The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-01-22

IL inches Of cinders to serve as a non.
conductor, and this covered with
cement floor 81 inches thick. This
much Of cement work should be in.
troduced in order to have thorough.
ly sanitary floor The great difficulty
in the construction of an atwood 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 2x6s 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. 80 galvanized iron, pro-
curing it in sheets and mailing it 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. 1t 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.
Quoting property. the plan contem-
plates the use of 2x10 joists placed
one foot apart and then covered with
No. "a galvanized iron. turning the
edges up II inches around the sides
so as to form 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, 2x4's are laid
across the joists with ~ 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 -
inches which will be thoroughly filled
with sawdust which is packed over
the top as we'll, 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 diff
Guilty 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
against the wall Of the ice chamber
and out through the roof, opening
into the cool room at the ceiling. A
corresponding opening in the wall of
the cool room opposite the ventilator
should be made in order to allow air
from the outside to enter. Both the
ventilator and the intake should be
provided with close working hampers
SO that only enough air is allowed to
circulate to keep the air sufficiently
dry.