Cutting of 95, 96, 98

Frame 45

Frame, Any Polygon 69

Framing 45

Framing Terms 46

Rough Floors 42, 109

Rubble Work 20

Run 45

Run of Stair 119

S

Sash Cord 127

Scaffolding 96

Scribing Against Irregular Surface 114

Seat Cut of Common Rafter 55

of Hip and Valley Rafter 62

of Octagonal and Other Hips and Valleys 79

Setting Basement Frames 25

Setting Partitions 41

Studs 40

Window Frames 110

Sheathing or Sheeting 95, 98

Shed Roof Framing 89

Shingling 102

Hips and Valleys 105

Shingle Tins 106

Shoe Mould 109

Placing 129

Side Cut, Hip and Valley Rafters 60

Octagonal and Other Hips and Valleys 75

of Jack Rafter 65

of Octagonal and Other Polygonal Jacks 81

Siding 111

Circular Tower 113

Hook 113

Stick 111

Sills 29, 31, 109, 138

Six-eight-ten Method 15

Sole Piece 109

Solution of Right Triangles 159

Spacing Joists 32

Stair Building 117

Types 118

Stirrups 36

Stock Bill Form 149

Stone Work 20

Stool 109

Stop Bead 109, 138

Story Pole 42

Straightening Studding 117

Strength of Materials 170

Stretchers 20

Stringer 118

T

Table for Hip and Valley Rafters 60

of Common and Jack Rafters 52

Table of Fractional Equivalents for Decimal Values 166

of Natural Functions 163

of Octagonal Hip and Valley Rafters 75

Tail, Rafter 56

Tangents 69

Threshold 109

Toe Hold 104

Transit 13

Translating Framing Problems from Protractor to Framing Square and Vice Versa 84

Tread 118, 121

Trimmers 35

U

Uneven Pitch of Roof 90

Useful Tables 166

V

Valley Rafters 65

Rafter Unit Lengths 58

Value of a Function, The Angle Being Given in Fractional Degrees 164

of Angle, The Value of a Function Being Known 164

Veneer, Brick 138

W

Wall Board 121

Walls 38

Water Proofing 24

Table 109

Weight Pocket 109, 138

Well Hole 36

Winders, Stair 118

Window Detail, for Brick Wall 140

Frames 137

Sash, Fitting 126

Window Sill 109

Stool 109

Trim, Placing 127

Wire Brads, Table for 169

Wood and Machine Screw, Sizes, Table of 167

Wooden Bricks 26

Wood's Key to the Steel Square 70

Y

Y-level 14

Yoke 109

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