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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 525 estimate, together with the price at which each article was monied out, must accompany such tender sealed up, or it will not be accepted ; and all variations from this specification and drawings, which may be ordered, shall be monied out from such list, and which is to remain in the hands of the Architect for that pin-pose. 1060. The Works to he executed in the most sound, substantial, and workmanlike manner ; and, that the contractor may not consider himself in any way aggrieved, he must take sjjecial notice that every circumstance appertaining to the well-doing of the works will be most strictli/ insisted on, to the full intent and spirit of this specification and drawings; and that no indulgence will be allowed for any breach of covenants ; and if any difference of oi)inion shall arise as to the quantity or quality of the workmanship or materials, or upon any other matter connected with the works, the contractor must in all cases be bound, by the decision of the Architect. 1061. The Works to be immecUttith/ hegun by taking down those parts of the jiresent buildings that are intended to be removed, in the most careful manner ; shoring up as will be necessary the adjoining walls, &c., which will be at the contractor's risk, until they are fully secured; repairing and making good all the walls, &c., that may be dis- turbed in consequence of this contract. 1062. 27(6 Contractor may see the Site, and he is expected to provide for every thing required to execute the works, without any extra-charge whatever, for any thing omitted in this specification or drawings. 1063. The Money is to be paid at the rate of £73 per cent on the amount of work done, by certificates to be signed by the Architect, and payable at fourteen days' sight ; but the Architect will not certify for any sum less than jt60, and the balance will be paid upon the certificate of the Architect, that the works are completed to his satisfaction, by bill at four months. 1064. Carpenter. The timber (unless where otherwise particularly described) is to be the best natural-grown Spey timber (Scotch pine, grown in a native forest on the banks of the Spey, and generally considered of superior quality) ; and, together ^v^th every other species of timber which may be hereafter described, for carpenter's and joiner's work, is to be well seasoned, for which affidavits must be given, if required by the Architect. The whole to be perfectly sound, free from sap, shakes, dead parts, and large knots. 1065. All the Materials icill be carted from Portmahomack by the proprietor; but the contractor must not delay the carts imnecessarily, otherwise the proprietor will charge for such detention, and will deduct the amount fi-om the balance in his hands. 1066. All Timbers to be cogged (notched)down, so as to have a solid bearing on the walls and plates; no joist, standard (quarter), or rafter, &c., to be more than 18 inches apart in the clear. All lintels, and filling in lintels (lintels behind the front lintels), to be not less than 2 feet longer than their respective openings, and 1 inch thick for every foot the opening is wide, and shored up where requisite. All bridlings (trimmings) and bridling joists to be one eighth of an inch thicker than the other joists, for every joist they support. The joists to be bridled (trimmed) for wells of stairs, for fire- places and vents, and stiffened with herring-bone strutting, at distances not exceeding 4 feet apart. All scantlings and other dimensions given, must hold good, when the works are completed, cleaned off, and finished. No panels to be, when cleaned off, less than five eighths of an inch thick. To provide for all centring for arches, &c. ; also, all blocks, studs, beads, stops, fillets, bilgets (wooden bricks). None of the flooring- boards to be more than 6 inches wide, and they must be prepared, and brought on the pre- mises five weeks before they are laid. All the framing, such as doors, sashes, &c., must be got out in six weeks from the date of the contract ; but not to be wedged up until the Architect or his agent directs. The door-fi-ames are to be built in the walls, with horns (the lintels with projections beyond the styles) and side arms (side pieces to bond in), and tenoned into stone sills. The roof is to be formed as shown in the drawings, and of the several scantlings thereon figured, and well nailed with double garron (6-inch spikes) nails. All plates to be in long lengths, and chacked (notched or halved) ; or dovetailed together, and well spiked. To lay the floors throughout (unless where other- wise directed) of 1^-inch Tarlogie (a native forest) deals, straight-jointed, ploughed, and feathered. The stairs to be formed as shown in the plan, of I|-inch Tarlogie deals, glued and blocked, complete, with 1 J -inch wall string and torus on upper edge; and where an open well is shown, to have 1 '-inch front strings. All the treads and risers to be raggled (housed) into strings, and the whole to have strong carriages complete ; handrail to be put from the barn to the threshing-floor, as shown, with |^-inch balusters, with three iron balusters, flanged and screwed complete : the handrails to be of Spey fir. The locks, bolts, and fastenings to be found by the proprietor ; and the contractor will find screws, and fasten them on without any extra-charge for the same. The roof must be ready to receive the covering on or before the day of, and the whole of the works finished and completed on or before the