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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1936
Page
14
Questions cover tile over wood walls and floors with lath base, and options for a basement game room, outside cellar stairs, and garden fencing. Answers outline concrete base requirements for tile, alternatives like linoleum, feasibility and cost considerations, and advise consulting a contractor or architect for external stairs.
The text suggests wattle or picket fences for decorative use, with hedges like arborvitae as an evergreen option. For a one car garage a 9 by 18 foot space fits most cars, with doors at least 7 feet 6 inches wide and 7 feet high, plus extra room for work space if desired.
The article notes that a lavatory mixing faucet simplifies hand washing by providing a single water stream that can be adjusted to a comfortable temperature, avoiding scalding or chilling from separate hot and cold taps.
Concrete sidewalks require careful preparation with a drainage bed of gravel broken stone or coarse cinders free from sulphuric acid. Mix a strong concrete and insert expansion joints with suitable filler every four feet.
The doors of kitchen cabinets should be rabbited to allow lapped meeting of doors and frames. They should strike against a rabbet in the bottom shelf or its edge. This overlapping prevents dust from sifting into the interior.
Doctors warn reading in bed strains eyes yet many persist. Build in bedside shelves by recessing the bed and place shelves on both sides. Use a focused light to read with room dark for sedative reading or general illumination for serious reading. Financing options noted under FHA Modernization Credit Plan.
The article traces heating through history from open fireplaces to iron stoves, globe stoves, hot air furnaces, and steam and hot water systems. It notes air conditioning now covers heating, cooling, cleaning and humidifying, with FHA modernization loans to install combined heating and cooling systems repaid over three to five years.
Richard L. Gridley of the Pittsburgh Press says the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation will spend 30 million dollars from a bond issue in the Pittsburgh area. The program includes 25 million in new construction at the Pittsburgh works and 5 million for an electrically driven blooming mill.
A nation favored whitewash methods using lime. Mix six pounds quicklime with boiling water, strain, add salt dissolved in warm water, three pounds ground rice paste, one-half pan powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clarified glue. Use after several days. Hydrated lime can replace quicklime at fifty-two pounds.
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