Chap. Iir.

SPECIFICATIONS. 771
2285/. Carpenter and .Toinek.
apart; at least 8 inches widr, ard tlie flap seats, where tliey occur, to be huns
with strong butts. Pulpits and reading desks are usually of l|--incli deal, framed
according to drawings, with ]|-inch doors, hung with brass hinges and pulpit
latches. Whole deal floors on bearers, 1-inch book boards, cappings and bearers.
1-inch clean deal or wainscot steps and risers, moulded returned nosings, 1^-inch,
beaded, sunk and cut string boards, strong bracketed carriages. 1-inch square
framed sofite under pulpit floor and stairs, mahi gany or wainscot moulded hand-
rail, with caps turned and mitred ;
square bar balusters with one in ten of iron
;
turned newels to block steps; seats of 1^-inch df-al, 13 inches wide, and proper
bearers thereto, together with all appurtenances and requisite fittings for executing
the drawings. This exploded manner of fitting up a place for religious worship
is well delineated in T. L. AValker, Architectural Vracti.e, 8vo., London, 3rd
edit., 1841. The details may be occasionally useful.
For more modern work may be specified
:
The whole of the seating throughout
to be formed as detail drawings, of good, well-seasoned English oak (or otherwise),
to be wrought, chamfered, and stopped, or moulded and cut, as shown or required
;
to be carefully framed and put together. The Itcncli ends to be (at leai-t) 3 inches
thick, tenoned and pinned to the chamfered oak sill. The backs to have solid
moulded oak capping. The seats to be 1^
inches thick, and the book boards to
be 2 inches thick (fixed flat or sloping), edges chamfered
;
ail to be well housed and
cut into bench ends. Fix ciit brackets, U'H more than !
feet apart, under the
seats
;
and cut brackets, not more than 3 feet apart, under the book boards. All
the seats to be kept clear of the piers (if any). See par. 2192a.
. The carpenter and joiner is to provide and include all such jobbing work, in follow-
ing or preceding the other artificers engaged on the works and their appurtenances,
as may be requisite for the completion thereof in every re=pect.
Founder, Smith, and iRONiioNfiER
2286. Cast iron girders and, co/umns. Reference must be had to Chap. I. Sect. X. (1628e
et sfq.), wherein will be found the method of determining their scantlings ;
all
girders to be previously tested before fixing, by weighting at the foundry.
Cast iron a-adles, when used for openings, must be described for the particular
occasions as they occur.
Ckinmei/ bars. To kitchen chimney two wrought iron cradle bars, each 2 inches wide
and
J
inch thick, long enough to extend to the outside of the chimney jambs, and
turned up and down (or cock-d down and up) at each end. The other openings to
have each a wrought iron cliimney bar 3 inches wide and
^
inch thick.
Straps, stirrup irons, nuts, bolts, screws, and washers, together with all other wrought
iron work for the roofs and partitions, to be provided as may be requisite, and the
smith is to deliver to and assist the carpenter in fixing or attaching the same.
Where the quantity is uncertain, a gi\'en weight beyond the above general direc-
tion shon'd be provided in the contract, such part thereof as may not be wanted to be
deducted from the accounts after the rate of . . , per cwt. To provide for the carpen-
ter's and joiner's works, and use, and fix thereto, all requisite spikes, nails, screws,
and other proper iromongery, and all requisite brass work, all to be of the vtry
best quality.
Cramps of cast, and wrought-, iron, or copper (pir. 2284r^), as may be directed, for the
mason
; the former to be used where the works are exposed to the air.
Wrought iron door for strong room or opening in a party wall (it may Le folding) to
be of the best quality (name the manufacturer) with h'nges and proper fastenings,
of the value of . . . pounds, without fixing.
Cast iron sashes as necessary.
Wedges for underpinning must be described with reference to the thickness of walls
they are to catch
;
each pair must be at least as long as the wall is thick.
Balusters to a hade done staircase and landings.Wrought iron balusters,
^
inch
square, with turned wrought iron newel equal to
\\
inch diameter, with rounded
haudrail of wrougt t iron
1|
by
\
inch. The balusters and newel are to be riveted
into the handrail at top, and at the bottom let into the stonework, and run wiih lead.
Balusters to a principal staircase.Ornamental cast iron balusters, as shown on the
drawings, or to pattern l>y a manufacturer, with top rail of wrought iron
1^^
by
^
an inch, let into and firmly screwed to the mahogany (or wainscot) handrail,
'i'he balu ters and newels are to be riveted into the iron rail, and at tlie bottom
they are to b; let into tie top or side of the stonework, and run with lead.
Balusters
of
wrought iron for strengthening the principal stairca.se when of wood.
Every tenth baluster to be of wrought iron, well secured.
Knocker.Provide and fix . . , iron, or brass, knocker lor . . . door (specify a price").
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