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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1923
Page
17
A fragment from a home building column stresses the importance of careful electrical work in houses. The note hints at the broader impact of wiring on safety and value, urging readers to ensure proper installation and maintenance.
The notice describes a two story small house with a 90 foot frontage, front porch, dining room, kitchen, and a large front bedroom closet. It explains frame construction with stucco exterior, shingle roof, and lists costs and plans supplied by the Architects Small House Bureau of the United States government. Information for home builders is available through the Home Building Editor with self addressed stamped envelopes.
Questions to the Architectual Small House Service Bureau outline enamel painting on pine and fir. White pine takes enamel well with a wood grain, but splinters more easily. Fir raises grain and does not take enamel as well. A wall board resembling burlap panels can be painted, with some types plastering well.
Bridging is crosswise boarding between floor joints to connect adjacent joists. A typical six inch board links the top of one joist to the bottom of the next, preventing twisting and deflection, stabilizing the floor, and protecting plaster and the building.
Hydrated lime is slaked lime made in a factory, a uniform fine powder sold in paper kegs and ready after 24 hours of soaking. Lump lime needs longer and is less reliable. Green wood under load resists crushing longer than seasoned wood. Paint peels when woodwork is wet or paint applied to wet prep, but good paint on dry wood dries and resists future moisture.
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