Aladdin `Built in a Day` House Catalog, 1917

Aladdin Company

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780486136417
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: History of Architecture

Designs for 60 homes, from a simple four-room cottage with a front porch to a comfortable two-story home with four bedrooms, a reception hall, and pantry. Shown in landscaped exteriors, floor plans, and overhead cutaway views. With detailed commentaries on each design.

General Specifications

IMPORTANT NOTE.—The pictures shown in this catalog are all actual photographs of Aladdin houses sent to us by our customers. There are no fanciful artists’ drawings, or photographs of houses not built the Aladdin way. Every house shown in this catalog is erected in Bay City, the home of Aladdin, with just two or three exceptions. This cannot be said of any other similar catalog.

No single organization in the world ever equalled the vast experience of this institution in the designing and manufacturing of houses. The shipment of thousands of houses each year and covering a period of twelve years at this work means exact knowledge—not theory—on the subject of material and construction. The grades of material, the sizes of timbers, their strength, location and installation in the building are determined by well defined engineering standards and our own exact knowledge gained from years of experience.

Below are given general specifications for the construction of Aladdin houses. The exact specifications for the house of your choice are sent you without cost just as soon as you write us about the house you like best.

Quantities

A binding guaranty is given to furnish sufficient material for the completion of each house in accordance with the specifications that follow.

Condition of Material

The company pledges itself to deliver your house to you without damage in shipment, or in transit. Anything damaged on arrival will be instantly made good at our expense.

Sizes of Timbers

All sizes of all timbers and lumber will be in accordance with well established engineering and architectural standards of safety and strength.

Quality of Material

All lumber is guaranteed to be of the highest grades ever marketed anywhere in the world. Every Aladdin house, regardless of size or price, comes under this binding guaranty. (Exception: Sheathing lumber is a fine No. 2 quality, and far better than the accepted standard for sheathing lumber.)

General Detail Specifications

Foundation.—Material for foundation is, of course, not included with Aladdin houses, as concrete, stone or brick can be secured in one locality as cheaply as in another. Complete foundation plans are furnished you with detailed instructions for buying this material and building your foundation.

Sills.—Center sill, or sills, are, of course, always furnished to set into your foundation of concrete, stone or brick. All sills are of a size to amply hold all strains and loads in accordance with engineering standards and good practice.

Joists.—All framed, dressed and cut to fit. All joists are of a size to amply hold all strains and loads in accordance with engineering standards and good practice.

Flooring.—The flooring used in Aladdin Houses is clear and knotless, tongued and grooved, matched fir flooring. It has a beautifully figured grain. The face is steel scraped to give the very best appearance.

Bridgings.—Wood bridging mitred and cut to length furnished for joists of first and second stories of all dwelling houses.

Sub-Floors (for both first and second stories in all Aladdin dwellings).—Inch lumber, dressed, all cut to fit.

Studding.—Size, 2x4 inches, all framed, dressed and cut to fit and placed on 16-inch centers.

Wall Sheathing.—Inch lumber, all dressed and cut to fit.

Rafters.—Size, 2x4 and 2x6 inches, all framed, mitred and beveled, dressed and, of course, guaranteed to be perfectly cut to fit.

Roof Sheathing.—Inch lumber, all framed, mitred, beveled, dressed and guaranteed to be cut to fit perfectly.

Shingles (Roof).—Extra Star A Star Cedar.

Building Paper.—Pure White Fibre, tough and dense, for side walls and between sub-floors and finished floors of all Aladdin dwellings.

Side Walls—Dollar-A-Knot Cedar siding, every piece cut to fit perfectly; perfectly machined surface and without sap, stain or any defects. Holds paint perfectly. Shingles for side walls instead of siding will be furnished for any Aladdin dwelling without extra charge.

Porch Columns.—All Colonial columns and square columns are of clear material and built with a lock-joint.

Outside Finish.—All outside finish is of clear and Knotless Yellow Pine or Fir.

Window and Door Frames.—Complete, including jams, casings, stops and sills. Built of finest clear fir, beautifully machined and finished.

Widow Sash.—Of finest clear fir O. G. moulded, all edges and surfaces sanded and finished with great care.

Doors.—Inside doors, size 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet 8 inches, carefully built of clear fir, all panels selected for attractive, velvety grain and beautifully finished on surfaces and edges. All doors mortised to receive lock sets. (See photographs, page 70.) All front doors of special design with glass in upper part. Double action door between kitchen and dining room.

Stairs.—Built from selected clear fir stock with especial attention to selection of grain. Newel post, moulded cap and base, circle tread, steps, risers, railing and balusters carefully finished. All parts of stairs are framed, housed and machined to fit and the whole is carefully boxed by itself to insure arrival in perfect condition.

Interior Woodwork.—Baseboard, base shoe door and window casing all selected clear, beautifully machined and ready to receive the oils, stains and varnishes. Casings are of molded and modern back band design.

Lock Sets.—Frosted brass. Front door sets have night latch and two-way knobs.

Hardware.—Window weights, sash lifts, hinges, nails of all proper sizes, glass, putty, tin flashing.

Paints.—The highest priced paint on the market is furnished for all Aladdin houses. It is manufactured of pure white lead, and colo...

Table of contents

• DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• THE ALADDIN COMPANY - BAY CITY, MICH.
• The Aladdin House at a Glance
• The ALADDIN PLAN
• ALADDIN’S Famous Board of Seven
• Twenty feet of lumber from a sixteen foot board How it’s done
• WASTE-and what it Means to You
• From the Pyramids to the Woolworth Building
• The LUMBER WE USE
• General Specifications
• DEPARTEMENT OF SERVICE
• CONDUCTED for ALADDIN HOME OWNERS
• Interior Doors and Lock Set Trimmings
• Aladdin Readi-Cut Barns
• The Gable Barn
• Sovereign Summer Cottages
• Popular Aladdin Garages
• Additions to Aladdin Houses
• Aladdin Colonnades and Arches
• Aladdin Built-in Buffets
• EXACT WORDS OF OWNERS
• ALADDIN Built-In Fixtures
• INDEX
• DOVER BOOKS ON ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING