Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1947 — Page 6
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A Rubber Mat at Bottom of Bathtub Might Keep You From Falling Into Hospital; -
Using Electric Razor or Curling Iron, While in Tub, Is Dangerous Habit ~~ .. n
“Tells Proportions for Mixing Different
Kinds of Conerete for Various Jobs
By HUBBARD COBB, Your Handy Man It Sroka? has something to do with our way of life that the bathroom, in eevn the most modest American home, compares to some extent with the Taj Mahal in India, Well, we've never been to India, but we'll bet our bottom rupee that less people get hurt in the Ta)
Mahal then in any Amrican bathr People are still slipping while sometimes while just standing. special rubber mat the the bottom of the tub or on the floor will pro-
vide the necessary friction to keep’
you out of the hospital. Other people get scalded while taking a shower, because they turn
the mixing valve the wrong way. A
good remedy here is to have a thermostat on the hot water heater 10 keep the water under 140 degrees F Another angle is to have a special
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metal electric light
with plastic roofing cement, but be careful not to build a little dam which backs the rain water under | the shingles causing, what is known in the trade, as a leaking roof, Check the woodwork of the skylight sash and frame for signs “of rotting. If the wood is kept well painted, it will help considerably
bathtubs and And don’t let leaves or other trash
collect around the skylight. These
chains ‘act like sponges and will keep the
{while stapding in the tub or when woodwork damp indefinitely
a Lhetr hands and feet are wet, Bath: room - light fixtures should be of ithe porcelain type with insulated pull chains,
Peek at Skylight While Weather Is
What with sitting up there in the hot .sun, rain, snow and maybe ice, a skylight takes something of » heating. They'll take it for years and then during one mild spring rain they'll give up and start leaking like an old sieve,
| more often, we get a vague letter the amount of sand and peovles— with a paste made of kerosene and
Bo while the
weather is good, go yonder to the |
roof-top and see how things look The putty around the glass should he checked to find out if it is loose or cracking away. “If it looks bad, remove it and do the job over again
” Ba, It take time, but it's worth mixing valve installed on the shower which has been designed to prevent vou getting bolled alive, | Persons who like to use an elec- | tric razor or curling iron while in the tub should carry plenty of life insurance. There are a lot better places to use electrical equipment of this type than the bathroom. | These same Characters probably
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every minute The joint between the roof and the frame of the skylight 1s made watertight with metal flashing. See if the flashing = loose or has begun to rust. TI you feel eager, it will pay to replace corroded metal with® peyments copper, which will last and last purchase ‘with ey, one of and last an Atkin mortgage loan. Small open seams can be filled
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Make Trial Batch First | In Mixing Concrete
Now and then and sometimes
from a vague reader asking how to mix concrete. So for the benefit of
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. all, here are some proportions loi mixing different kinds .of concrete for various jobs. They were worked out hy the people who make cement s0 they should work, but good “For heavy jobs such tions, garden walls and other work that does not have to.be watertight vou use one bag of cement to 27% cubie feet of sand and 4 cubic [eet
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“KH o have a home repair pro lem write a letter to r. Cobb care The Indian- . apolis Times. your ques tion is ‘of general interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming coumn on The Times Home Page.
cubic feet of sand and 2 of pebbles. The pebbles should be small in size
Make your trial batch following
these proportions to the letter. If it
doesn’t turn out to be a nice plastic
workable mass, increase or decréase
but not the water, Glass-Lined Heater Withstands Any Water
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Question: Is it possible to stain over painted shingles? Answer: Not ulgpess you are pre-
of pebbles. To each bag of cement use 6's gallons 6f water if the sand : and pebbles are damp, 5% if “they pared to remove all the paint down are wet and 4% if they are very wet. 10 the wood surface 1f you're in the market for water- Question: Is there any kind of hot tight- concrete for pools and floors, Weitr storage tank that will not be ete, use one sack of cement, 2% damaged by water? cubic feet of sand and 3 cubic feet| Answer. There are glass. lined of pebbles or gravel. “On -this you storage tanks that can withstand want 5'% gallons of water for damp about any kind of water H sand, 5 gallons for wet and 4°, lor very wet, HOME On very thin work such ag outdoor IMPROVEMENT furniture, posts, pots and When - - - LOANS one bag of cement goes wilh . : . - AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK SIDING - ROOFING AT INDIANAPOLIS i —-— Member Federal Deposit insurance Corporation
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{ Question: What causes damp three sinnes as long ‘as the board to lelosets and what should be done be nailed is thick. Ciinching the | about them? lend of the nail across the grain! | Answer: Unless there is a leak in rather than with it will provide the roof or the wall, the chances are greater strength. that the moisture is due to oon- | Mosquitoes breed in any stagdensation. The best remedy is to nant water so don't leave any con-| improve circulation in the closet by tainers around where water might leaving the door open and using an, electric fan, if necessary. In bad cases it would be worth the time and effort to put a window in a large closet, so that it could be giyen a good airing from time to, tithe. Question: What's a good way to remove rust stains off enamel fixtures? Answer:
Try rubbing the stain
|a scratchless cleaning powder, collect, A little kerosene poured over stagnant water is another ‘way Six’ Home Problems to keep ‘mosquitoes from driving Briefly Solved Here you crazy during . the corhing
We list below a complete digest months,
of six columns which we never quite. Don't put appliance cords under
got around to writing. carpets. People who know say that When you want to” aftach some-| this is a fire hazard. Keep al] cords thing to a wall made of plaster, hol- Out in the open and away from inlow tile? or hollow concrete blocks, | flammable material
use a toggle bolt. You'll have to Many Leaky Roofs
drill a hole first, but the rest is Due to Flashing
easy. You can get toggle bolts at hardwore stores. One of these fine days, according » If you have a tin roof or tin gut- to ters it will pay you to see that they will be round -and heated by the are kept well painted. gentle rays of the sun. This seems
Pouring gasoline down a sink like’a fine idea but until that day
drain will not clean "it out, but it gets around to dawning, there. are, i
can make a honey of an explosion. When deciding what Size naij to use remember that it shouldn't be!
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about the house. As flashing is exposed to the] weather; it should be made of al non-corrosive metal such as copper. | Some flashing is made of galvanized | | iron, and this will rust unless it is | | kept painted. A lot of leaky roofs are due to] vie flashing having pulled loose at one spot or another, so before you do anythihg drastic, make a pretty complete inspection of the flash-| ing in the vicinity of the leak. | The flashing around the chimney | {is brought right up along the side of the masonry and then turned into the stone or brickwork to make a tight joint, If the job was not done correctly, a high wind
j will pull the metal out of the joint Wm {and they you'll want a little cement |
{mortar to get things in order. Driving nails through the ex-
to all those men with vision, houses posed portion of any flashing 1s
like drilling a hole in the bottom of a boat. In short, don't do it. It will cause a Iéak.
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