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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1957
Page
23
The feature highlights HW-52 with a monastery style cloister walk linking garage, master suite, service entrance and screen porch. The plan emphasizes traffic circulation across three entrances, a rear patio, lighted kitchen nook, large laundry, and a two-car garage on a corner plot suitable for various lots.
Build a full color scale model of your lot to preview plant colors with the house. Create a paper house, roof, driveway, and lawn using shirtboard crayons and colored papers. Place trees, evergreens, and flowering shrubs to harmonize with the roof color and house tones, then arrange annuals and perennials with knitting yarn to test a pleasing layout.
Water damage can be minimized if all household members know valve locations. Hang a valve map inside a closet door and attach baggage tags to each valve indicating its purpose.
Adapting this house to basementless construction is easy because of the fireplace and chimney location. The heating unit can be installed in the laundry room behind the fireplace, allowing the same chimney to be used. Elimination of basement stairs creates extra space in the laundry room.
An advertising notice invites readers to order a study plan by filling in name and address on a coupon and mailing it with 35 cents. The plan shows scale 1 inch per foot and includes a guide on How to Get Your House Built. It suggests using the plan at banks to obtain bids through an architect.
The kiwi bird produces an egg weighing about one pound, the largest known egg relative to its size. This remarkable fact highlights the kiwi’s unusual reproductive traits and stands out among birds for its substantial egg heft.
A note accompanies a 35 cent payment requesting a copy of the study plan titled The House of The Week. It also mentions a design HW52.
The article reports that doubling attic air space with mineral wool insulation lowers heat absorption by 75 percent and can cut cooling costs by up to 50 percent. It notes recommendations from Professor Watt based on tests at the Air Conditioned Village in Austin Texas and advocates mineral wool in walls and living area floors for full protection.
A compact plan builds a ventilation friendly laundry hamper that doubles as a bathroom bench. Perforated hardboard forms sides and bottom with a decorative predecorated top, framed by grooved 1x2 uprights and 1x3 runners for ventilation. Handles, adhesive, and a final paint touch complete the lightweight dual purpose piece.
The Southern Pine Association notes car ports as ideal for covered patios or terraces. Extending planking beyond house walls creates an economical car port living area with an attractive underside ceiling from exposed roof deck planks.
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