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... Floors Two and three Stories together Principal Entrance Sitting Rooms , how many Billiard Room . Plan of a moderately large House ( figs . 6 , 7 ) Description of it , and Variations Carriage Porches . A very successful one Stairs Best ...
... Floors Two and three Stories together Principal Entrance Sitting Rooms , how many Billiard Room . Plan of a moderately large House ( figs . 6 , 7 ) Description of it , and Variations Carriage Porches . A very successful one Stairs Best ...
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... Floors Damp Course 148 · 149 151 . 152 . 153 153 154 Hollow Walls Different kinds and qualities Limestone most Fireproof . Hollow - faced Bricks . 155 Lime and Sandstones , Porosity of . 158 . 160 . 161 . 163 Moulded and Wood Bricks ...
... Floors Damp Course 148 · 149 151 . 152 . 153 153 154 Hollow Walls Different kinds and qualities Limestone most Fireproof . Hollow - faced Bricks . 155 Lime and Sandstones , Porosity of . 158 . 160 . 161 . 163 Moulded and Wood Bricks ...
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... Floors ' Matching ' Floor Boards Hurry in Building , Effect of Parquetry Floors . • PAGE 181 18 . 18 18 18 18 18 IS • I I . I I I Contents . xi Sound - proof Floors Closets in Houses.
... Floors ' Matching ' Floor Boards Hurry in Building , Effect of Parquetry Floors . • PAGE 181 18 . 18 18 18 18 18 IS • I I . I I I Contents . xi Sound - proof Floors Closets in Houses.
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... Floors Closets in Houses and Churches Locks Latch and Safe Locks ; ' Spring Curtain ' to them House Bells Altering Houses Cost of Building Dinner Tables , best Construction for ( fig . 13 ) Spring - bottomed Chairs Conservatory , Room ...
... Floors Closets in Houses and Churches Locks Latch and Safe Locks ; ' Spring Curtain ' to them House Bells Altering Houses Cost of Building Dinner Tables , best Construction for ( fig . 13 ) Spring - bottomed Chairs Conservatory , Room ...
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... certified that everything has been done in the best manner , every joint of every floor is gaping as if it were left open for the dust to be swept down , as in Exhibition Unwise Haste in Building . 49 buildings ; windows and.
... certified that everything has been done in the best manner , every joint of every floor is gaping as if it were left open for the dust to be swept down , as in Exhibition Unwise Haste in Building . 49 buildings ; windows and.
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