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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1954
Page
14
A midwestern university assessed house longevity and quantified gains from maintenance. Drainage and gutters in good repair may add up to 178 years. proper foundations up to 42 years. painting during erection and periodically thereafter could extend life by about 1613 years.
A wide range of institutions offer financing to help American families modernize homes. The current Home Modernizing edition presents a chart guiding sources of modernizing money for remodeling projects.
A large furniture store faced tight basement height and used a black painted ceiling to visually recede the joists. Exposed beams pipes and conduits stayed, bright lights with shallow shades centered attention on furnishings, keeping the ceiling nearly invisible and creating more showroom space.
Builders and architects now emphasize well planned rooms to suit family needs. FHA considers size and price relative to income in mortgage appraisal, alongside construction quality and location desirability. Twelve guiding rules cover efficient flow, space use, lighting, design simplicity, multiuse rooms, outdoor access, kitchen planning, garage access, wiring, laundry, waste space, orientation, and privacy.
A design note states removing molding or horizontal borders between walls and ceiling makes a small room appear larger and the ceiling higher. It suggests avoiding invasion of lines that separate surfaces to enhance spaciousness.
For Christmas, Make Own Gifts Now promotes a DIY program with seventeen full-size patterns bound in a book. It describes patterns for shelves, signs, birdhouses, pull toys, and more to create professional looking gifts easily at home using wood or plywood, with simple transfer and assembly steps.
Doorway Spacious Feeling reSULS A new twist for dot-yourself friends, the Jig Saw Pattern Book comes with materials for several projects. Priced at 7 dollars 25 cents in coin or money order to Chronole Telegram Pattern Dept Buy 215 Pleasantville NY. Catalog add 35 cents. Over 200 other East Bild Build-It-Yourself projects. The piece notes doorway wall framing must support the floor above after removal.
A basement is unnecessary with mechanically circulated hot water heating. Boilers may sit in an attic or utility room while a central unit supplies radiators via smaller pipes and fittings, cutting excavation costs and reducing main line sizes. A one-pipe system lets hot water and return flow through a single pipe. Leftover lemon rinds can whiten unfinished wood and bread boards.
Drafts may result in cooling of warm air and contact with cold panes of glass. The window frame must form a weather proof joint to stop air leaks. Use caulking around the frame or storm sash or double glazing to reduce drafts. Sash fit carefully to keep inside pane from cooling and improve heat efficiency.
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