The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-24

~ inches OF cindcrs 70 serve as non
conductor and this covered with
cement floor 3ia inches thick. This
much Of cement work should be In
troduced in order to have n thorough
~ sanitary floor. The great difficulty
in the construction of an atwood ice.
house and cool room Ia to have 1t dur
able, the danger being the decay of
the wood on account OF the dampness,
which is necessary from lack Of strong
ventilation. The walls OF the cool
room, as represented. are made by set,
ting two lines Of 2x6's for studding,
sheathing inside and out with matched
stun, and filling the space between
with dry sawdust. In order 10 prevent
the woodwork from decay. and in or
der to render the walls strictly air
tight, we should line the walls on the
inside with No. 80 galvanized iron, pro.
curing II in sheets and mailing 1t close
ly with galvanized wire nails allowing
the sheets TO lap about half an inch.
Such n lining would thoroughly pro
tect the woodwork against dampness,
and would make the room thoroughly
tight II would be better to lay the
cement floor last. and carry the gal
vanized iron sheathing down past the
sill, so that the cement floor comes
against II, thus protecting the sill.
The door Of the cool room should be
made on the refrigerator principle and
double, one door swinging out and
the other door swinging into the cool
room.
As your correspondent wishes to
avoid cement work, says this writer in
the Rural New. Yorker, which would
be better for the ice chamber floor on
account OF its durability and good con.
Quoting property, the plan contem
plates the use of 2Xl0 joists placed
one foot apart and then covered with
No. q galvanized iron, turning the
edges up ~ inches around the sides
so as to form n water.tIght tray, the
galvanized iron being nailed in full
sheets directly to the joists with no
floor under It, and the seams and nail.
heads soldered watertight. Then to
protect the galvanized iron and give
the necessary strength, 2Xi's are laid
across the joists with I "a inch space
between each as represented In the
drawing These 2xi's hold up the ice,
allow the water, as the Ice melts. to
drop on the galvanized floor, which
will be continuously ice.cOld. so that
the air beneath, coming in contact
with the galvanized iron, will be con.
tinuously cooled as the ice settles
down in its gradual melting. The
walls OF the ice chamber will be of
2xG studding, with matched siding out.
side and matched sheathing inside, the
space between the studdng filled with
dry sawdust The ice will DO stacked
as represented IS inches from the out
side walls. so that there is space be
tween the ice and the wall OF 12
inches, which will be thoroughly filled
with sawdust which is packed over
the top as well, as represented in the
drawing.
a cupola should be put on the root
OF the building, and two small gable
windows, simply latticed, to allow the
change Of air In the summer to COO
the under side OF the roof, should be
provided. Should there be any diff
Guilty In getting sufficient sswdust tc
cover the Ice deeply on the top, the
space above the ice can be filled with
straw or hay. which will follow down
OF course. as the Ice melts. To ven
tllate the cool room a six.inch gal
vanlzed iron duct can be carried Vi