Main entry:

Walsh, H. Vandervoort (Harold Vandervoort), 1892-

Title & Author:

The construction of the small house : a simple and useful source of information of the methods of building small American homes, for anyone planning to build / by H. Vandervoort Walsh, with illustrations by the author.

Publication:

New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1923.

Description:

269 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Present-day economic troubles -- General types and costs -- Essential standards of quality in building materials -- Types of wooden-frame construction -- Construction of the masonry and wood dwelling --- Safeguards against fire in dwellings -- Poor methods of construction employed by unscrupulous builders -- Essential features of good plumbing -- Methods of heating -- Lighting and electric work -- Construction of the trim -- Lessons taught by depreciation -- Selecting materials from advertisements -- Roofing materials -- Painting and varnishing the house -- Labor-saving devices for the home -- Concrete work around the house -- Classification and construction of the architectural motifs used in small-house designing -- Traditions of building from which our modern methods are derived -- Traditions of the construction of doors and windows -- Building the setting for the house -- Financing the construction work.

Subject:

Building Popular works.
Dwellings Design and construction Popular works.
Construction Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Habitations Construction Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Building.
Dwellings Design and construction.

Form/genre:

Popular works.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 141302
Call No.: ID:87-B17694
Status: Available