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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1973
Page
5
Retirement and family buyers seeking comfort in a compact home find Design 1-86 a ready fit. The two‑bedroom ranch spans 1119 square feet with a center hall, large kitchen family room, fireplace, indoor outdoor flow, screened porch, walk‑in storage, and a one‑car garage plus laundry area and full cellar.
Tips to reduce basement dampness cover grading away from the house drainage ditches and drain tiles water management gutters and downspouts sealing walls from the outside waterproofing by professionals when needed and checking for capillary action water table issues with sump pumps storage and living space potential noted.
A features list touts five new items: an abrasive cloth disc for quarter-inch drills for all surfaces with a laminated nylon backing, a center square for locating centers and drawing straight guidelines, a gutter cleaning nozzle with hose attachment, a versatile cotter pin puller serving as pry bar scraper and punch, and a heavy duty shrinking tape with 250 pounds tensile strength. The piece notes claimed benefits and available manufacturers for each item.
A reader explains patching a narrow attic wall gap with ordinary cement or using perforated tape and prepared gypsum cement for gaps over an inch. The piece also covers FHA rural home loan criteria and how to determine rural status, advising contact with a local FHA office. It ends with guidance on acquiring exotic woods through the International Wood Collectors Society and notes about wood species and a contact in Eastchester, New York.
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