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How One Man Tackled This Problem and Succeeded. Making Living Room Suitable for Family (From Director of Publicity, National Employment Commission, Ottawa) PAGE TWO LANDLORDS â€" â€" â€" Increase the Rental Value R. SERVICE No Need to be Without a Bathroom Any Longer Thanks to the Home Improvement Pian Don‘t put up with primitive methods any longer. You and your family can now enjoy the convenâ€" ience and health protection that a modern bathâ€" room givesâ€"For Just a Few Dollars a Monthâ€"No Down Pavyment Needed. Emeo Bathroom Fixtures and Fittings are widely known for their quality, long service and moderate cost. â€" Call in and let R. Service, master plumber, explain how little they will cost completely inâ€" stalled in your home and the convenient monthly pavyment plan made possible by the government Third Ave., Timmins payment plan made possible Home Improvement Loan Ac TO IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY Home â€" Improvement Plan Information Furnished and Loans Arranged. FREE ESTIMATES YOUR home or other buildings on your property, whether on a farm or in town, may be improved or added to under the Government‘s Home Improveâ€" ment Plan. The terms are easy and payments may be conveniently arranged. You do not need to be a reqgular customer to secure a loan. Consult the Manager of our nearest Branch and ask for booklet. w HQZ MQON EY one With the aid of the Home Improvemem Plan you can have K. Servics instal Emco bathrooms or needed fixtures in your houses and the higher rents you can command will more than meet the smal monthly payments. Your tenants will be pleased and your property will be more valuable without costing you is necessary, and if elaborate a simple them off to advant A simple background i almost any type of room nishings are simple, a plal ~One home owner set w the living room of a recent house suitable for the fam of Your Property the furnishin Phone 853 backeround family 9( 11 M 1¢ hased now Walls were covered with a rough plasâ€" ter, in a sand colour. The ceiling was beamed. A camposition floor covering resembling tile was laid. The mantel was removed from the fireplace, giving a modern effect. Yellow brick was used for the hearth. cases were built in, but the opposite side of the fireplace, near the door leading into the hall, was untouched. Wall brackets were plased over the fireplace How to Figure Out the Building Costs i New York Heraidâ€"Tribune:â€"A few | minutes after the elegant new $6,000,000 | Pittsburgh post office was opened to ‘the public, customers began complainâ€" ing that there was no letter drop. Disâ€" mayed Postmaster Turner got in touch with the architects, who shamefacedly confessed they had actually forgotten I all about that important item. Facts About the Method of Figuring by the Cublic Foot. ly concealed. The installation of a "lavette" inâ€" creases the rertal and resale value of a house by more than twice the cost of the room. An uniused closet under the stairs can be changed into a useful and attractive room. Consult an experâ€" ienced plumbing contractor, advises the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating, and he will no doubt be able to ~offer other suggestions for your fRoor washreom. Small Space May be Used for Washroom Among the features of modernization which some home owners may be conâ€" templating and which may be obtained at very little expense is the provision of a ground floor washroom, sometimes known as the ‘powder room‘ or ‘lavette.‘ Either name is in referâ€" ring to the ground floor washroom, usuâ€" ally located off the front hall where it is easily accessible to guésts as well as ta the occupants of the house. The "lavette" need not be large. A space 34 feet wide and 4‘ feet long is ample to accommodate a lavatory and closet combination. Special plumbing features allowirg the maximum of beauty and efficiency with minimum space requirements have been designed for this ground floor washroom, says the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating. The lavatory is only 22 inâ€" ches long and 18 inches wide and yet has 98 square inches of unobstructed space for toilet articles, thus eliminatâ€" ing the need for a separate shelf, Towel bars are conveniently placed at the side of the lavatory which makes separate bars in the lavette unnecesâ€" sary. Water supply pipes are completeâ€" avette‘" the Name Given to Washroom in Home. the hall, was untouched. Wall cets were placed over the fireplace, rovide adequate illumination . for airting which was huny there. e furniture for which this room panned was of a heavy Jacobean Sofa and easy chair were uphoâ€" d in a copper velour, with a barrel â€" done in gold and an orcasional e cubage does not include the folâ€" ns volumes: Outside steps, terâ€" s, light shafts, cornices, parapets. ngs, piles, caissons, deep foundaâ€" . exterior garden walls. All such s should be allowed for in lumpâ€" estimates. in blue may be modernizged and redeâ€" ‘ith funds obtained unrder the n Government‘s Home TImâ€" t Plain. ind window, book THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TiMMINS, ONTARIO Fundamental Matter in Constructing of House Points Also Apply to the Purchase of a House Alâ€" ready Built. Services of an Architect Well Worth Conâ€" sidering in Either Case. (By G. Reper Gouinlock, Architect) The architect, as an expert, must keep himsel{ in touch with every side of technical knowledge. It is part of his Job to know the many new materials, new methods, and the most suitable types of the various and innumerable sommsodities on the market for building purposes. He is qualified by his wide and highly specialized knowledge to suggest and bring to his clients‘ notice. the commodities his knowledge and exâ€" pericnce lead him to believe are the test, for the purpose to be met. It is also important to consult an architect betcre purchasing a house alâ€". ready built, his advice regarding its condition, necessary renovations for improvement, and the value, will assist the swner to determine the advisability oi the purchase. The building of a house should be a source of infinite pleasure, the creation of something not only useful but beauâ€" tiful; and when the structure is a home, it should be more than an inaniâ€" mate cbject, or a shelter from the weather. It should possess a personalâ€" ity, befitting the owner, and a conâ€" tiruing delight to him. The first consideration is the location of the property. The most desirabie properties have deed restrictions to inâ€" sure houses of equal or greater value being built in the neighbourhood. The srientation or location on the lot is also very important, as the best of houses, badly placed, can never be a successful home. Other important considerations are convenience to transportation and schaols, good drainage, water supply and electricity. The exterior design reflects the good manners and taste of the owner, and through its permanence should receive very thoughtful consideration. A well designed exterior, simple but in good propsrtion, need not be expensive; in fact, in a great many cases would cost less than the unstudied exterior which is usually ornamented ~to create an effect. A house that is first built on paper is undoubtedly the best. A well planned house costs less than a poorly planned one. A businessâ€"like set of drawings, that have been carefully worked out and properly dimensioned; together with a complete and detailed specificaâ€" tion Gescribing all materials and methâ€" ods of erection of everything that goes into the hbouse, is quite® obviously a much more satisfactory way to build. It is well to determine the sizes of the rooms and ctiling heights in feet and inches before starting to build and not in terms of "a roomk _as large as Mrs. Green‘s.‘" Measure the sizes 0! rooms you like and note them down. In this way a proper start is made, and when the plans are finally decided upon, study them carefully. By doing this any desired alterations may be inâ€" orporated before the drawings are too far advanced, because some _ of the "few minor changes‘ may upset both the plans and elevations considerably. Plans are worked out with a view to structural supports that will eliminate cracks and shrinkage, so that moving a partition a few inches may not be desirable from this standpoint. The feasability of the plan, in its prelimâ€" inary stages, should be determined by the tentative placing of the major pieces of furniture. Consideration should be given to the waterproofing of the basement walls. A basement may be perfectly dry durâ€" ing the dry months, but will it with stand the wet season of the year? Varâ€" icus makes of good compounds can be supplied to these walls, during conâ€" struction, and even thin rolled sheet ccpper is being used for this purpose. Together with such | waterproofing damp courses of suitable materia), the full thickness of the walls, should be placed at the basement floor level, as well as at the grade level, to prevent moisture from being absorbed by the walls. The placing of weeping tile around the foundation walls below the level of the basement floor is very imâ€" portant, especially in heavy soil to reâ€" move the subâ€"surface water, and speâ€" cial care must be taken in the placing and connecting of these, as well as the Whether building or buying, definite consideration should be given to cerâ€" tain features of construction, and the uses of suitable materials. How annoyâ€" ing it is to find a leaking basement or roof, faulty plumbing, a faulty ceiling. a cold and draughty house or a smoking fireplace. Is your refrigeration plant upâ€"toâ€" date? Are you extending your present plant? Do you need new equipment? Simply call us, we will gladly give you an estimate on any refrigeration job. 19 First Ave. COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION ALL WORK GUARANTEED Mechanical Refrigeration CALLâ€"1417 SOLE AGENTS FRIGIDAIRE built on paper A well planned poorly planned Phone 1417 know, after a house is completed, whe ther all the flues have been properl built and completely segregated. Th use of glazed tile linings, of sufficier size, to ail flues is the best assuranc of satisfactory chimneys,; which to gether with well designed fireplacs eliminates the smoke nuisance, that hs so often caused the fireplace to becom only an ornament. One of the most troublesome discorm forts, in many poorly built houses, the cracking and even the faMing « plasterâ€"work. This is due, in sc cases, to the faulty framing of part tions, walls and floor constructico which permits settlement and defle tion of floor joists. Metalâ€"lath or cerâ€" tain wall bourds will overcome this condition, coupled with good sound conâ€" struction; but it is advisable to: use metalâ€"lath on large areas and also to reinferce all internal and external corâ€" ners from floor to ceiling. Another cause of failure is due to the plaster not being of sufficient richness and thickâ€" ness or not given time to thoroughly dry out between coats. In our climate the question of a comâ€" fortably heated house commands out ecntinuous attention for the largest part of the year. Just because the furâ€" nace "looks big enough" and has twC rotection Properly built Sver emphasized. nace "looks big enough" and has two; pipes run to each radiator is no ance that it will keep you warm eC0â€" S nomically. A well laid out heating sys-{ tem is one that gives an even and equal distribution of heat to all parts of the touse by pipes varying in size, with the proper rise and fall. Any heating systems put in without proper specifiâ€" cations and supervision are bound to cause later undue expense, especially if contracted for by cutâ€"throat compeâ€" tition. Again owing to our climate, the roof, s1 together with its component parts, is | to subjected to the severest tests against | the elements. The materials used should D1 therefore be as permanent as possible.| ft For the sloping noof, slate, tile or copâ€"| 63 per are the best, but in many cases:ilil owing to the expense, shingles of a , _ proper size and thickness should be' used. With the advent of the flat voof"} for houses, the builtâ€"up roof is mostl satisfactory. With cithér type of 1oof‘ the necessary sheet metal for flashings ! valleys, eaves and conductor pipes | should be of"nonâ€"corragive material, i Finally a few suggestions might be! made that are helpful during the conâ€" struction of a house. Caution shouldf al hn ol be taken to see that all plaster work is thorsughly dried out. Do nOt try to ruch the work at this stage, as a few days apparently lost will prevent crackâ€" ing of plastering as well as warping and shrinkage of finished woodwoxk > a\\\\\\xfi\\x\\\\\‘.\«m w m Modernize the Old House at a Profit TE T WE Another thmg that the owner should | be careful of, is making changes durâ€" ing «construction. It costs money to change work after it is once erected Never give instructions to mdlvxdua] workmen on the job, as you will either find that your instructions were never followed. or in the end you will have a bill for extra work, having oxdexed every item without realizing that vfm‘ were authorizing an extra. i n \\“\"\\\\W\\v The best client is the one who stud â€" ies the plans, reads the specifications and knows what is expected of the conâ€" tractor, and insists upon it but. does nct demand work that is not specified. above all, consider the reputation of the architect and contractor; meet them with confidence, and they will respond with an effort to give you, ol only govd value for your money, but * rettk _ maAara thnr‘ You _ can (From Building in Architects tell us tha modernized â€" should b sound and that the w cone with a view to pres of them as possible. be done to bring out the r€ of line which lies hidden in old home. A new, modern en ugly porch trasformed into a viting outdoor lounge, or in sunroom:; or a new exterior 1 modernize the whole exteric home. modernized â€" should be structurail} sound and that the work should be cone with a view to preserving as muct of them as possible. Unless we are willing to adapt oul plans to fit in with what already exists it often costs less to build a whole nek home. However, it is amazing what car be done to bring out the real beaut1 On the inside, you may â€"combin rocms for more space, or build addi tional rooms. You may increase th efficiency of your whole house plan b altering the location of â€" partitions doors or builtâ€"in features. Or there i the possibility of making much unuse ooo o dE w space liveable by building a recreation room in the basement and an extra bedroom and bathroom in the attic. When rearrangements . 0f the inâ€" terior of your home does not yield enough space for the extra rooms you need, this space can, of course, always be provided by adding a new wing Of extending existing ones. This operation is one which requires great skill in planning. It is all too eaSsy to spoil the proportions of a house with hastily tackedâ€"on additions to existing rooms, Much natural daylight may be shut out, and sometimes good furniture arâ€" rangement is thereafter impossible. The question of access to the new wing is, therefor, of primary importance. Study irst Thing, However, is to be Sure the House is Struc turally Sound. ling in Canada us that houses willing to adapt our i what already exists, to build a whole newW is amazing what can out the real beauty 12 m daden in many an dern entrance}; an d into a broad, inâ€" e, or into a coZy xterior finish may > exterior of you! ouses to be structurally i â€"or «cer ‘me â€"thi und con a ) 11 sCoimn ha in carefully the placing O consider the desirability separate way into the Before you decide or abel alterations, make old the _ beam Ra sibilities. Regardiess of the numerous towers, porches, bay windows, gables and gingerbread trimmings on a house built at the turn of the century, if the {rame is sound there lies behind the excess ornamentation and â€" grotesque lines a house of rare charm which any (" “l _ 4 \\\\\\\\\\\\%\\)\\\\\\\%i\\\\\\\\\\\%\\S%\\%\SXS‘%\! excess ornal lines a houst *4 4* \\\\\\\\\\S\"\\'\\S\'\\\\\\\'\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\fi'fi Improve Your Home Now ... pay for It LA TEKR Feldman Timber Now you can do it, on terms that are easier than hm ing a car or anvthmo else that you have bought "on time." Why? Because the Dominion Govâ€" ernment is backing a plan to help you make your house the home of your dreams. Come in and we will explain how you can borrow up to $2000 for home improvements and pay it ‘back over a period of $ years. 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