Wardway Homes, Bungalows, and Cottages, 1925

Montgomery Ward & Co.

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Jahr: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780486147246
• Thema: Architecture
• Thema: Residential Architecture

Meticulous reproduction of a rare catalog includes floor plans as well as exterior and interior views of 80 American homes, among them a handsome, three-story frame residence with six bedrooms and a cozy, three-room cottage measuring 18 feet by 22 feet. 94 black-and-white illustrations depict handsome stairways, French doors, and other amenities.

Lowest Freight Rates

No Matter Where You Live

THE mills and factories from which Wardway Homes are shipped are situated at the most advantageous shipping points, which gives you lowest freight rates and prompt service. No matter where you live—North, South, East or West—your lumber will be shipped to you from the mill which has the lowest freight rate to your station.

All prices in this book are based on shipment from Mississippi Valley mill. Prices f. o. b. Southern or Western mills are considerably lower. If you live in the south or far west, this works to your advantage. Write for a delivered price, freight paid, on the home you want.

Material may all be shipped at one time, or we will hold inside finish 30 days to allow you to get the house enclosed, if you wish. It makes no difference in the freight rate.

1. Iowa Millwork Warehouse

2. Missouri Lumber Distributing Yards

3. Iowa Millwork Factory

4. Southern Lumber Yards and Mill

Wardway Ready-Cut Construction Saves One-Third to One-Half Carpenter Work

MACHINE labor replaces hand work in building Wardway Ready-Cut Homes. One man with the help of the wonderful electrically driven machines in the mill does the work of ten carpenters on the job. That in a nutshell is the secret of the savings of the Wardway system. It is the old story of quantity production by machine versus individual labor by hand.

Not only time is saved, but lumber. It has been calculated by experts that an average of 17 per cent of the lumber delivered to erect a house the old way was wasted. Short ends, mistakes, unusable lengths, cause a large addition to the cost. Through scientific cutting we have reduced this waste to less than two per cent. This saving alone covers the entire cost of cutting the material in the mill.

Wardway System Eliminates Mistakes

Study the illustration at the right. Note the great number of pieces necessary to build a house—the complicated angling cuts—and remember an average of three cuts are made in each piece of lumber that goes into a house to fit it into place. It means not only a huge amount of labor—very expensive labor—if done by hand, but innumerable chances for costly mistakes. The Wardway Ready-Cut System of exact measurements and scientific cutting eliminates all chance for mistakes. Each piece is cut exactly according to the architect’s drawing, accurate to the sixteenth of an inch. Each piece is inspected by an expert and clearly marked with a printed stencil to correspond with the same piece shown on the plan. Your carpenter simply takes the piece the plan calls for, slips it into place and nails it up. It fits perfectly—cannot help it—no chance for error.

Not Ready-Cut—If you prefer, we can furnish the materials for Wardway Homes “Not Ready-Cut”—that is, without the special features explained above. The lumber as specified is furnished in standard mill-run lengths which must be cut to fit by the carpenter. Door and window frames, linen cases, kitchen cases and stair work are shipped cut-to-fit, ready to be set up. While the saving you make in purchasing a Wardway Home “Not Ready-Cut” is considerable, the maximum savings are of course secured only when you purchase a Wardway Ready-Cut Home.

Wardway Ready-Cut Construction Eliminates Waste and Saves Time and Money

This machine bevels both ends of a rafter and cuts the notch in one operation.

No Hunting for Pieces

There is no confusion or hunting for pieces when building a Wardway Home. All small pieces are bundled and marked, such as framing for window and door openings, dormers, sheathing for gables, etc. All large pieces are plainly marked and all pieces which are duplicated (such as studs, joists, etc.) are marked alike and are interchangeable.

Certain materials for Wardway Homes are loaded by electrically driven trucks (in the foreground). These modern, efficient methods save you money.

When the car is ready for shipment the pieces to be used first are carefully loaded first, so that when the car is unloaded and piled they are on top. Complete instructions for piling are sent with the plans, as well as very thorough instructions covering every operation and every stage of construction, from digging the excavation to finishing the woodwork.

Carpenters Appreciate Wardway Homes

Contractors and carpenters who have built Wardway Homes are enthusiastic over them. They like to work with the fine material and they appreciate having the drudgery taken out of the job. After all, cutting up lumber with a handsaw is neither interesting nor profitable work, and carpenters find they can build three Wardway Homes while putting up two the old way; build them cheaper and still make more money themselves.

One of the electrically driven machines which saw both ends of a board at the same time, trimming it to any desired length in a fraction of the time required by hand.

The Wardway Ready-Cut System is not only the best modern method of building, but is the only way for the man who considers cost and results. The old handsaw method is as out of date as the spinning wheel.

Trimming framing material for Wardway Homes to any length is a matter of seconds with this machine.

Read These Specifications for Wardway Homes

ALL dimension lumber throughout is of proper size for the purpose for which it is intended. The best engineering practice has been employed, and our long building experience insures that every piece of lumber in all the houses in this book is amply large to carry all loads placed upon it, and to withstand all strains and stresses.

Girders, Girder Posts and Bolsters are No. 1 Yellow Pine, cut-to-fit.

Girders, Box Sills, Wall Plates, Joists, Studding, Rafters, Blockings, Cripples, Lookouts and all Dimension Lumber are No. 1 Yellow Pine, surfaced and edged, cut-to-fit. Every piece bundled and marked wherever necessary for easy handling.

Scaffolding and Braces are furnished for two sides of the building; also roll of tar paper for covering lumber.

Bridging. A row of double 1 by 3-inch cross bridging is furnished on all joist spans 12 feet and over. Cut-to-fit.

Stair Horses for cellar, main and attic stairs and porch steps are cut-to-fit.

Sub-Flooring is furnished for the first floor of all houses and is 1 by 6-inch No. 2 Yellow Pine tongued and grooved boards, surfaced two sides, cut-to-fit.

Finish Flooring for first and second floors is 1 by 4-inch (3¼-inch face) clear flat grain Yellow Pine. This flooring is clear—no knots or defects of any kind.

Lath for all inside walls and ceilings, No. 1 soft leaf Yellow Pine, guaranteed to make a first-class job. 85 per cent of these lath are 4 feet long, 15 per cent are 32 inches long. No lath furnished for cellar or attic.

Cellar, Grade and Attic Stairs. Treads, risers and strings cut to convenient length for fitting. See Page 11 for main stairs.

Grounds, ¾ by ¾-inch Yellow Pine, furnished around all inside doors, and double course for all baseboards, as a guide for plaster.

Backing Strips, 1 by 6 and 1 by 3-inch Yellow Pine, furnished to make solid angles for plastering. Bundled and marked.

Roof Boards, 1 by 4-inch No. 2 Yellow Pine, surfaced two sides, cut-to-fit, bundled and marked and spaced about 2 inches apart. All angles for hips and valleys cut-to-fit.

Wall Sheathing, 1 by 8-inch No. 2 Yellow Pine shiplap, surfaced two sides, or 1 by 6-inch No. 2 Yellow Pine dressed and matched CUT-TO-FIT. Each section tied up in bundles, marked. Angles cut for gable sheathing.

Roof Shingles, extra clear 5 to 2 Washington Red Cedar, the best grade made. Wall shingles, where shown, are 6 to 2 Star, A Star Washington Red Cedar. All roof shingles laid 4½ inches to the weather.

Attic Flooring, No. 2 Yellow Pine, dressed and matched, for all houses having an attic stairway. CUT-TO-FIT and marked.

Cornice Plancier,

by 3¼-inch clear Yellow Pine matched and beaded.

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