| Description | (Dated at Wilton House.)
[Concerning unsatisfactory workmen sent to Soho. And also:
‘…. You requested to know what was meant by pugging, I believe it is known to every body in the building line but lest Mr Kite should not have had occation to use it it is thus performed –
After the building is covered in & the finishing part begins, you nail strips of wood about the bigness of pantile laths on each side of the flooring joist about two inches below the top edge, then take any sort of rubbishing stuff about half inch thick & when sawed off to the length to go between the joist it is chopped carelessly from one to two inches wide, these are laid loosely on the strips already nailed leaving them a little apart as plaisterers do their laths on ceiling joists. Then is laid on another slight slip on each side over these coarse pieces, and slightly nailed, these upper slips will keep them steady in their places, then the plaister or bricklayer will plaister them over with very inferior stuff & when that the first coat is dry, do it again, & to make it very sound a short time before they lay the flooring boards it may be passed over a third time which will bring it up flush or nearly so with the top edge of the joist [and] make it very sound, & prevent any noise of carriages passing under it…’.] |