Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-01-13

way - isst wide will let IN cart or Was-
on, and leave room to unload and back out.
BAEN Eoors-SurNGlINo.
Il i importan, in our cold aud rainy cli'
mate. to keep out all The wet a, almost auy
cost. IL !. poor husbsndry to build barns
and then suffer them to leak and rot the
timber inside. as well as the hay.
In the country shingles are the only
thing worth naming for roofs. Good siia'
rl,s only deserve regard. Lay good shin
Gle. properly and they will last thhty years.
NJ msndiug will be required except in rla.
cc- no, we'll executed hy the carpenter; II
there shculd be leak. apd ou, whore It !.
and put new shinslo on--no1 a half dog
en-. a, some men DO.
now 10 SAVE Monty ~ sntNCLtNG.
I,ha. long been a rule among carpenters
to lay shingles - =. to have iAroc thickness
., At the l.N,. ,hrough ih, whole roof
Single, fourteen or fifteen inches long are
laid - a. to expose bu, four aud on..half
iuehs. 70 tho weather Three times four
and one halt are thirteen aud oue-hal!--
thus slch shingIs. lie thicker than three
toli
Now ,hi, j. double was,e-for three
shingles, lying upon each other, will ro,
much sooner sSau two shingles -lll, in ,ha,
position. for thy ars nor 80 soon Srici Sficr
a storm. I, d. roi,as iha, must Be guard.
ID against. more ihan all ols,. Th. arsu.
men, that ihrc, thickness. will prc,cat
the blowing in Of rain more than two Niil,
proves too much.
why not double Soari ths sides, on the
sane Irinsirls' B-cAuls none Of the boards
will li.i a. lous 50 when a roof !, cover
ed with board. Only, running up aud down.
and baiicned-,he battens ,bolld b. quite
narrow. aud cover bu, lI.Le OF tho under
bo'rd. OIbyrw,.s both layers soon rot, as
many people know Who have sheds with
cheap roofs.
Single. Of ba,te.u or af,scn inche. in
length should Away, BE- laid nI ,aoh'' to
tbo usA,-or. thA, ,h,y may dry soon after a
raia-the soolcr the better. Shingles worth
lawn: never wear out ia TIE common mode
Of laying blI It is well known that they
often f5g out h.l0r, they sro half worn.
To keep shinsl,' dry a. possible, tight,
or clos, boarding. under ihsn, should never
Be- PERMITTED. Lay upon the raiiors mar
ROW strip, Of board, with open spaces, three
inches bs,wsen. Nal your shingles On 70
the-s ,grir', aud then you give them fair
chance - become dry on ihJ under sii' AZ.
ter a storm.
Good shingles Away. lio quite close
enough on "a, ro3l-lnl ih5usi violent
storms may drive tow drop, under the
,hiusle,-Ihi. hapPsni ia all rooh-bas
here ihs shingles are soonest dry.
srE rus CAN.
Ey LAWN: .hinsl,. SIX inches 70 the
weather. ins,cal of four and half, We save
one fourth Of the .hinslgs-one.fourth Of
ths uail,-lnl on,-burth o. the labor oi
putin; them on. Aud a. this our root
will las. a, east ons-r3lr.h longer than ,hc
other, we save much more than one-four,h
6fthe est OF lumber aud Of laying.
Many carp,nIsr, and biilds's have CO m-
% the eoncluci1n that nsR boardips under
shingles i. wrong since the shiugls, TOT
sooner than in opsn boarding. Ne; We
have seldom .sen carpenter lay his shn-
.is. rro,s than l5u- and halt inches to
,lo weather, let ihem b. long or short,
god or bad, Why Is thi.' Becaus, they
would uot depart from an Gusi,uS rule.
Poor shingles are not worth taking +" =
siit. Carpenter. cannot lay halt as many
in a day. They never turn water we'll
aud they ,o0n rot. Some men are pleased
With sawed shingles, because they lie -
close g. ihe boarding. But thi' Is the cause
O., their rol,inc sooner than the poorest
kind Of shaved shingles. There Is a nap on
then that causes them to retain any vel
,ha, happen. to come between them.
. n any one doub,, the proprie'y Of laying
good shiu:l-, six inehe, TO the weather,
rather than four and half, vs can show
h,m roofs, 20 year, OH, in good state oI
reservation. aud more sound than o,her'
laid with three ihicknessss.