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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
7
A homeowner remakes a basement into a play room and hides two meters by boxing them in with a matching wood frame. The article notes relocating a phone company fuse box and advises securing junction boxes and devices for future access while avoiding ceiling damage.
Burlington advice from Doris Steele state home demonstration leader urges restraint in decorating. She compares accessories to charms on a bracelet and warns against clutter. Use small bright accents carefully and avoid mixing extremes like delicate china with heavy stone.
The article profiles E Harold Hull of Washington Connecticut a specialist in colonial restoration and reproduction. Hull travels New England seeking suitable old buildings to salvage and uses the wood for museum restorations and private homes. His firm employs a core crew plus up to twenty for large projects and relies on wide pine panels with large knots and a mellow patina.
Dow Chemical researchers highlight Saraloy 400 flexible flashing at 16th inch thickness as key to reducing leaks. They note 95 percent of roof leaks stem from flashing failures and predict a major roofing advance within a decade a low cost monolithic membrane integrating flashing and roof as a single system.
Shade trees near new developments can be saved from bulldozer damage with careful Earthwork. Bartlett Tree Experts president Robert A. Bartlett explains that surface roots are torn, water tables altered, and roots suffocated by fill and heavy machinery during construction, leading to delayed tree death.
House & Home reports that state and local laws burden homebuilding despite better federal policy. A two day round table suggested model state legislation to ease open end mortgages reduce title costs cut zoning overreach raise land taxes simplify foreclosure and enable real estate investment trusts.
The 1961 Housing Act allows Federal Savings & Loan associations to invest up to 5 percent of assets in older homes traded in for better properties. Loans run up to 18 months to builders or realtors who take in the older house in trade, likened to floor plan financing used by auto dealers.
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