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an d Paviour. Provide and fix 4 inch tooled Yorkfix 3 . ste P s to porches and entrance-doors. Provide andc 0r iJ nch York stones over cesspools ; 4 inch stones forab 0(lt S ’carry brickwork to air-flues ; a circular spacea v * inches diameter, to be cut in these stones, andanj i llat ing valve inserted in each. Inch hare-hill hearths,ronjj^k'hearths to all chimney openings, with stone-kirbsWith . to act as fenders. The kitchens to have ash-pitshonse^o* mova ble gratings over. Sink-stones to wash-ston e S * 6 inches by 1 foot 9 inches, out of 7 inch
Ug e( js’ P r operly dished (or wood lined with zinc may beth e J’ e ^ C ^ x s ' n ^ to be provided with a bell-trap. Pavethe X° rchea an( i pantries with 10 inch tiles, well bedded,gr 0l b n ? u i 1 ^ being previously well rammed. The rest of the8toi) e 'fi°°rs to be made with concrete. Two-inch York-Suppo rea ds, and risers to stairs, properly cramped, andbe p,.,. e , by dwarf brick walls. The floors of privies to' Co**,.... " bh 14 inch York stone.”
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t° b e n f to be executed in the most approved manner, andbntel s ° l ' le fi°bowing scantlings :—Wall -plates 4^ by 2^;12 in P i? Ver a b openings, 4 by 4 ; chamber-joists 7 by 1£,a Part tp a P art > w bh bays of herring-bone struts 2 feetthe j 0 ’- 11 n ifon hooping being nailed to the under side of?°bd w ,S r and t b e space between the joists to be filled upjoi S { s broken stone or clay and mortar. Trimming-sillg ^ ^ ^ > struts 4 by 2 ; partitions to have heads and
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uprights and braces 4 by 2. Door-framesV 3 • on 'be edges, 4 by 3 ; rafters 41 by 21; purlinsfidg e J collars to every sixth pair of rafters, 6 by 2;bv 11 ; | yellow deal battens to carry slates., Nnal and f ‘* 2 inch cut and splayed barge-boards, withAirier <i p’ ^ c > as shown on drawings.”bung ’ . * ter nal doors to be square-framed and battened,? inch » ltxl d inch butts, with 7 inch drawback locks,at ches .° an< ^ bolts, (3 to each door), and Norfolk thumb-Pantfy ’ ? ledged internal doors, and f ledged privy,11 tr? )TH tV] coa i'doset doors, with bolts and latches. The1*^010 la ve inch jamb-linings and stops.”i ovqIq ^^id deal frames, 4|- by 3, with oak-sunk sills;a be fin Sas b e s, suspended by pivots : those in the pantries7 ^ith perforated zinc.” _
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deal seats and risers to privies, on fir■Pbe seats to have flaps hung with 24 inch
do Set . S e »; 1 shelf to be fixed round each cupboardfitesser!! ^ed-rooms, and 3 in those in kitchens: l^inchW p r .°Ps, and 3 shelves to pantries. Angle staves toto *Wvl* ^ fixed to all angles; f clamped shuttersbe ' n §' l 'ooms, hung as flaps, with deal framed brackets,a ,' a cd on pivots, the flaps forming tables. FirXs( c , 8 selves, 6 by 2 inches, over each opening.”
‘o> r • fi'be walls of the dwelling-rooms and bed-rooms'I'ith i rn , red and set. The ceilings and rafters lathed'filed oo* 1 l00 ping; the space between the joists and raftersdilin,.? Soli(i with broken stone, or earth and lime. The
*V s e t S , to be plastered, set, and whited. The chamber-dfface r n laid with floor plaster, and trowelled to a smooth. r be walls of the sculleries, pantries, coal-closets,? in‘L Vle ; s ’ to be twice lime-whited ; cement skirting,fied.J 1 ® 8 bis’b to he run round all the kitchens and
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stove. Fix iron pans in sculleries. Fix
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where directed an iron pump, with double handle; fixNo. 4, stacks of 4 inch descending pipes, with cisternheads and shoes, the bottom length to be of cast iron.Provide and fix No. 12 cast iron air bricks, to be fixedwhere directed ; fix No. 8 Arnott’s valves where directed.Fix perforated zinc-plates to doors of rooms not havingchimney openings in them. Provide No. 10 chimneybars, to turn up at each end.”
“ Plumber. Inch lead waste pipes from sinks to drainscurved round so as to form stink-traps, and provided withbell-traps. Lead flashings to chimneys, 5 pound to thefoot super,from well to pump.”
“ Glazier and Painter. Glaze the several sashes witli 3rdNewcastle crown glass. Stain the whole of the wood-work of the exterior with a composition of gas-tar andRoman ochre, laid on when boiling hot. The interiorto be stained with ‘ Stephen’s stain,’ and afterwardsvarnished.”
The above Specification is so carefully drawn, that wehave thought it expedient to extract it entire, as a usefulguide to the young architect. It may, of course, be alteredaccording to circumstances, and it may not always bedesirable to incur so large an outlay. The estimate fora pair of cottages similar to those specified, would rangefrom £200 to £300, according to the amount of ornamentbestowed on them.
COUCH , in general, the lay of any mucilaginous substanceon any material, as wood or plaster, in order to protect thesurface of that material from the weather, and therebyrender it more durable, or less vulnerable to the corrodinginfluence of the atmosphere.
Couch , in painting, denotes a lay or impression of colour,whether in oil or water, with which the painter covers hiscanvass, wall, wainscot, or other material to be painted.
Paintings are first covered with a couch of varnish.A canvass, to be painted, must first have two couchesof size before the colours are laid: two or three couches ofwhitelead are laid on wood before the couch of gold isapplied.
COULISSE, French ; the pieces of wood which hold thefloodgates in a sluice; also any timbers having grooves inthem.
COUNTER, COMPTER, (from the Latin , computare ) thename of two prisons in London , for the use of the city, toconfine debtors, breakers of the peace, &c.
Counter, a term formerly used among engineers, to denotethe superintendent of a canal, or other great work, under theresident-engineer. His business was to keep an account ofthe time of the men employed, not only in different depart-ments of the work, but in different soils also, as a check onthe charge of the men ; and thereby to enable the resident-engineer, who received his accounts, to ascertain the rate ofany quantity of common measure in similar operations. Thecounter seems to have been the same as what we now callclerk of the works.
Counter Drain, a ditch or channel parallel to a canal orembanked water-course, for collecting the soakage-water bythe side of the canal or embankment, to a culvert or archeddrain under the canal, by which it is conveyed away tolower ground.
Counter Drawing, the copying of a design by means ofa fine linen cloth, oiled paper, &c., laid on the drawing; thestrokes of the drawing appearing through the transparentcover, being traced and marked with the pencil.
Sometimes drawings are copied on glass, or with framesor nets divided into squares. The pentagraph is not only
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