Check Your House For Repairs This Summer
Perfection of new types of flooring changes planning for rooms. Subflooring shapes finished floors and influences moisture, heating efficiency, and durability. Diagonal subfloors add strength, reduce dust, and allow finish floors to run opposite wall lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
The Alton small house plan description
The Alton is a basementless two story style with a utility room near the kitchen housing heating and laundry. It features 3 bedrooms a dining living area kitchen and built in appliances a 12 by 21 foot garage with optional breezeway. Exterior options include siding concrete block or brick veneer with a low pitched asphalt shingle roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Small House Planning Bureau
St. Cloud
Minn
Omitting a Basement May Cut Costs for One Story Homes
Government engineers find that on a level lot with good soil and a concrete slab a one story house may cost less without a basement. Savings hinge on limited above ground space and added utility areas, with net saving about 435 dollars for a 32 by 26 foot sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Flood of Defective Faucets Drives Replacement Push
The Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau estimates over 24 million home faucets have outlived usefulness and should be replaced. Most are 10 years old or older and repairs are no longer profitable, with many lacking renewable seats making washers ineffective. New chrome plated models offer improved design and precision, and wartime iron and rough brass faucets should be replaced now that chromium plating is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Bureau
Prisoner Dr. Peter Richter Freed After Innocence Proven
Former inmate Dr. Peter Richter, who was sentenced to life for murder in Bingen Germany twenty years ago, has been declared innocent and released from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Richter
Bingen
Germany
Composers May Use Electric Pencil to Score Music
Composers can now write their scores on an electronic pencil device and play the music they have created using a simple electrical machine. The new method simplifies notation and enables direct musical execution from drawn scores.
Softer Water Cuts Household Expenses
Soft water lowers soap costs by about 75 percent and saves roughly 41 dollars yearly on clothing for a family of four. It reduces fabric replacement costs, plumbing repairs from mineral scale, and fuel and labor use, while preventing hard water rings. Water softeners require occasional regeneration with salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau
Fire alarm systems become common in homes and farms
Home fire alarms are now widely used and are more sensitive than automatic sprinklers. They sound an alarm immediately when a fire starts and some models detect either fire or sudden cold. Such systems can also monitor heat loss in critical locations like incubators.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crete
England
United States
Bracken, Inc
toRnoom
Desion A
Beodrocon
Badger
Prairie du Chien
John Schneider CO
South 3Rd St
State St
No. 4Th St
Quart Balduzzi's
Farnam &J
Freddie’s Super Market
Redfield St
Kerr’s Iga
South Mth Ave
Lincoln Grocery
South St. St
Bangor Hardware & Paint Company
Bangor
Wis
Smale’s Dairy Store
Cass St
the Florshop
West Ave
Phene
Reale
Totale
Robert Rice
Charles
Renan
Swift & Com
Vigoro
Art Holmagel
Jackson Street
Gamble’s Homeguard
Caledonia Street Gamble Store
Caledonia St
Sargent Builders
Stanley Overhead
Adam Kroner Company
Storstme Coctie
Ward One
First Federal
TAL Ea All Association OF LA Crosse
North 4Th ST
J. R. Johnson
Sec’y-Treas
North Third St
Weyerhauser
Rvice