Inside Finishing | by Charles A. King
In many places carpenters are classified as framers or outside men, and joiners or inside men; the subject matter treated in the following pages refers especially to the work of the latter, as it deals with the fitting up of the house to make it habitable after the framing, covering, and outside finishing have been completed. Certain aspects of carpentry of interest to the prospective contractor are also dealt with, and suggestions are offered which will be of assistance to him in placing his business upon a satisfactory basis.
| Title | Inside Finishing |
| Author | Charles A. King |
| Publisher | American Book Company |
| Year | 1912 |
| Copyright | 1912, Charles A. King |
| Amazon | Inside Finishing (1912) |
By Charles A. King, Director Of Manual Training Eastern High School, Bay City, Michigan
King's Series In Woodwork And Carpentry:
Elements Of Woodwork, Elements Of Construction, Constructive Carpentry, Inside Finishing, Handbook For Teachers
Preface To The Series- This series consists of five volumes, four of which are intended as textbooks for pupils in manual-training, industrial, trade, technical, or normal schools. The fifth book of the series, the Handboo...
- Chapter I. Heating, Ventilation, Sanitation, Refrigerators
- 1. Fireplaces and stoves. - (A.) The heating of a building is not a part of the work of a carpenter, but he should have some knowledge of the different methods of heating in common use. Our forefathe...
- Heating, Ventilation, Sanitation, Refrigerators. Part 2
- (C.) The third method is known as the direct-indirect, which, as its name implies, is a combination of the two above described. In this system the radiator is placed in the room to be heated, and the...
- Heating, Ventilation, Sanitation, Refrigerators. Part 3
- That part of. the work which is out of sight is most important; no elaborate fittings can compensate for imperfect plumbing in the wall or under the floor. 8. Sanitation. - (A.) The disposal of sewag...
- Heating, Ventilation, Sanitation, Refrigerators. Part 4
- (B.) A refrigerator operates upon the principle that air of a low temperature will descend, and that of a high temperature will rise if both are confined in the same compartment. To make an efficient...
- Chapter II. Floor Laying, Inside Finish
- II. Floor laying. - (A.) Floor laying is a branch of carpentry which, in some localities, is done almost entirely by specialists who can do a far greater amount than can the all-round man. Figure 5 sh...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 2
- 12. Wood for finishing. - In selecting the inside finish for a house, care should be used to sort the different colors as much as possible; though the same grade and the same kind of wood may be used,...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 3
- Fig. 9. - Moldings. Those in most common use are shown in Fig. 9. The band molding (a) is used for the finishing member on the outside of a mitered casing: b is used sometimes for a band molding to...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 4
- The torus (/) (bead, round, or thumb molding) and the astragal (g) should appear to go around, as if to bind together. The scotia (h) and the fillet (i) are used as intermediates, to separate one memb...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 5
- Fig. 17. - Types of Panel Work and Methods of Construction. The top rail (d) is usually 1 wider than the stiles, to allow it to show the same width as the stile when the cap finish, similar to p, r,...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 6
- Fig. 18. - Vertical Section of Paneled Dado and Setting. 17. Rake dado may be made as easily as any other, if the work is done properly, the difficult parts being to get the clamps on so that they wi...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 7
- 19. A splayed soffit for a circling top window may be made by the method described in Fig. 22. Points a, c, b show the face of the soffit, and d, e, f, the drop of the splay, or the size of the soffit...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 8
- Fig. 24. - Sketch fob a Drawer Case. After the glue has set, the partitions should be planed square and fair, and all but the bottom one notched, as at d, to receive the casings (e). The front rail...
- Floor Laying, Inside Finish. Part 9
- 13. Describe the different styles of casings. Compare the size of a corner block with that of the side casing. Compare the size of a lintel or header with that of its architrave. For what is a plinth ...
- Chapter III. Doors
- 26. Doors for all ordinary purposes can be purchased in stock sizes much more reasonably than if they were made to order. Stock doors usually are doweled, and if well made of thoroughly seasoned mater...
- Doors. Part 2
- 30. The doorframes, if the finish is to be in the natural wood, should be of the same kind of wood as the trimming of the rooms which the door connects. Usually they are made 1 1/2 or 1 3/4 thick, a...
- Doors. Part 3
- Fig. 31. - A Fitted Door. With a piece of wood of the same thickness as k, or the above gauged distance, laid in the rabbet of the doorframe, make the mark, m. This is the exact location in the rab...
- Doors. Part 4
- Fig. 38. - Cutting down a Threshold. Do not use the try-square to lay out the ends, as they should be made to fit the horizontal section of the doorframe, which is rarely set perfectly square with ...
- Chapter IV. Window Frames And Sash
- 37. Window frames. - Window frames for common work are made generally in localities where labor and power are cheap, are sent to the market knock down (K.D.), or in shooks, and nailed together at ...
- Window Frames And Sash. Continued
- The architect often furnishes the details of the window frame and of the sash, and generally the only important point in which they differ from the ordinary stock window frame, aside from the speciall...
- Glazed Sash
- The glass should be held in place by glazier's points while the putty sets. These are small triangular pieces of sheet metal which are driven into the sash with a chisel as shown at a, Fig. 49. The pu...
- Glazed Sash. Part 2
- The end of the cord should then be pushed through the 3/8 hole (d, Fig. 43) and the knot tied, when the sash is ready for the stop strips which are to hold it in place. 42. Hotbed or skylight sash a...
- Glazed Sash. Part 3
- 39. How should the size of the glass compare with the size of the rabbet? How is glass held in place until the putty sets? What should be the condition of the putty used in setting glass? Describe bed...
- Chapter V. Stair Building
- 45. Making measurements. - The principal dimensions to be ascertained in measuring for a stairway are the rise and run. The term rise denotes the extreme height between the top of the lower floor and ...
- Stair Building. Part 2
- 48. Stringers. - (A.) Stringers or carriages (e, Fig. 54) are the timbers or joists upon which the treads and risers are fastened, and as they support and give strength to the stairs, they should be m...
- Stair Building. Part 3
- Fig. 60. - -Fitting a Skirting Board; Method 2. In making attic and cellar stairs, and stairs in cheap buildings, a wide skirting board is sometimes nailed to the studding, and the treads and risers ...
- Stair Building. Part 4
- Fig. 66. - Dog-leg Stairs. Upon ordinary work the winding risers (e, e), shown by dotted lines, usually are sawed to the correct bevel and nailed to the winding post; upon good work, and wherever t...
- Stair Building. Part 5
- Table Of Vertical Dimensions Of Stair Posts Kind of Post Size Base Turning Square Turning Square Head Newel . . 6 X 6 10 ...
- Stair Building. Part 6
- Fig. 70. - Construction of Treads and Risers. A single piece of molding consisting of the nosing and scotia is sometimes used upon cheap work, as the end finish of the treads. In this case the ends...
- Stair Building. Part 7
- Fig. 76. - Types of Balusters and Methods of Setting Them. In setting the balusters of a closed string flight, the tops and bottoms are sometimes treated as at g, though there is another method by ...
- Stair Building. Part 8
- The above is for a quarter turn stair, but if a circular, or winding flight is being built, the pitch line should be taken from the rise and run of the stairs directly under the center of the rail, wh...
- Chapter VI. Painting, Hardware
- 56. Painting is one of the most important of the trades with which the carpenter comes in contact, and it is the intention of this chapter, not to teach the carpenter to do the work of a painter, but ...
- Painting, Hardware. Continued
- In applying the filler, it is not necessary to lay it smoothly, for when its surface has dried so that it resists slightly when rubbed with the finger, it should be cleaned off with excelsior or shavi...
- Chapter VII. Estimating
- 58. Plans. - If work of importance is being considered, a contractor should always insist upon having a complete set of plans, a carefully prepared set of specifications, and a written contract, all s...
- Estimating. Part 2
- 62. Stonework. - Masonry will be discussed under two heads, stonework and brickwork. The work of building the foundations, piers, chimneys, etc., is usually a subcontract, and as such, the carpenter m...
- Estimating. Part 3
- Jack rafters. Lookouts. Purlins. Ridge. Sheeting. Shingles. Valley rafters. Elevation Members Braces. Corner posts. Posts in cellar. Sheathing for sides. Stair stringers. Studs. Miscellaneous...
- Estimating. Part 4
- Doorframes cost the price of the stock which is usually bought all rabbeted; smoothing, nailing up, squaring, and setting an inside frame will usually require about 1 1/2 or 2 hours. A common outside ...
- Estimating. Part 5
- 68. Hardware. - The following is a list of the articles of hardware needed upon a house: - Doors Bolts. Butts. Cupboard catches Hinges. Mortise locks. Rim locks. Stops. Windows Blind trimmin...
- Estimating. Part 6
- Chicago, ILL. Date, jan. 1, 1912 BILL OF MATERIAL FOR Framing 6 2 X 6 X 12' sills. 14 2 X 6 X 14' sills. 9 2 X 8 X 16' girders. 24 2 X 8 X 12' floor joists. 68 2 X 4 X 14' studs, pla...
- Estimating. Part 7
- How can sheathing be estimated if laid horizontally? Diagonally? How can the sheeting for the roof be estimated? If laid with 2 open joints? How many nails are used for these items per 1000'? What is...
- Chapter VIII. Arithmetic
- 1. If it is estimated that 100 ft. of lumber are necessary to do a certain piece of work, and but 78 ft. are used, what per cent is saved? 2. If the hardware upon a $1000 job cost $18, what per cent ...
- Arithmetic. Part 2
- 48. If a floor is 20' wide, and 1 4/5 times as long, what is its area? 49. If 60 per cent of a job costs $10, what will the whole job cost? 50. If 70 per cent of a job is material, what is the cost ...
- Arithmetic. Part 3
- 84. If a floor is 19' wide, and 40 per cent as wide as it is long, what is its length? 85. If 9 per cent of the above floor is cut out for a stairway, what is the area of the rest of the floor? 86. ...
- Arithmetic. Part 4
- 127. If 27 pieces of lumber are required for a piece of work, aggregating 165 ft. of material, what per cent of the whole is one piece? 128. What per cent of a pile of lumber containing 1972 ft. is l...
- Arithmetic. Part 5
- 177. What is its area? 178. The circumference of a circle is 45.86736 ft. What is its diameter? 179. What is the area of a circle 14' 6 in diameter? 180. How many circles with an area of 2.1 sq. f...
- Arithmetic. Part 6
- 214. If a foundation is 25' X 32', how large ought the bottom of the excavation to be to allow for a footing course and a tile drain? 215. What is the length of a brace completing a triangle, the ...
- Arithmetic. Part 7
- 269. Work out the same problem for a third pitch house. 270. If the center of the common rafter of a quarter pitch roof is 9 away from the hip apex and 22 from the center of the first jack, how ...
- Chapter IX. Tables
- Asphalt Floor 6 parts asphalt. 1 part coal tar. 3 parts sand. Table 2. Bending Radius X .05 = Thickness Of Pine Which Will Bend Without Special Preparation. Table 3 Cellar Sash Two-light Sash...
- Tables. Part 2
- Table 6. Wall Paper Double roll; 16 yd. long, 18 or 20 wide. Cartridge or felt papers; 30 wide, 16 yd. to a roll. The usual cost of papering is from 12 1/2 to 25 per double roll lapped, and from...
- Tables. Part 3
- Table 14. Sizes Of Boxes For Different Measures Length Inches Width Inches Depth Inches Capacity Length Inches Width Inches Depth Inches Capacity 48 ...
- Weights And Measures
- Table 21. Avoirdupois Weight. United States And British Grains Drams Ounces Pounds Hundredweights Gross Tons 1. .03657 .002286 .000143 .000...
- Weights And Measures. Part 2
- Tables Square Or Land Measure. United States And British Square Inches Square Feet Square Yards Square Rods Acres Square Miles 1 .006944 .000771 ...
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