Convenient Houses

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Author

Gibson, Louis H. (Louis Henry), 1854-

Title

Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper

Credits

E-text prepared by Pat McCoy, Chris Curnow, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

Architecture, Domestic

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42469

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42469

Release Date

April 5, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CONVENIENT HOUSES WITH Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.THE ARCHITECT AND THE HOUSEWIFE.
5. 5.CONVENIENT HOUSES. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV.
6. 6.A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOUSE. — CHAPTER V. — VESTIBULE. — HALL. — RECEPTION-HALL, PARLOR, AND SITTING-ROOM. — DINING-ROOM. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV.
7. 7.PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII. — CHAPTER XXIII. — CHAPTER XXIV. — CHAPTER XXV. — CHAPTER XXVI.
8. 8.PRACTICAL HOUSE-BUILDING. — CHAPTER XXVII. — LOCATING THE HOUSE. — WATER. — EXCAVATING. — DRAINING. — MASON-WORK. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — CELLAR. — CHIMNEYS. — OUTSIDE CELLAR-WAY. — AREAS. — CHAPTER XXIX. — CUT STONE. — TERRA-COTTA WORK. — PRIVY VAULT. — CISTERN. — FILTERS. — BRICK PAVEMENT. — CEMENT PAVEMENT. — CHAPTER XXX. — CARPENTER WORK. — JOISTS. — STUD WALLS. — ROOF. — OUTSIDE FINISH. — OUTSIDE CASINGS. — WINDOWS. — OUTSIDE SHUTTERS. — PORCHES. — LATTICE PORCH. — OUTSIDE STEPS. — CHAPTER XXXI. — INSIDE WOOD-WORK. — FLOORS. — DOORS AND FRAMES. — FLY SCREEN. — INSIDE CASINGS. — BASE. — WAINSCOTING. — INSIDE SHUTTERS. — WOOD-WORK FOR PLUMBING. — PICTURE MOULDINGS. — CLOSET-FITTINGS. — DRAWERS FOR CLOSETS. — CHINA-ROOM SPECIFICATION. — PANTRY SPECIFICATION. — FLOUR-BIN. — BOXES FOR PANTRY SUPPLIES. — STAIRS. — CHAPTER XXXII. — GAS-PIPING. — GAS. — TIN WORK. — GUTTERS. — VALLEYS AND OTHER TIN WORK. — PAINTING. — EXTERIOR STAINING. — INTERIOR STAINING. — OIL FINISHING. — FLOOR FINISH. — GLAZING. — CATHEDRAL GLASS. — HARDWARE. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — WATER DISTRIBUTION. — OUTSIDE FIXTURES. — SOFT-WATER SUPPLY. — SOIL PIPE. — INSIDE FIXTURES. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — BATH-TUBS. — SAFES. — WATER-CLOSETS. — WASH-STANDS. — LAUNDRY FITTINGS. — OUTSIDE DRAINS. — GREASE SINKS. — NICKEL FITTINGS. — CHAPTER XXXV. — CHAPTER XXXVI.
9. 9.BUSINESS POINTS IN BUILDING. — CHAPTER XXXVII.
10. 10.HOW TO SECURE A HOME. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — CHAPTER XXXIX. — CHAPTER XL.
11. 11.INDEX.

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