Postwar Home Plans Embrace Modern Living Features
Albert Wittman of Home Planners Inc outlines a survey marking ten years since postwar home building resumed. Modern designs, including serve centers in kitchens, full insulation with vapor barriers, multiple bathrooms, built in storage and space saving heating, redefine prewar ideals across ranch, split level, Cape Cod, Colonial and contemporary styles.
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America
Albert Comforts
P. Wittman
Planners, Inc
Detroit
Wittman
Richard B Poliman
Palmquist and
Wright
U.la
Sewerless toilet in production aids homebuilders
Purdue University engineer Carl Boaster developed the sewerless toilet now in commercial production. House & Home notes it benefits areas where septic tanks fail or are banned and halves water use in arid homes. Health boards approve the system after five years of Purdue testing led by Prof Ben E Bloodgood. Richmond Indiana’s N P Dodge Co pursued a 200 lot contract but weathering paint on exteriors caused septic failures. developer shifts to sewerless toilets in new homes with spring painting.
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Purdue University
Carl Boester
House & Home
Purdue
Ben E. Bloodgood
N. P. Dodge Co
Richmond
Ind
Eet
Sune
Modern Laundry Workshops Banish Old Blue Monday
Modern laundry appliances end the old chores for housewives as washers dryers and ironers reduce drudgery. Plan ahead add equipment progressively and prepare plumbing and wiring before installation. Choose a six by nine foot space ideally in a basement with plumbing access and a clothes chute for convenience.
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Better Basement Institute
Damage From Water High In Fire At Griffin Home
Extensive water damage occurred while Columbia firefighters battled a two story frame house fire owned by the R M Griffin family on East River Road just south of Route 82. The blaze started in a bedroom closet, spread to the attic, and was believed caused by faulty wiring. Firemen were dispatched at 11 15 and spent about ninety minutes extinguishing the fire. Attic smoke damaged but flame damage was light. Water damage likely the worst the department has faced, said Chief T W Heineman. Loss reportedly insured.
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T. W. Heineman
Tips For Making Basement Dry And Prevent Water Inflow
OSU extension engineer Melville L. Palmer outlines exterior drainage fixes for wet basements including sloping ground away from foundations, installing tight window wells, redirecting eaves water to drains, and adding tile drainage around footings and beneath slabs. Outside work advised. waterproofing paints on inside walls help only minor issues.
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Melville L. Palmer
Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Engineer
Palmer
Grandpa’s slant hatchway weatherproofing evolves
Grandpa built a slanted wood hatchway to cover exterior basement steps to shed rain. Modern builders critique the material choice as wood decays when exposed to weather. Engineers now offer steel basement doors that are permanent and weatherproof, improving the concept.
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Grandpa
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