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xi Yourself— . - on fe EE Ee Around House Foundation is Effective In Stop opping Water Leaks; > RID oe ht Cleaning Out A Clogged Floor Drain Is Best Done

ith Long Handle Spoon bin should be laced so that tive on the posts before you sink omt with plenty of hot water and down to the footing. Make the plaster. Either the dust works its too far from the furnace and should |

it can be filled easily, should not be » Paint Is Best Protection for Porches | them in the cold, cold ground. glean the stzainer before you put, trench nice and comfortable, be- way down through the povous plas- (not spoil the bstmhnt Jo any othe 3 Fin While under “the porch in ait back on. cause you'll spend a lot of time in it. | | ter or waits until there is some con-|USe you may have in m Against Wearing Elements of Weather prone position, take a look at the If the dain isn’t used very often,| Now clean off the outside walls densation of moisture on the cold|the bin can be filled from a c we By HUBBARD COBB, Your Handy Man sills and floor joists. If they show! {pour some water down it now and | plaster surface and then goes along through . window, you may to rain, sleet, snow and gloom of night, signs of rotting, the guilty "ones; |then $0 that the trap won't go dry. g {with the water. In either case you S0me money, What with being exposed B + of the B 'should be removed and replaced.! I get the same effect and it's mot| The bin has to be strong enough porches are apt to go before any other part of the house. These, too, should be painted on P@INt Pipe Same Color | good. to hold together when the coal Bo get down on your stomach and go crawling under like a reptile} four sides to keep out the mols- | As WallPaper ; | Sometimes you can get rid of starts coming in. Use some expanto see what gives. If the porch is sagging, you'll probably negd a couple! ture and insects, | these marks by washing but this sion bolts to hitch 2x4’s to the floor of jacks and new posts. Bring the porch up level with the jacks and| porch floors either give way in| ‘Plumbing is an exacting profes- | ; | “sometimes” is pretty infrequent and | to act as shoes; 2x4's will do for the then stick in the posts. Don't forget to put some sort of wood preserva-| sections or completely. In any sion so when a plumber says a [theyll come back anyway. Paint studding and these should be nailed | case, paint the bottom of the new length of soll pipe is going up Lis is about the most effective way to|between the shoe and the ceiling

| through a room—up it goes. People | cover up these marks but this takes rafters, U U i ) | nave figured some tricky methods | : p oN & 1 ee 18 : a=. | of making this pipe more conspicu- ¥ The best way to prevent these boards and they should be nalled

I= than it already is, but if you and coat them with asphalt, pitch, marks from appearing in the first, {rom the inside of the frame. Point want it inconspicuous, paint it the or a special waterproof paper made | being, that the pressure of the coel {same color as the walls, Pirst of for this job. A layer of rich Port-! \ "#/ |will not be able to pull them off | all give the pipe a coat of aluminum | jand cement can also be used. IN the frame. | paint because the asphaltum coating | After the walls are made water- 2 == a : | on the pipe will bleed through a proof, four-inch drain tile is put | ” R U \Y C 0 {regular oil paint. After the alum- down at the bottom of the trench and | |ihum paint is dry, the oil paint this is run to a dry well or a sewer | % im | can go on. line. The pitch-of the tile must be | a V flooring before you nail it down| And speaking of bleeding, den't| right so that the water will run| ; and give the op a good coating of ‘try to paint asphalt shingles with away from the house. A small crack | [1 Co STEEL TILE porch or deck paint, an ofl paint for the same reason, lis left between each section of tile! 1 Porch columns have a habit of 80 that the water can enter the sys- yp Furnaces - Plumbing

rotting at He Sortom Sometimes) tem. Check the system with water place is to Insulate the ceiling so ? . Alteration Woik you can ge y wi sawing out] before you bury jt. | that the plaster won't get chilled. COMPLETE

the bad part and. getting a new The top of the cracks should be : { Anoth ood - section made by a carpenter. In | covered with flat stones or tar i Bei oLNer 8 reason for insula- INSTALLATION SERVICE . Free Estimates * FHA Terms

more serious cases youll need a, [- [] so dirt won't get into the pipe. Pill] tion here is that i? the plaster ab-| whole new column. Before you pull | 4 a in around the tile with gravels or sorbs enough moisture over a long out a column for repair work, brace | 0 small stones for a foot or so, Place enough period it's going to fail and N U-WA tHe porch roof or you'll need a : some old netting on top of the| {you'll need a new ceiling before i : : " new roof and maybe a new head. 7 gravel and fill the rest.of the trench | you're finished. . oy apply the montily, HOME SUPPLY Co. jo “y yments towar ome THE ONE-STOP BATHROOM AND Use Long Handle Spoon / rh ean, |Build Your Coal Bin, purchase with the help ob eT MODERNIZING . 4TORN an Atkins mortgage To Remove Drain Dirt |The paint just won't last for long Insulated Ceilings 'If You Get Coal Y hone RI. 3894

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bi id 236 E. NEW YORK ST. Among the various fixtures that hands. Keep Away oo Marks This may be jumping the gun a ajimengesiort Tue me - seem to get clogged up in even the | For people “in a hurry, there is| You don’t have to live in a house little, but one of these days it's go taxes included. Our plan A PHONI

most well regulated households are | something called varnish stain that |y Ne — hel h ery long before you get used to all! ! ps you own your home [ floor drains, You'll find these in the | happens to be just what it is called, } sorts of phenomena both natural HOME free ‘and clear, years . ESTIMA! Take as an example those dark!

garage, basement and even the bath- | varnish combined with stai sooner. See our ain. It's!and otherwise. ; IMPROVEMENT] |[l ll | l s th marks that appear on some N TSS ]

room. ‘Their purpose in life is to! | very good for jobs where you don't! into the sewage system, but a great | 1 th t d h . ; . i! Y,/ V4 g 0 A eyage avviam, Du) alereat piyiek le stain and varnish sep-| plaster ceilings. This condition has! AMERICA | NATIONAL BANK | (/7//14 1/1)

allow water on the floor to drain] {want to go to all the work of ap-|ia | caused annoyance and mental

with grease, rags, and sometimes) Even if you are a strict vegetarian anguish to more than one ho just plain dirt. | the wallpaper in your kitchen is! Fe oa maths are caused oy. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation It's'generally impossible to get un- bound to pick up some grease. 'dust and moisture on top of the! se en, | ERO der a floor drain to the trap 80 That's why it's a goad idea to give! | pe what you have to do is work down | the paper a coat of clear varnish RE-ROOF NOW 4

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