Connecticut western news., 1908-02-13

12 inches of cinders to serve as non- conductor, and this covered with cement floor 31z inches thick. This much of cement work should be in troduced in order to have a thorough ly sanitary floor. The great difficulty in the construction of an all-wood ice house and cool room Is to have it 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 stuff, and filling the space between with dry sawdust In order to 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. 32 galvanized iron, pro- curing it in sheets and mailing 1t close ly with galvanized wire nails, allowing the sheets to lap about half an inch. Such lining would thoroughly pro- tect the woodwork against dampness, and would make the room thoroughly tight It 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 it, 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- ducting property, the plan contem- plates the use of 2x10 joists placed one foot apart and then covered with No 24 galvanized iron, turning the edges up 12 inches around the sides so as to form a water-tight tray, the galvanized iron being nailed in full sheets directly to the joists with no floor under 1t, and the seams and nail heads soldered watertight. Then to protect the galvanized iron and give the necessary strength, 2x4's are laid across the joists with IF inch space between each as represented in the drawing. These 2x4'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 2x6 studding, with matched siding out side and matched sheathing inside, the space between the studding filled with dry sawdust. The ice will be 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 roof of the building, and two small gable windows, simply latticed, to allow the change of air in the summer to cool the under side of the roof, should be provided Should there be any difi- culty in getting sufficient sawdust to 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 tilate the cool room a six-inch gal vanized iron duct can be carried up