Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1963 — Page 11

THURSDAY, APRIL », 1963

Building A Patio Is Easy With Used Brick On Sand

The trend to “outdoor living" has made the patio a “must” for millions of home-owners. If you have decided to have a patio, you should consider such vital factors as cost of materials, ease of installation (especially if you are doing it yourself) and how it will look when completed. The best location for a patio is near your exit from the basement so that you will be able to carry lawn chairs, tables and other equipment into your storage area with a minimum of difficulty. If the step from the basement to grade are covered with a Bilco all-steel hatchway, the patio will be safer for little children to play

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on. “Used” Brick Serviceable For combined low cost and attractiveness, consider “used" brick These are bricks, often in different colors, which have been salvaged from old buildings. They often are used in the patios in the most glamorous homes, yet they cost no more than a few cents a piece. On a cost per square foot basis, a used brick patio should cost only half that of a concrete or flagstone terrace. Any handyman can do the job himself. Here’s hew: First set out Ix 4 lumber flinch side upright) all around the border of your future patio, mak-

ing certain that these are level on opposite sides, the patio should slope away from your house slightly of course, to carry off rain waterLeveling Sand When your 1 x 4s are firmly in lace, measure off the shortest side and cut a 2 x 4 to fit loosely inside the patio from one 1 x 4 to the other. On top of the four-inch side of the 2 x 4, nail two strips of boards so that they extend evenly over the end of the 2x4 and the tops of the 1 x 4s which form your border. Now lay a few inches of sand all along the inside end of the patio and move the 2x4 over the

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sand to level it out evenly. When you have this 2x4 resting on the border as you move it, you will be able to level out ell the sand in the patio area to the exact depth you want. When you place the bricks on it with the wide sides facing you, they will reach the same level as the border boards. The entire surface of the patio will also be flat. Any Pattern Can Be Used When the sand is leveled, aimply put the used bricks in place in any pattern you desire. After your have laid a few rows of bricks, add more sand and repeat the process until you reach the end of the patio. If you must stop before the task is completed, sprinkle sand generously over the bricks you have laid and then sweep it lightly into the cracks between the bricks. For best results, sweep sand into the cracks for several days until there is absolutely no movement of bricks when you walk over them. Now you have a terrace that will be attractive, permanent, reasonably priced, and—with your basement exit nearby—convenient to use. From Basement To Playroom In a Week-End You can transform your basement into a good play area in less than a week-end, says the Institute of Home Designers. It points out that the most important elements of a basement recreation room are accessibility to the outdoors, so that family members can use it without tracking dirt from the yard through the main halls of the house, and also a floor that is eary to maintain. “A bare concrete floor does not make a good place to play because untreated concrete ‘dusts off’ easily. Even after the floor is carefully swept, some dust remains. A person walking from the basement to the first ploor will inevitably track it onto upstrairs rugs. “The solution is simple. Concrete paints are available at ail paint stores which can be spread over concrete to end the dust problem. They provide a hard, smooth surface and are easy to sweep. Using a roller, you can paint your recreation room floor in an hour or two. “The solution to the ‘no-access’ problem can also be found more easily than most people imagine Using an electric hammer, a mechanic can create a door opening in the foundation wall within a few hours. After an excavation has been made around the opening, steps are built from the basement floor level to the level of me ground outside, and the steps then can be covered with an all-steel prefabricated Bilco hatchway. The steps con be built and hatchway installed in about a day.” Another job that may be completed within a few hours is painting of the foundation wall. Bright paints con be used with a roller to provide a washable, attractive wall surface. Remolding Closets Now’s a good time to mothproof your closets to protect valuable woolens and furs during the cold weather months. Once taken out of protective bags, these items are fair game for pesky moths. One of the most effective and economical ways to protect your clothes is to install aromatic red cedar lining in your closets. This easy-to-handle material, which is available in pre-packaged bundles at local lumber dealers, can be installed right over old closet walls. It also can be nailed over open framing in a new closet. An entire closet can be lined over a weekend for approximately SSO. To realize the maximum mothprotection benefits from a closet lined with aromatic red cedar, follow there four general rules: 1. Keep the closet as air tight as possible. Close the door securely after storing or removing articles. 2. Wipe the cedar occasionally

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I How To Have PomIM: All Sooaoo ' 3. ' < ■' ’I Many gneenhouaes grow Arcadia, the strain of pansies illustrated. This contains pastels as well so deeper colors; has been developed for winter and early qpring bioom. 1 ■ Pansies an real "tougWe**! and will bloom for months if, given just a little care. Hero) are tips which will enable you to get a full season of bloom' from your plants. Though greenhouses and growers sell pansy plants when they are in full bloom and gardeners who have raised plants from seeds often transplant them at that stage, this is not , the best time to move pansies, i They will perform much bet(ter if transplanted before byds begin to form on the plants. Thus they need not bear the shock of transplanting at the same time as they are producing flowers. Keeping flowers picked is synonymous with keeping plants blooming. When flowers go unplucked, plants we nourishment to form seeds instead of buds.' Fertilising lightly once a month will give pansy plants the necessary “lift” to Insure continuing production of largestee . flowers instead of ever dwindling ones. Nipping back any long shoots, at the same time as fertilizer fe given prevents that "leggy”) look, while at the same time it encourages the plant to make' hew growth. ■ There’s one more little trick that anyone can we to help pansies flower longer. As each plant is set out, leave a little cup in the soil around its base. .AH season long, whenever it rains, this depression will catch and hold a little extra water, vbtab * jM* what pansies like. Quick, Easy Ceiling Job Suspended light ceilings have become one of today’s most popular features in remodeling. Now, thanks to a special ceiling system developed by Alsynite Division of Reichold Chemicals, Inc., one of the leading manufactures of translucent panels, homeowners can have a suspended ceiling qickly and easily. « The Alsynite accessories and framing components have been expertly designed to permit easy installation of the framework, and when the grid-work is completed, the panels are quickly placed in position to finish the job. __ For their ceiling system, Alsynite has developed a new flat plastic panel reinforced with an exclusive continuous strand glass mat which provides the whitest and most uniform translucent panel in the industry. The new panel lends itself perfectly to this use for it tends to diffuse the light rays, distribute them evenly over the entire area and transmit soft, glare-free light. Thanks to this versatile Alsynite ceiling system, handsome luminous ceilings can be installed in minimum time and with a minimum investment in materials. with a dry cloth to remove dust and dirt. 3. Sand the wood lightly every year or— so to reopen—any -closed wood pores and renew the strength of the cedar fragrance. 4. Air dry or dry clean all articles before storing them.

Updated Entrance Hall Gives Pleasing Effect

Folks who have an eye for beauty are thinking hard about updating their entrance hall. They’ve come to realize that the entrance area is the portal to their home, a mark of their hospitality which greets the guests with built-in cordiality. In contrast to the entrances designed some years ago in which the object was to impress guests with the owner’s opulence, today’s entrance hall Is a marvel of tasteful simplicity. Clean lines embel-

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lished with rich materials and space expanding design is the formula. Because square footage is apt to be on the snug side, cluttery furniture and bric-a-brac are banished from the entrance. Instead, the walls are called upon to do the job of decorating the entryway. The surest success comes from using a warm, textured material like natural wood paneling for walls, and especially for the small area, a pale but mel-

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low wood-like vertical grain west coast hemlock is ideal. Fine woods like hemlock, should of course, be finished with only clear lacquer or wax. Space can be visually expanded in the small entrance simply by including glass around the front door, and if the glass is opaque, it will insure privacy while still opening up the walls. Special beauty con be brought into the “window wall” if the panels of glass are set in cleanlined mullions of natural hemlock to match wall paneling. Another space-expanding idea is to raise the room over this area a half-story and include windows over the door. Again for decorative effect, structural elements of the roof—glue laminated Douglas fir beams and ceiling decking—should be left exposed.