Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-01
Mouse Covering.

FgsHE subscribers beg leave again 10 come
IL before the public on the subject oil their
improved plan OF house covering with IA plate
sheet IRON, &c Having recently passe ! through
all the Atlantic States aud Cities, aud collected
considerable Information as 10 tne various me
thOds pursued IN making fro proof houses,
they nave no hesitation III Recommending tim
plate AS greatly preferable 10 any other mate
rial used IN house covering, except copper ,
making water as well as a fine proof ROOT As 10
the different ways res red 10 IN putting on tire
TN, W. knowingly say They have Jailed through
most oi lhr northern Srtes--lhe wurkmen
having invariably nailed III npgh the locks Ut
the I'm and although The heads Of tue nas are
covered 10 the locks, yet their bolies are exp
scd aud washed by every rain, aud vii, cert in
" rus, OF N Reasonable time. Aad again,
the TIN, being confined on each sid, caano
accommodate ,tsei to the swelling ard shrink,
ing OF The plank. which, however eli the
plank may be dried viii give more or les, IN
Ioug wet o. dry spells. Ia these changes tn
nHils ara either draW u, or the I'm torn tatralv
making lenk7 Owing l. these well known ICES
tin. as IA cove ng for houses has long slpce
been abandoned III all the easltln aud uol thern
States On our imp owed plar, we conGae tie
tia ON without mailing through tue locks, by
which means ANAL can never oct wet md
Iusl and the I'm not being confined nv milling
through - locks, II hasa little more room to
| pIa, Or accommodate iself TO the ohanees in
the plank. II nevertheless laws on upllectI,
smooth ard close, aud is so securely fastened
that 1t would require the strength ofa man 10
pull one sheet from lis position This plan is
particularly well adapted TO old houses, where
The shee'ing Is tolerU3ie good Nothing .nore
Is required Than To take off the old shingles
knock down the old nails, and pun on the tin
to make Il perfectly water as well rs fire IN oof
roo
| 10 ascertain the durability Of tin as cover.
iDg, we have been as Tar North rs Montreal
and Quebec. Al least three iuuiths of thesc
two CII,es, rs well as the greater part OF the
good buildings in Lower Canada, arc toycr,d
with tln-wt have seen hundreds nt houses
known To have been covered from 81 10 6n
years, and the tin apr cared AS brigHtaS he da,
II Wis put ON. He have also seen great num-
bets of houses covered So lou ago that The re-
sent inhabitants Nnow not wien IL was done
butbehc, Cd 10 benpwards OF uae nundre ear,
anu yet III n p rect state OF repair + ron. ptr
] sonal obsefsaton we have but little doubt. thar
tIh were put on III proper manner, on Il to'eI-
able slanimG rooi II would last two or three
| hundred years. As respects our patent hpro-
we'd plan, II has been received with the great
est appreciation. from Maine to Georgia. and
as far West as ST. Louis, Missouri. Wemight
also add that, while we make the most perfcc,
"ater as well as fire proof roofs, il IS less hattie
TO dhmsge than any covering whatever, aud
"I'hall the cheapest fire proof covering low IN
! u.s.
We haveempowered Messrs William Smith Of
Richmond, Va. Peter ". Ware, of Chariot es-
vile, Va. Ibomas Jordan, OF Petersburg. Va. !;
james MARITIME, of la, ettvllle, North Carolina /;
aud Samuel Pearce, Columbia, ,. Carolina :;
either of whom is prepared to do work on our
plans Or We wi 90 ourselves, one or two
| hundred miles from Lynchhurg, and execute
work BURD " TlLDEN.
Oct IS 81