Swedish House erection manual (download)

Type A English Rural

Please note this manual was photographed and some of the pages omitted as too blurred.

CONSTRUCTION
Substructure: Concrete strip footings. Vented brick underbuilding. DPC.
External walls: Direct platform frame construction. Storey height timber frame panels sheathed internally with vertical T&G boarding backed with building paper and directly clad with vertical timber boarding over bituminous building paper. Lined with hardboard. Fibreboard insulation between frame studs. Separate timber sole plate. Separating wall: 9″ brick.
Partitions: Timber stud lined with T&G boarding and fibreboard.
Ground floor: T&G boarding on timber joists.
First floor: T&G boarding on timber joists.
Ceilings: Fibreboard.
Roofs: Timber rafters, timber sarking, bituminous felt and concrete tiles.

VARIANTS
Bituminous felt tile, slate or timber shingle roof cover.
Separating wall lined with fibreboard on timber battens.
Plasterboard linings throughout.