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National Sheet Metal Roofing Co.

Best known for an 1888 practical guide for people planning or building a house, this name appears to have been used by a New York company rather than an individual author. The surviving work is valued for its straightforward advice on construction details such as foundations, chimneys, ventilation, and roofing.

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Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building Facts worth considering relating to foundation, cellar, kitchen, chimney, cistern, brick-work, mortar, heating, ventilation, the roof, and many items of interest to builders.

Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building Facts worth considering relating to foundation, cellar, kitchen, chimney, cistern, brick-work, mortar, heating, ventilation, the roof, and many items of interest to builders.

by National Sheet Metal Roofing Co.

About the author

Available catalog records identify National Sheet Metal Roofing Co. as the credited author of Practical Hints to Builders and Those Contemplating Building, published in New York in 1888. Library of Congress and Project Gutenberg listings connect the name with that single construction handbook, which focuses on practical concerns for builders and homeowners.

Because the credited author is a company, not a person, very little conventional biographical information seems to survive. The book itself suggests an interest in making technical building knowledge accessible, especially on everyday topics like cellar work, mortar, heating, ventilation, and the roof.

For readers interested in early building manuals, this author entry stands out as a small piece of nineteenth-century trade publishing: concise, useful, and rooted in real construction practice rather than literary fame.