1903 The still-room by C. Roundell

The Still-Room

dowel mentioned above.

This will keep the frame-

work firm. The main ground plate should be ^\ inches by 3 inches, and the top plate of the same size. Support and steady in the usual way with quartering 4.5 inches by 3 inches, and when this is fixed, choose a dry day, and pitch, tar, or cold creosote the lower plates and all the woodwork 2 feet from the ground to protect from damp : this quartering should show an even outside face to secure the matchboard. The cheapest material for the outside covering will be |-inch matchboard, and it may as well be fixed outside the rafters as well. Pitchboard 4^ inches by i inch, rafters 3 inches by 2 inches. Inside Bonds from one side to the other, 4-I inches If stout they are useful to hold planks, on which baskets can be placed overhead in the roof, space. In order to receive the side thatch, a board is attached round the door-plates and at the corners, 6 inches wide, from the ground to eaves, in which the thatch is placed upright, and it is kept in position by lateral splines of wood 3 inches by i inch. The Roof Thatch may be 18 inches thick on the roof and 6 inches at the sides, and where it can be procured, carex or reed is strongest and most lasting, but it may be of wheat straw or heather. The thatch at the sides should be 6 inches thick. Both an inside and outside door should be pro- vided, and they must be made to fit closely to exclude draus^hts. 58 by 3 inches.