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/ « white enamel, like your range or 42 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, January 14, 1958 ~ TIMES-GAZETTE HOME OF THE WEEK ig f= Sv Vag | Lr pe Co HOME DESIGN NO. 254 This popular three bedroom home is impressive despite its modest cost. Study the contempor- ary styling, with its low pitch roof, brick trimmed wall in front, love- J¢ picture window and colorful planting box. Outstanding in the interio~ design is the wonderful use of space and easy traffic cir culation. Noteworthy too is the convenient use of sliding doors. The large U-shaped kitchen with cosy dinette, is located near both front and side doors. Other ad- vantages include the large extra * closet in the hallway and vanitory in bath. A basementless plan is also supplied. Standard Builders' blueprints costing $8.75 a set may be obtained for this design No. 254. For further information write to The Building Editor, The Times-Gazette, Oshawa, Ont. IN THE HOME WORKSHOP OF DIFFERENT CORNICE DESIGNS Pr AND CUPBOARDS ANY SIZE --- 5 _- an 2 Adi hv Zh bE S-ixiz-n LIVING &M 1-5 15-4 x -- 1 PLANTING Bex £ : 3 eral PORCH Br 12-3x 8-2 14:11 8-0 ye ' AP VAAN ; 254 0244 ACTUAL SIZE CUTTING GUIDES .By RUTH WYETH SPEARS This scallop pattern has a wide| The Building Editor, Oshawa Times-Gazette, Oshawa, Ontario. ) Please send me further details about how to obtain standard builder's blue prints for Home Design No. 254. ) or enclosed please find 75¢ for which send me Book of Plans entitled "69 SELECTED HOMES." remittance payable to The (Please 'make Oshawa Times-Gazette.) range of uses as there are 12 different sizes from one inch to 19 inches in width with the correct proportion in depth. Pattern 207 also shows sketches for the steps in making a cornice bo. for single windows of various widths and a group of windows framed together. In all there are pine styles of window framing. you want to make draw curtai order pattern 325 which shows th hest methods to use in curtaining more than a dozen different types of windows. Patterns are 35 cents each. i W expended than any othe: The Daily Times-Gazette Pat jpencad a A assurance of comfort, convenience, and old homes. They provide quick |economy and long years of trouble- heat an in addition offer the bene- free operation. tern' Dept., Oshawa, Ont. Do You Live | model, i central heating system should in- need for a separate water heater e vestigate 4 J toiler-burner units and forced air way of obtaining an adequate sup- {ion 1 could make. yarm-air furnaces. | mcdels now ing compactness control with precision engineering fier, air filter and blower work to- n ar ge for long life and maximum heat- gether to provide the home with a J % 1 d inv kd ng to build, re- an outmoded planning replace Anyone or both the advantages of Either type will provide more They are they combine, in the new avatlable, space-sav- and automatic Also Py pep efficiency REQUIRE LITTLE SPACE Of Hot Water? If hot-water questions have been ct troubling you, it is certain you live and large homes alled in irst floor utility in the dark ages of hot-water heat- . ithout can be tucked away also in a clo-|«ype of central heating system will tion. You have suggested the use - set or similar small space. ers. New, modern, automatic hot ter heaters are made to be forgot- ten. Of course, you may the temperature of the water 30, you can have a heater with a in dial. Turn the dial and the heater will produce water at the temper-'can be used to heat water through-! ature you have chosen. But the thought you spend on that choice has to do with the water you use. pot the heater. If you have a modern appliance, ft will go on turning out hot water indefinitely. You need never give it a thought. In the dark ages, the heater had fo have a special location and spe- cial space often was set aside for French movie maker Rene Clair|in the open air when the stars | the that the high cost of living is ruin- are it. Today, that little table in prefer evenly and to make your own choices about ventional § If baseboard units, or radiant panels heating Boiler-burner units may be oil the basement or in a room in a house Some units a basement. water is delivered to con- Steam or hot automatically radiators, or floors the ceilings or walls With most systems, Planning To Remodel Heat Unit? Try Using Warm-Air Type Furnace cut the year for household use. Such an installation eliminates the and often is the most economical water. furnaces, ply of continuous hot Forced warm - air «n comfort and health per dollar otherwise known as winter air con- r single in-|ditioners, are equally adaptable to| in new| space-saving installation fits of clean, humidified, dust and lintfree forced air circulation. WORK TOGETHER In the conditioner, cloaan tahla an + Cican, CoOmiOriavie ana iovigorat- ing climate. During the summer, the blower or gas fired for steam, hot water, aud filter combination are useful : vapor or radiant heating in smalll to provide dust-free air circulation able space under our house and are|wonder if it is feasible to have the They can be in- for improved home comfort. These confronted units may be installed meter, panel or register heating. While any decisions as to the depend on such factors as home design, initial cost, fuel require- r.ent and convenience it must be convectors, recognized that the efficiency of a por-proof paper of aluminum system rect installation cor- con- depends on and sound is to be used. Says High Cost Ot Living Is Stifling French Love FIRST AID TO THE AILING HOUSE By ROGER C. WHITMAN KITCHEN WALLS QUESTION: Our kitchen walls are of a somt insulating fiber wall- board. There are four layers ol wallpaper over the board. We would fike to paint half of the room and would like to know if we should re- place the present wallboard with gypsum (plasterboard). We intend covering the other half of the walls with an enamel-surfaced, lin- oleum wall-covering. We under- stand it is not wise to glue this to plaster-board. Should we apply it over the present wallboard? ANSWER: By all means use the gypsum wallboard (plasterboard) on all four walls. It is satsifac- tory for painting and the wall cov- ering you intend using will ad- here well, if applied according to manufacturer's directions. HEATING CABLE FOR PIPES QUESTION: I have seen several] references to an electric heating| cable to be used on walter pipes to keep them from freezing. Where can 1 get such information or who would ordinarily carry it in stock? ANSWER: In many localities, el- cetric supply shops sell it or can get it for you. Some plumbing sup- ply houses handle it, also dealers in roofing supplies. The latter sell it to place in roof gutters to pre- no chimney lining, The remedy is to install a prefabricated stainles steel lining. If this is not avail- able in your community, a porce- lain enamelled steel lining could be used. In some instances the dis-| coloration occurs when plaster is! applied directly to chimney brick. To cure this defect, fur out the wall to create an air space and finish with a gypsum wallboard or lath and plaster. CPEN SPACES BETWEEN FLOORBOARDS QUESTION: My parlor and bed- room floors are of big, wide boards. | Our hardware store suggested some filler for the spaces between the boards and it isn't any good, because it is all working out. What can you suggest? ANSWER: Open spaces between floorboards hould be filled during the winter season when the wood has shrunk considerably. All the dirt and dust hould be scraped out and then the spaces filled the full depth of the opening with wood putty. Wide spaces of a quarter- inch or more can be filled with strips of wood cut to fit. These ere glued in place or they can be nailed with wire brads. LIGHT MAHOGANY FINISH vent the formation of ice. BLISTERS ABOVE FIREPLACE| QUESTION: A couple of months| ago some blisters appeared at the junction of our stone fireplace and the painted wall above. The paint peeled and a white powder-like| substance appeared. Scraping of .|the area seemed to halt it, but now |it has started about six inches | higher, and is spreading, The house is five years old. Can you suggest | what is causing this and what we| |ean do to remedy it? | ANSWER: 1 suspect that this] condition is brought about by leakage. If you have an outside| chimney, it is very likely that there] |are open spaces between the wall| of the house and the masonry of] (the chimney. Such spaces siiould/ | be filled with a light colored caulk-| ling compound applied with a caul- | king gun. The mortar joints should be checked and re-pointed if found te be defective. The flashing at the roof around the chimney should al- so be checked. If plaster was ap- plied directly on the chimney| |brick, it could cause trouble be- |cause of condensation, The wall {should be furred out to create an lair space; then finished with lath| |and plaster or wallboard. | |CHALKING PAINT ON BRICK | QUESTION: how to remove chalked paint from lieve the condition. If, however, the|S0 aking coats brick? We have already tried paint remover and muriatic acid. ANSWER: brickwork with a solution of tri- | Some QUESTION: Is there any way to remove the dark mahogany finish on a table and refinish it a light mahogany? This table was bought IN THE HOME WORKSHOP INDOOR SHUTTERS AND PATTERN 445 By RUTH WYETH SPEARS Whether you want indoor shut- ters with movable or stationary louvers each step in the construc- tion of both types is shown on pattern 445 with sketches and di- rections, Each dimension is ad- justabla to fit doors, windows and screens of various sizes. Also the different ways for mak- ing frames are shown and the p:oper methods of measuring and fitting to particular needs. We be- lieve everything the week - end handyman needs to do a profession- al job is illustrated on the pat- tern; including a list of materials needed for the sets shown above. Price of the pattern is 35 cents. The Daily Times-Gazette, Pat- tern. Dept., Oshawa, Ont. with the dark finish on it. ANSWER: The finish can be re- moved * with paint remover, ferably of the non-inflamable vari-| ety. Directions on the container| must be carefully followed. After| the varnish has been removed, you| can bleach out the color with a hot| saturated solution of oxalic acid | Apply this liberally and allow to remain overnight, then rinse well] with clear water. When the wood is dry, smooth it with "000" sand-| paper, then finish with top quality | gloss or semi-gloss varnish. If a much lighter color is desired you pre-| tub. be done? i?lexes or multiple dwellings I tried a few remedies but|provide homes for every family in which | none seems to work. Can anything|Canada at present living in in-|apd lower duplex, for instance, it {adequate or overcrowded quarters. will be necessary to install a bath- New Hope For Home Seekers Seen In New Loan Policy A possible solution to Canada's|value out of every dollar spent. In Lousing problem is seen 1ecentl announced regulations cov-| ering loans for home renovations in the|this connection, choice of plumb- ing and heatingfixtures, and the, method of their installation is of 2 imary importance. An extra kit- and alterations. According to Can-|chen and bathroom, plus adequate adian Institute of Plumbing and Heating estimates, there are enough obsolescent houses in Can-| arrangements for heating are the ivst consideration in changing a house from a one-unit to a two-unit ada suitable for conversion to du-|dwelling. to In the case of a two-storey house is to be made into upper ANSWER: If this is a very old| The Institute bases its opinion!room c1 the lower floor, and a kit- tub, it is possible that the discolora-| On a recent survey it made of chen on the upper. The fewer struc- tion is due to rust in areas where| the porcelain finish has worn down| renovations to 193€ Of the householders quized| the to houses built prior tural alterations that are made, better, since these can become to a very thin layer. Such discolor-| Over 33 per cent gave financial| a major expense. ation cannot be removed. Surface veasons for either delaying or stains can be taken out by satura- abandoning projects for alterations ting a piece of cloth with peroxide|F, and sprinkling a liberal quantity| of cream of tartar on it, and also| scratchless scouring powder. When! renovations to their homes. Under the present regulations, chartered banks can lend home owners up to $2,500 for concersion the powder becomes a paste, rub Of the house into a duplex, and if a well over the stains and allow the multiple dwelling is planned, a will have to use a prepared wood | pacte to remain for a half-hour, fimilar amount for the first extra Eleach in place of the oxalic acid. | Paint stores handling wood-finish- | ing materials can supply the bleach. | SWEATING BASEMENT WALLS QUESTION: Can you suggest means of insulating base- ment walls against sweating? This occurs along the bottom row of blocks during hot, humid weather, ANSWER: You may be able to overcome the condition by keeping the windows and doors of the base-| ment closed when the weather is damp. An oscillating fan at the amount of sweating is consider- Then rinse with clear water. POWDERY CEMENT FLOOR QUESTION: My cellar has so much cement powder on the sur-| face that it creates a dusty condi-| tion and we track it through the house. Is there some solution that can be added to the water when the floor is washed down? . ANSWER: One remedy is to sweep up as much of the dust as possible then coat the floor with a rubber base floor cement. Another Will you tell me|floor level may help to further re- Method is to apply a couple of of waterglass (solicate of soda). The mixture con- | able, it may be necessary to use Sists of one part waterglass and Try scrubbing the|an electric de - hunnidifier. Many | four parts of water. A day or two (of the nationally known manufac-| should elapse between applica- sodium phosphate or washing soda, |turers of electric refrigerators also| tions. The only objection 1 have to using three pounds in each gallon| make a de-humidifer. The base-|the use of this chemical is that | not be possible to remove the paint | discoloration by hand. Sand-blast- ing the surface by a building clean- ing contractor is the only sugges- SHINGLES BUCKLE QUESTION--What makes shin- gles on a new house buckle? | ANSWER: If they are |shingles they might be of a poor RUSTING DOWNSPOUTS QUESTION: Please tell me what kind of paint to put on down-spou's te keep them from rusting? ANSWER: After removing the rust, coat the metal with a rust inhibitive paint, allowing plenty of time for thorough drying. Finish wood | with two coats of od pone in East Pakistan, side house paint. If the down-spouts of hot water. If the brick is soft|ment should be thoroughly ventilat-| floors treated in this way cannot and fairly rough textured it may ed only when air is clear and dry,|always be satisfactorily painteu |afterward. Commercial liquid ce- ment hardener would be more sa- tisfactory. Masonry dealers usually stock it. TRAIN FOR INDUSTRY DACCA (CP)--First of its kind a course of "training within industry' opened grade or they were laid up toojare new, either allow them to wea.| here with courses for trainees| tightly. Asphalt shingles will gen-| erally buckle because the wood] |sheathing under them swells and] cial galvanized primer available at| the humidi-| Shrinks due to lack of sufficient paint stores. Them apply the rust | ventilation in the attic. A solution to the latter condition is to install large ventilating louvres high up! mm each gable end of the attic. | CRAWL SPACE MOISTURE | QUESTION: We have consider- with dampnes. Early| for peri- this year I had installed additional| painted. The ventilators, hoping that more air circulation would help the condi-! of roofing paper and I would like to know about its application. ANSWER: A Moisture and va- foil is laid on the ground overlapping the sheets about six inches, The boiler struction of the house in which it cuter edges of the sheets should be lapped onto the foundation walls tor the same distance. All laps {must be sealed with an asphalt | roof cement. | VARNISHED CUPBOARDS | | QUESTION: What is the best | way to keep cupboards clean, that | have been bleached, stained and | varnished? Will wiping with a dish- cloth remove the varnish in time? LONDON (CP)--A complaint by!I think it's much more romantic Is waxing advisable? shining and the night corner or in a row of appliances ing love--even in France--brought warm.' kitchen or to be the hot- in bathroom, may well turn out laundry |a flood of feminine objections. Clair, who as made millions out water heater. Counter-top models of his films about love, mused over are available, which gas or electric heat. But there are many other shapes and sizes. You can find one to fit use it. Experts suggest you pick a spot near the point where most hot water is used in your house You can avoid having to run the water which has cooled in necting pipes In the dark ages, you hid the hot-water heater. You can your modern heater, too, if you like. It is automatic and will work just as well out of sight. can get heaters that will fit into almost any room in the house. Modern design adds beauty to util- ity Many of them are finished in vour refrigerator. They will fit into your kitchen decor, stand be-| side the dryer in the laundry, orig vou can ease them into a corner| of the bath, Or choose one in color. You might put it in the recreation room No, your toddlers won't run into it and be burned. Insulation is so cffective the outside surfaces are not even warm And if farming is your business, it may be an economy to have hot,jub : the finish and the heating speed you barn or in connection with some ueed. water on tap in the dairy, : year-old movie almost any location you choose fr little Paris roof self a love life, but today no young iyeally needs comfort with her love/IN WAL man could afford such a place." Con: Frenchman "vou But you prench love of comfort cvtdoors sver they just don't like it." tneir sights on Clair hirl Conway or outdoors--it makes no difference at is woman is shyer about necking. But other operation. either the state of the art during a recent interview here "When I was 17," sighed the 57- maker, "I had a bachelor's attic up under a| Here I could allow my- It was suggested that no young would be stopped by such a thing as not having a roof nouncer in her early 30s, over hide |y ovr: his love affair COMFORT my friend," are wrong. You "Ah, said forget the When they are 35 and That did it. The girls levelled "Nonsense," said 39 - year - old an actress. "Indoors any age provided the woman in Jove "Truth that before 35 1s a You'll find a heater to do your Get the size, the shape, the 10% 5 YEARS OIL BURNERS aw FORCED AIR UNITS DOWN PAYMENTS AS LOW AS 5.92 PER MONTH ON OIL BURNERS GEO. THOMSON -.... 125 CONANT -- Free Estimates Day or Night TO PAY! Said novelist Maurer, 48: "put the age up to 45 and 1 Daphne might agree with him--but not at Br Avis Scott, 30, film acress and T™ star said: "Why, out of doors is a splendid place for romance. If a woman she can't in love with her man." Sloe-eyed Sylvia Peters, TV an- i com- really be mented: '""Rene is being rather silly. Love fortable. No one would dream of Du! wear off if wiped occasionally with a ANSWER: As long as you do not | is! use scouring powder, there is no | reason why the varnish should damp cloth and a mild soap. This should be followed hy wiping with a clean, damp cloth and wiped dry. The best procedure would be to apply a thin coat of furniture polish on -wax. Before re-waxing |or polishing, wash off grease with | turpentine DAMPNESS, DISCOLORATION PAPER ther for several months or wash the galvanizing with vinegar or a spe- inhibitive paint. REF N EFINISHING EXTERIOR WALL "VESTION: About three years ago I had an imitation brie sid- Ing put on my wood frame house I have regretted doing this and siding removed and the house d wood was in good condition when the insulated brick siding was applied. ANSWER: It is quite practical to remove the present siding and {then paint the house. Of course, there will be some work involved in puttying the nailholes in the old siding, To have the putty stay in place, force some paint into each nail-hole and after a day or so put in the putty. DISCOLORATION IN BATHTUB QUESTION: The bathtub in the house we are buying is slowly turning brown. 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The problem of installing a kitch- er in the w per part of the house is not nearly so ticklish, for few hinuses are without a "spare" beds room that is large enough to be converted into a well-planned kitch- jen or titchenette. Here again lo- {cation directly above the existing itchen will save many dollars, ce all the water supply, drain- age, and other services can be ex- {ended upward to take care of the now unit. Installation of one of the mew combination sink and tub units in ithe upstairs kitchen is a wise move, Remember that, even if a commun- ity laundry room is provided in the basement, the housewife in the up- |per duplex will have plenty of day- |-to-day laundering to do. A good |'aundry tub in her kitchen will win {plenty of appreciation for the new | aadiond. 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