Fences, Gates, and Bridges: And How to Make Them - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616081295 ISBN 13 : 9781616081294

Editeur : Skyhorse, 2011

Synopsis

First published in 1887, Fences, Gates, and Bridges is an instructional guide to the best ways to build a variety of fences, gates, hedges, bridges, and culverts. The section on fences boasts a wealth of information on building various types of fences, including rail, composite, garden, board, and picket. It also explores how to construct an effective barbed wire fence, how to use a stone wall to reinforce a wooden fence, and highlights the pros of building portable fences. Fences, Gates, and Bridges is a classic manual for anyone who wants to build their own structures for their farm, large property, or quaint backyard.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

FENCES, GATES AND BRIDGES. OIIAPTEU I. RAIL AND OTHER PR"DUTIVE ""OOD FENCEa. VIRGI~[A RAIL FE~CE. The zigzag rail fcnce was almost nniYcrsally adopt-ed by the settlers in the heavily timbered portions of the countn', 8,11d COllll tlcss thollsallds 01 miles of it still exist, though the increasing scarcity of timber has brought other styles of fencing largely into use. Propcrly built, of good material, on a clear, solid bed, kcpt free from bnshes 3,nd other growth to shade it and cause it to rot, the rail fence is as cheap as alJy, and a.s cffcctivcand durable n5 can reasonably be desired. Good chestnut, oak, cedar, or juniper rails, or original growth heart pine, ",-ill last froUl fifty to a hundred ycurs, so thnt material of this sort, once ill hand, 'will serve on() or two generations. This fence, ten rails high, and propped with two ralls at each corner, requires twelve ra.ils to the panel. If tho fence bed is' five foet, wide, and the rails arc ol~veD

Table of Contents

TABLE OF COX'rBNTS --; CUAPl'Elt I; RaU and of her Primitive Fences _~'-_ ____ : _ • _ •• ___ _ _ 7 17; V1~ln1a Rall Fence; Lallng a Hail Fence; Staking; nnd ~ iling; A Fence of Stages and Riders; A Pole; Fonce; F cnccs lor Soil Liable to Reae; Other Primitive; Fenccs ; CHAl"TER II; Stone 4nd Sod Fcllces-_____ ______________ _; How a Stone Wall Should 00 BuUt; Building a St,one; Fence i Tl'lck for rtfo,oilJg StoneH; He-juforciog a Stone; Wall; A Composite Fcnce; A PtaIne Sod Fence; CHAPTER IlL; 1~ 23; Doard Fences _ ________________ _ ___ ___ • __ • ___ - --- -- --- ---- 24- 30; ~unillng Board FeuC!es: FeDC!e3 for Land Subjoot to; Overflow; a Fence-Bqardl101der ; Re-inforelllg a UO~el; l·once; CHAPTER IV_; Picket Fences _ ___ _ • __ _ __ ___ _ __ __ ____ _____ 81- 42; A Oood Garden Fence; A Southern Picket Fence i; It'ence8 of Spli

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Skyhorse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1616081295
• ISBN 13: 9781616081294
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: Martin George A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas