Manufactured housing offers solutions and choices
A UPI piece reviews Good Shelter by Judith and Berard Rabb, detailing three types of manufactured homes, cost ranges from ten to fifty thousand plus, and key advantages such as faster construction, design flexibility, and broad material options. It notes on site adaptation, financing, and builder involvement.
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Dorothea Brooks
United Press International
Judith
Berard Rabb
N.Y
Rabbs
Battle of the bugs in the vegetable garden tips
County Extension Agent describes insect threats like striped cucumber beetle and potato beetle and offers control methods including Sevin powder and dusting options. Advice covers mulching materials, nitrogen effects, and weed and moisture management with Backyard Farmer questions line 564 3269 for Monday broadcast tips.
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Backyard Farmer
Design Standards for Outdoor Structural Elements
The guidance emphasizes using even length measurements for posts beams and rafters in feet and standard dimensions like 2x4 4x4 and 4x8. It notes that odd sizes are often out of stock and require ordering, while even lengths reduce trim waste.
Speed wall prefab concrete system by UNL professor
Lincoln professor Richard C. Bourne describes the Speedwall insulated prefab wall system at IAHS 1976 in Atlanta. The lightweight 4 inch thick wall uses exterior concrete with integrated insulation and electrical components to cut costs and build time. Early Speedwall projects include an 8 by 16 storage shed and a solar heat pump demo house built with Lincoln Electric System.
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Lincoln
Atlanta
Richard C. Bourne
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Bourne
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln Electric System
Los Angeles
Cali
Travel themed wall plaques showcase historic transport forms
Burwood Products Company of Traverse City Michigan reproduces historic vehicles and vessels as deep dimensional wall plaques. Designs include a Spanish Galleon with gold cord rigging a Mariner's Map Ship plaque with navigational instruments, an 18th century royal coach, antique car collages, and railroad engine collages.
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Chicago
NFL
Burwood Products Company
Traverse City
Mich
Burwood
Ethical Realtor Critique Highlights Consumer Protections
A reader writes about frustration with a real estate firm over a poorly handled tree dispute and a malfunctioning color TV. The letter urges stronger state and federal consumer protection laws to curb abuses while praising honest developers and builders in the industry.
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Michigan
Millers Invade Homes in Spring Nuisance
Local expert Robert Voboril notes a surge of millers, including variegated and army cutworms, entering homes. Insecticides are ineffective, so homeowners should seal cracks, reduce light intensity, use low wattage yellow bulbs, and trap moths in soapy water. flights typically subside but moths may persist.
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Robert Voboril
Voboril
Information for remodeling kitchens and baths
Planning a remodel starts with budgeting the family's maximum spend and assessing the layout and space limits. A local kitchen dealer with bathroom displays offers a practical source of remodeling information and guidance.
Costs of carport garages in 1974 survey
Homeowners paid an average 2076 dollars to add a garage or carport, with 884 dollars for a basic carport. The estimate comes from a 1974 survey conducted by National Family Opinion Inc noting about 585 auto shelters built.
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National Fami Opinion, Inc
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