New-York tribune., 1871-06-29
cu1pIFs READE ON HoUSE-BUILDING.


,,lv followed He states his complaint IN the lOi-
,,n, characteristic communication adulesSeu " 'ne
EDITOR OF The Poll Nat Gazette;
Amid the din Of arms abroad and petty poltle' az
1 holo' 'norfanf 10 TngliShmeni Then let me SAPose
mai great blot upon the English in'euec5 ,no inns s
ss aSSTSs sSsSs 'sibS bcS at at the bottom The drains are
hidden; nobody knows their course lou so Ind soul
is 'a aoSs token Hbunder l. The whole course OF Re te
drain ought 10 be marked Win the ,stS parish
stSSs oSeryng SS I board, ana stones ought hnged
:" fsriltate cx1nnation. Things capable OF oeransc
Inent should never be inaccessible Ims Is con colhHn H
sense yet from their drains to their chmel Io's' 'no
builders dey this maxim
THE KITCHEN. .
The kitchen windows easements and al easements 9
mistake They are 81 spa gb IN kitchens is one Of the
canses why female servantsthougb tnelf lOt II slneu
isrT happy one~are sugularly irritable. But not to
kitchen is the plaster ceiling, The plaster eehg may may
pass with London builders for venerable antiquity that
notbine can disturb, but scholars 1t is an unhappy
noyelty aud. in its present FORM inexeusabe IL was
lion: but what excuse there be for plain plaster
eeingi Count the objections to It In a Kitchen Ia L.
Kitchen Is low room and the ceiling makes ~ hit 1e
inches lower. ?. White is glarng color, ana white
ceiling is dirty in months wear ana hthy IN % tnree
months with the smoke of gas, and 1t is thing the ser
wants cannot clean You cannot hang things on IT, ,
Nov change an this Law the prime cost of the cell
ing and small part Of its yearly cost IN finishing your
then with three coats of good cop Your low room
nine inches higher and looks three feet you ca.
nat In hooks and staples galore and make the rOOl o
this useful 1t is, In color pae anOe AT
starting which is better for the human eye tha We
glare and instead Of getting ueer every day. as the
plaster ceiling docs, II improves every month, enSSIS
yarnish acquires in years beauty oak can never
attain TO- So much for the kitchen Ihe htcnen STAIRS,
whether of stone wood, ought never TO DE d down
without protecting nozzle The brass nozzle costs some
money, the lead nozzle hardly any no nozzle can DC
dear for it saves the steps and they are deareI see
how the kitchen steps cut 10 pieces for want OF that
little bit Of forethought in the builder r hooos
bunder the plaster ceiling well begmed with the smoke
from the gaseer and ceanabe by the servants and
stand another blunder here are set OF boards
joined together They are nailed down loose ana
%e9selS below the plaster ceiling Of the kitchen has
provided receptacle Of dust several inches deep rms
rises when you walk upon floor rises in clouds when
your children run; and that dust marks your carpet IN
black lines and destroys i before It's time These same
boards laid down without varnSh; by TINS means
they rot, and do not last one-half, nor indeed one
quarter of their time Moreover the nnN & DoS @
lose cleanest most beautiful border possible 10
SSSacitS Of the Inder to- ptable su6stt1esgocoih
Indian mating, stained wood, which last gets uslier
every year, every decade, every century
THE FIRST FLOOR.
This room has square doors with hntels NOW All
doors and dOOrway ought to be ached for two reasons
first the arch is ncombustible, the Intel ana breast
combustibe secondly the arch, aud arched
Goor are beautiia the square hole IN te G@ m ana
ments. The easement may be defined the unscicnthc
window" Here in this single structure you may see
mind The scientific way is always the simple waV 50
here you have complication on complication ohs-naIi
the window is to up the other hair Is 10 come dOW
The maker of il out OF his way TO struggle WIN ma
lures laws; he grapples insancy with gIayation and
therefore he must use cords, and weights and puleys,
and build boxes 10 hide them in-he Is great hder
ope TO atmosphere influence WHAT'S the consequence
The atmosphere becomes humid; the wooden frame
sticks in The wooden box ana the unsclehtne "HuoW =
iaulned What no! send for The curse OF ianiies the
British workman, On OF the cords breaks hey are
always breakngsend for the curse OF Families TO patch
the bunder OF the unsCicntltc hul'ucT.
door with wooden frame it not at the mercy OF the
atmosphere IL enters into no contest with giayitalon
dow single glass door; II large window, II Is TWO
aass doors each calmly turning on three hinges aud
lighting against God Amight! aud his laws when there
need. The scientific window be cleaned ny the
not so the uuscientihe window. How many poor girl
has owed broken bones TO tie easement mania! Nova
doSs send for the OF families whenever their case
uents are dirty; but this costs eight pounds
year and the householder crushed under taxes enough
without having TO pay tits odd seven pounds per annuu
for the incidence OF the builder
BLUxDEGs IL sTAIR-BUuDrSG.
We 20 M the airs-betwecn two biunders the Oalus-
vanished in the carpenters shop aud then put up var
nished wood improves with time panied aetelofst&s &
variable yet provided for; furniture mounting
the narrow stairs dents the wall aud cratches II; SLOPPY
housemaids paw they pass and their dirty gowns,
distendcd by crnOne dehle It. what Is 10 De done
ben5 must the whole staircase be repained every
because five feet Of il get dirty or shall brains step III
and protect the vulnerable part! The cme 20 TINS curse
is ehunam; encaustc tiles set five feet high az up
the stars That money Granted but the life OF
house is not the life Of butterfly Even the tles are
cheap cure, for repeated paintings OF he Wh0te Sdoe
mighty balance the prime cost OF the ties SET over
small part. The watercioset mas no nrepa1ce .t d'
is blunder Every year we nave rev oys halu tdost'
and then without fire in the waeIcoSet the water ih
Tie pan freezes, the machinery anmed ana the WhOe
family endure 9e-icc 0I uistV "Au " sdts
iation because the builder builds III Summer and forges
.here is such thing as Winter.
DEFECTS OF TIE DRAWING-ROOM AND TOP ROOMS.
The dnwing-ToOm presents no new feature; but the
plaster ceiling is particularly o9iectlGnabe in tins room
because i under the gSeloQms BAefe W.teF Is ugu
hecy Now II man spills but pint OF water ~ wash
ing or bat ng ~ runs ShG9g1 b hpde q od agdI 10 % ne
equally divided between INC ceiling aud the moor above,
for whenever bedroom floors shall be properly con.
,truoed they Will admit OF buckets OF water being suiced
al over them; and, indeed viii be so treated, ana
washed a. GpuTaeeOusy as gre seneies and kitchens
only under the present 5enishted sys1en go -
pass the third floor, and mount wooden stair
Z 5l glE M Dy' Io y These S Pocms Il the Toaf va:
opeT-timbered would give each inmate great many
cubic feet to breathe; so the peryerse builder
srects plaster ceiling, and reduces him 70 very few
cubic feet Of air. This, the maddeSt OF all the ceilings
nresse the poor devils that under it, aud it hides
he roof the root the part that oftenest needs re-
pars 40 N ought the accessible part OF the
house aud easiest 20 examine from the outside and
from the inside For this very reason PeryeIsy IN per
son hides il whenever your ROOF or gutter leaks ~ Is
be inside Of the roof with that wretched cell
ng ana has made the accessible only TO cats and
sparrows aud the course Of families" n. B-Whenever
fs gSre makes e Mo ESy 1o On Thanks to the
builder you can't watch him, and he has got friend
piu'nOei RATIONAL ROOF.
He closes with vigorous protest against conical roofs
and recommends a rational roof" as follows:
IL should be constructed thus: Light iron staircasos
from the third floor to top floor ana rational roof Flat
roof roofs, mea covered, with scarcely peTcePuole
f from center Open Oists and iron girdcrs the latter
sUicieutly numerous 10 keep the roof from fanng M
even tIongh fire should gut the edIce. An ron-hned
door surmOunted by skyght; iron staircase ~ = ths
door which opens nationally the rational roof Large
esern or tank on roof with forcepump ~ igae tie
roof in fire or Summer heats Round the roof iron rails
firm in balcony, made TOO high for BARNS 70 climb,
and surmOunted by spikes. Between every two houses
partition gate with two locks and keys complete Bell
under TO call neghbor in nre or other emergency
Advantages offered:
oil chimney stacks needed
q Nine smoking chImneys cured out Of ten There are