Building Age Volume 9, No. 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...Mo.--Your correspondent, "L. D. H., ' seems to have trouble with his drawing paper on account of buckling. The best remedy I know Of under such circumstances is to cover the drawing with soft, heavy paper, and over it place a spare drawing board. If your correspondent tries this remedy, I think he will be surprised to see how nice and straight his drawings remain. Plastering. From F. B. I., Kansas City, Mo.--I notice in the January number of Carpentry and Building the difficulty that "F. B." has with his plastering. He does not state when the plastering was done, whether in cold weather or in the fall before freezing weather set in. If it was done in the fall, and, as he says, is best "drawed " work, it may be that the first coat was too dry, so that when the browning was applied the clinchers broke, with the result as described. On the other hand, if the plastering was done during cold weather, the mortar may have become frozen directly after putting on, and it may not have refloated when it thawed out. In such cases plastering cannot be expected to stand. Still another cause may explain why the plastering fell. A jar would break the clinchers directly after the plastering is put on, and, in time, the plastering would fall by a very slight jar. I have known lime to contain small black or brown specks that burst or chipped the white coat after it was thoroughly dried. I do not think, however, that the raw material was the cause of "F. B.'s " trouble. From D. W. S., Fergus Falls, Minn.--Referring to the communication of " F. B." in the January number of Carpentry and Building, and leaving out of the question what may be due to poor materials, it seems to me that the trouble is that the first coat was left too long ...