Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 134
s, so as to be built into the Fig. 109. walls. These ends are known as “ Horns.” When the posts rest on a stone or concrete step, which is glued together as shown in Fig. 109. The posts are usually the case, iron or slate pegs or “dowels” about connected to the head by means of a hammer-headed 3… … iron shoes, as shown at C, Fig. 108, on the ends. These small air space between the back of the frame and the are provided with a dowel to let into the steps. They wall, otherwise there is the risk of dry rot being set up. may be had in any size, and moulded to suit the frames.
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