Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
Don't Begin to Build in Autumn.

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FplfcrH he'sev etdf stFohg d5lj Ne eti6ns agdinst
beginning to erect building with the in
tention OF finishing II next season, or evenn
completing the cdiiicr before cold weather.
Masons h%b RftenG Persuaded their en-
ployers to dig The cellar and then let them
carry up the foundation walls late in aul
oi Il b. rsGdy the
SEteFy 4fhhf6 4fhhf6efligeh{ mdson kIowsth1t the
practice is not q good one. Yet, as ma
sons are always crowded with foundation
w0rR M the foNNdF liafnqf The hseas6n--l
which Is the prtpefi iimc tb do such work.
-tiR they cAn INDUCE tui employer TO COM
mence the foundation of a building in the
fall the mnsons will gain the benefit of u
paying Job, aud frequently two jOb3ils a
! cellpwnll eltllrd Dust bcftTe etild weather
Win dfteii,be aoseFiously damheed bJbcar-
Ing and settling that portion-pcrhaps
all of twill have to be telaid The next
season. q
Mhen agfopndqtion wall is'built with
mortar filled in Tho 'inttfstices Zwhirh Is
the only correct way to prepare founda.
tion for any building--the mortar near the
middle of the wall will not become really
Consolidated during a period Of six
But If new wall Il exposptl to cold
weather only few weeks after it,has been
built the green mortar at the middle will
be frozen before 1t is dry, which Will dam
age the wall by bursting the layers of
stone or brick asttndeB and by destroying
the sohdiiying principle of the lime or ce-
ment. After green mortar has been frozen
and thawed two or three times, there will
be 10 more strength IN a wall thnn II the
stones and britl<B had been laid in NOR
tar made of ashes, sand and clay
In most instances, the earth beneath d
foundation wall will be frogtn more or
less which viii destroy its compactness to
such an extent that the wall win settle un-
evenly, often cracking from top to bottom
before the superstructure Is erected Be
sides this, the bank of earth outside of the
wall will expand by freezing specially
where it is not of dry and gravully char
aeter--so that the whole wall will he thrust
inward 40 far beyond perpendicular posi-
ton that most of it will have to bu taken
down and rebuilt, Cellar walls are fre
quently thtust inware by the frost, even
when heavy superstructure rests on
them. 1t is sometimes as important to
exclude frost from n cellar, to prevent
freezing the earth outside of the walls, as
to keep vegetables from being frozen. The
disadvantages of shorter days also, and
more stormy weather than we are liable to
have in the FORMER part Uf the season,
must be Encountered when one commences
to build in autumn rather than in the
spring Ii the foundation wall is built
early in the season with good mortar, the
entire structure will have ample time to
gsolidify before cold weather, so thut-it will
resist all ordinary thrusts of the earth dur
fnr t,,rr
mences in the latter part OF the season.
. there will usually he more or less unavoid-
able hindranccs when building almost any
sort of edifice Hence, if builder coin
mences early i'm the former part of the
season, he viii be able to moot hinclIanCes
without much, if any, real damage,
1, 1t IS always objectionable ~ allow The
foundation walls 10 stand any considerable
time without the superstructute The
most complete preparation should be
made before the ground is broken. All
the LUMBER should be delivered and stuck
upun%cs shelter so that il may have Il
lolg time 10 dry and become seasoned be
/ fore = II UCrked Then, as soon os the
/ frost Is r-,diy out of Tho ground In the
/ spr.ng @.g' The cellar, carry up the fouda-
( tea wall, erect and enclose the super
/ strur.1r q, soon as practicable, LET il
/ S't'iiNt " Ntt'lt, SHlluh rtAliii
autumn; then plaster and finish The inside
sbefore cold weather.
By building n dwelling in This manner,
all the shrinllngc and cracking of the
woodwork and the cracking of the walls
/, viii be avoided; and the walls will be far
more firm than il the plaSlering had been
| done in hot weather. when the mortar will
I dry too rapidly to make a strong wall.
| Building architectural structures, like the
formation of character, is a job of life
time, In building acottage on palace, a
! hennery, piggcry, or a spacious farm barn,
Il beginner should avail himeelf of the
practical cNperlrncu of such builders as
have purchased their wisdom at the costly
rate of damaging and expensive mistakes
in beginning to build in the latter part OF
! the season.