Chapter M: Mansard Roof, Significance, 206

Marble Mantels, 180

Marble Shelves, 194

Modern Buildings on Old Foundations, 205

Mortar for Plastering, 145

Mortar for Stone-work, 114

N.

New Modification of Mansard Roof, 128

Nine Doors in Small Hall, 172

Novelty Siding, 30

O.

Observatory, 233

Omissions, Reducing Cost, 170

One’s Dwelling an Indication of His Character, 10

Outside Plastering, 42

Overloaded Cornices, 77

P.

Painting; Object, When and How, 74

Parquet-flooring, 218

Parsonage, 180

Partitions in Cellar, 218

Paving Shed-floors, 126

Piazza, Change to Conservatory, 126

Piece-lumber Used Without Waste, 59

Plan Resembling a Double House, 101

Plant-windows, 112

Plastering, a Non-conductor of Sound, 16

Plastering Cellar Ceilings, 189

Plastering, Different Modes, 53

Plastering, Estimate in Detail, 139

Plumbing, Economical, 177

Plumbing, Estimate in Detail, 195

Plumbing, Specifications for, 237

Pointed Style for Rural Surroundings, 92

Porch Instead of Lobby, 18

Preface, 3

Providing Against Changing Vicissitudes, 10

Providing for Future Enlargements, 34

Q.

Qualified to Estimate, Who Should Be, 104

Quarried Stone, Used as Found, 149

Quarter-circle Stairs, 48

Quiet Corner, 160

R.

Radiator Utilizing Heat from Kitchen Fire, 19

Rafters Extending Downward, 133

Rake of Roof, 60

Rats and Mice Shut Out, 190

Reversing Plans, 23

Ribbed Glass, 213

Rolled Sheathing, 237

Roofing Materials foreign from Each Other, 207

Roof Ventilation, 85

Room for an Invalid Mother, 143

Rough Boards for Siding, 20

Rule for Projections, 139

S.

Satisfaction of Hanging Sash, and Cost, 28

Saving in Foundation, New Method, 35

Saving Time and Trouble, 27

School and Play-room, 224

Seeming Growth of the Earth, 143

Semi-dressed Stone, 78

Setting a Girder, 41

Shaky and Doubtful Foundations, 37

Sheathing and Felting, 192

Shingling, How Done, 30

Side Alley-way, 54

Side Openings in Chimney-tops, Solid Caps, 53

Siding on Sheathing-Boards, 218

Siding Upright with Battens, 96

Siding with Bevelled Clap-boards, 85

Sills Bedded in Mortar, 190

Simplicity of Cottage Life, 23

Size and Shape of Houses, 120

Sky-light, Scuttle, and Ventilator, combined, 60

Slate, best material for Roofing, 138

Slate, clipping corners of, 114

Sliding Doors, 198

Small Beginnings, 10

Southern House Requirements, 88

Space for Furniture and Wall Ornaments, 51

Space for Piano, 230

Speaking-tubes Saving Steps, 68

Spreading, in place of Stilted, Houses, 152

Squeaky Stairs, Effect, 103

Stairs Continuous to Attic, 224

Stair-Landing, near Center of House, 183

Stairs, Platform, 165

Stairs, Quarter Circle at Top, 48

Stairs, Quarter Circle, Midway their Hight, 182

Stairs to Tower, 224

Stearate of Lime, 25

Stone, Convenient Hight to Build, 150

Stone for Building, Random Dressed, 149

Stone Walls with Brick Angles, 162

Storm Doors, 41

Stucco Cornices and Centers, 219

Style determined by Roof, 49

Suggestions as to Balloon Framing, 73

Superintend’g Construction, Points, 145

Sweetening Cellars, 190

T.

Tanks secured from Frost, 95

Taste in Painting, 81

Temporary Cellar, 11

Tendency to Self-Destruction in Buildings, 191

Time allowed for Building, 217

Tinning, Raised Groove and Lock-Joint, 201

Tin, Single and Double Cross, 218

Tower and Attic, 108

Tower, Five Stories High, 221

Truss Heads for Cornices, 221

U.

Underpinning, 108

Unity in Design, 128

Unobstructed Hall, Stair Space, 210

Unsightly Out-buildings Obviated, 233

Unwholesome Vapors, 122