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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 528, 28 November 1928, Page 7

nailing of the vertical boards to the ledges and the method of clinching employed. An interesting effect is attained in the construction of the door by using nails with large pyramidal heads, and of length sufficient for clinching after passing through the ledge. The nails should, of course, be clinched in the direction of the grain. The introduction of a small light at the level of the eyes is always attractive. A word here may be said concerning the use of thresholds under interior doors. Their use is primarily for the purpose of covering the joint between floors of different materials, in adjoining rooms, and they are also introduced in order to enable a door to be made draught-proof at the bottom and yet to swing high enough to clear the thickness of a rug on the floor. They are unpleasant to walk over and should be dispensed with whenever possible in the building of the house.