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Title: The farmer his own builder : a guide and reference book for the construction of dwellings, barns and other farm buildings, together with their utilities, describing reliable methods, offering practical suggestions, presenting numerous details and formulas, and explaining simple rules for estimating the labor and materials required. With special reference to concrete and carpentry
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Roberts, H. Armstrong (Howard Armstrong), 1885-1947
Subjects: Farm buildings
Publisher: Philadelphia : D. McKay
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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can depend upon it, every foot of horizontallumber between the foundation and the roof will con-tract to a certain degree. And since the walls andpartitions are supported by these horizontal timbers,they, too, must settle proportionately. If all the out-side walls and the interior partitions settle preciselythe same amount, no damage is likely to result, forthe floors and ceilings will remain true and level. If,however, one side of the structure settles more than therest, and the levels are disturbed, there will be a generalracking and distortion of the entire frame, accompaniedby the cracking of plaster and the binding of doors andwindows. In extreme cases it may even cause the fail-ure of parts of the frame and collapse. There is but one way to overcome this unequal set-tlement due to the shrinkage of the timbers: it is tomake the extent of horizontal timber uniform in allparts of the structure. Be sure to remember this point;it is too often neglected. no THE FARMER HIS OWN BUILDER
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Fig. 59.—Plank frame barn construction. Self-supporting roof: Everyrafter is made to form a truss, rafters spaced on 24-inch centers. FRAMING 111 BARN FRAMING Now for a few notes on the subject of barn framing,which differs from house construe tion mainly becausethe barn is little more than a weather-proof shell, re-quiring no interior finish except in the stable portions.The roof, floor and stable walls, which are the mostcostly factors in a barn, are virtually the same whetherthe building be high or low. Therefore the high barnoffers greater storage capacity in proportion to cost,and means economy, particularly since the perfectionof hay-carrying machinery removes any limitationsotherwise entailed by attempts to store hay by handin high, inaccessible mows. The chief problem was to secure this increased loftcapacity without the use of cumbersome timbers, andtheir consequent cost, and to provide mow space withopen centers, which would permit the operation of ahay carrier from one en

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