. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS STRUCTUEES AND APPLIANCES. 215 tannia Works, Wharf Road, City Road, London, give the following- instructions for glazing-, and as they are concise and to the point, it may he well to rej^eat them:—" The lead strips arc to be fastened down the centre of the rafter, previously well painted, leaving the grooves clear. This should he done with three- quarter-inch copper tacks, eight-inch pitch, , four inches apart on the alternate sides of the upright flange. On lights, doors, and all movable parts, the tacks should be half these distances a
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS STRUCTUEES AND APPLIANCES. 215 tannia Works, Wharf Road, City Road, London, give the following- instructions for glazing-, and as they are concise and to the point, it may he well to rej^eat them:—" The lead strips arc to be fastened down the centre of the rafter, previously well painted, leaving the grooves clear. This should he done with three- quarter-inch copper tacks, eight-inch pitch, , four inches apart on the alternate sides of the upright flange. On lights, doors, and all movable parts, the tacks should be half these distances apart. The base which are given in detail, the reader will gather that the Simplex system of glazing can be adapted to any kind of glass structures, and that any ordinary estate carpenter can erect and complete a house, or convert an existing house, and a gardener can re- j)lace all glass broken by accident. The cost, in the first instance, is slightly in advance of the best putty glazing, but this is very soon rei^aid by subsequent economy in maintenance and repairs, irrespective of the comfort derived from the work being always in. Fig. 39.—Eendle's System of Glazing. F\g. 38. of the lead-work should then he dressed perfectly fiat on the wood, with the grooved edge of a wooden tool called the 'boat' hammered along its top. Not less than 21 oz. glass should be used, and must be cut full, so as to allow just enough room to drop in between the flanges without forcing. Before 2^1acing the glass in position, the angles which are to receive it must be well coated with best white lead paint, mixed very thick and applied with a small brush. Squares of glass which are not quite flat should be laid (contrary to the u&ual practice) with their hollow sides downwards ; but those which will Tiot bend without force should be rejected. Place the glass into position with the smallest possible lap, three-sixteenths of an inch, turn down the lead flanges with the 'boat,' which should be
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