Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1949 — Page 8

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Arrival of Dependable Weather Means It's

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Water, Paint Cleaner and Garden Hose "_ |should. 45 the far 4 - By HUBBARD COBB, Your Hamiyman , '} a Times. If your question is One of the many disadvantages of being a white collar ‘worker general interest, an answer te |

‘11 that white collars and shirts get dirty. houses and other light colored homes.

be washed from time to time. * A

an ice cube

©. All you need to do a bang up fob is a good solid ladder, a fiber brush, a mild paint cleaning compound. some. water and maybe a " garden hose, The usual pra ctice is to star washing at the bottom and work) up, This eliminates the possibility, * of water running down on unwashed ‘portions of the wall and] leaving dirt difficult to remove. ‘As soon”as a section has been scrubbed. with the brush and paint cleaner, it should be rinsed off clean with® the garden hose.} By the way, if the paint starts’ coming off in large quantities you van assume that ‘the paint cledn-| ing solution ‘is too strong. Tt should remove the dirt but not the paint.

Insulation Cords Have Long List of Don'ts

According to all the reports we have on the subject, the purpose of an extension cord is to providé a means of connecting a table or floor lamp to a wall outlet so the lamp will light. Here are a few things extension cords were not made for, They ‘were not made to -be placed under carpets or rugs because if the, insuldition ever goes, &- fire might start and there goes the rug and maybe the whole house. _ They were not _made to be

time to wash a house is just as. soon as you can work outside ‘without getting covered with snow or freezing intd

possibility a dangerous shock should there pjacter is in direct contact with

streaks which are

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Toutaide’ of the wall with a mia-| |sonry waterproofing compound.

The same goes for whife!

They, Tike shirts, have, 10 it will appear in 4 forthcoming |

column of The Times Home Page. eh

Well, first of all you have to

ticked to ‘woodworik of the floor |becduse of the chance of & tack ‘or. staple. damaging the insulatign and causing a short Sireult and a fire. The big headache is; however, They were definitely not made that during the cold weather this to be draped oxer radiators OF mgisture:is more apt to be caused plumbing fixtures because of the hy condensation. The ouside maof someone receiving gonry is cold and- because the

has recessed edges. Then You have to Install it just the way tne manufacturer says, using the:

correctly, Half the trick ‘to: getting a seamless joint is installing the boards properly. - After the boards are up you go alter the seams. First of all you ;

be a flaw in the insulation, it gets cold, too. & apply = a mn

They were not made tobe used About the only sure cure for ine recess ‘at the joint “between as permanent wiring in back of this trouble is to remove. all the ine sections. Over this-compound walls because you can't tell what plaster, set furring strips over the goes a strip of perforated cloth mignt happen to them there. ' masonry and then apply the laths or wire mesh to act as a reinto these. The plaster goes on next {sreément. «and the small empty ‘space be‘tween plaster’ and masonry made by the thickness of the furring will provide an air space which will act as Insulation and prevent the »nlaster becoming chilled. i If Insulation {is used in this space then care should be taken: to provide it with a vapor barrier on thé inside surface so that water- vapor won't pass through the They should not be used-for plaster and condense into molis‘outsidé wiring because the {n- ture on the cold side of the insulation is the wrong kind and gulation.

will rot or crack, in time and . Cracks in Masonry nas been built up level with the

cause a five alarm short clicuit, 5 Need Prompt Repair surface of the hoards, If you do

They should never be ned when the insulation starts —AS-we have so often noted. this right and if no moisture gets when water freezes it expands. 'n back of the.wallboard to cause

"CFACK Or become worn; Air Space in Wall Helps This natural phenomenon explains 81 undue amount of expansion why so many of those little cracks And swelling the joint can be

Prevent Damp Plaster and crevices you may have no- covered with either paper or People continue to run inte in: ticed on outside masonry last fall Paint. terestiig conditions around the gre now big cracks and crevices home und one. of these happens Moisture got inside froze. ani Few Vigks to Help to be damp plaster. Today our that meant something had to go. Preserve the opus has to do with damp plaster What went was the masonry. od . Home when the plaster has been applied We read somewhere that the! right over outside masonry walls. American home was on its way out. You don't have to

The most obvious reason for twice to realize what a thing like

the plaster being damp under these circumstances is that the this could do to someone in our particular racket. Anyway. here

masonry wall either leaks at the, mortar joints, seams at window frames or because it is porous. are a few items on how you can help preserve the home, | You can remove that strange

Pointing up the mortar joints, green deposit that collects on cop-

it,

ow addit ional coats of putty ; are applied and smoothed out’ ith a putty knife until the recess

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caulking seams and coating the per and brass pipes by wiping it off with household ammonia. By the way, someone has put >=

The standard mixture for pateh- | |ing cracks in masonry is made {with one part cement tq. three out a chemically treated cloth]

parts sand with enough’ water which you can use to clean your! added to make it workable. = If hands after you've done a really lyou don’t like the idea of mixing Messy job like playing with axle your own then you can get ready Srease. Saves having to clean mixed mortar in small packages.! {plumbing - fixtur es.

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Cracked mortar ‘joints between, bricks or Concrete blocks should]

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Now pack in the mortar and smooth off the surface with a small trowel, Cracks in concrete

walls should be cut out on each

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We don’t have space to tell you why byt when you remove a door you should remove the bottom hinge first ahd then the top one. When the door goes back on. this process is*reversed—the top hinge goes first, If you use a chemical drain cleaner to remove an obstruction from a fixture drain or trap, remove as much of the water from the trap as vou can first so that the chemical will not become so ‘diluted that it can’t do the job. Does Not Encourage Amateur Electricians This" ‘may be cutting off our nose to. spite our tace, and mayLe we'll lose this nice racket and really have to-go back: to work {for a living, but the fact remains [that we take. a dim view of trying to fix most of- the little electrical fixtures that you find around the house. In the first place, most of the small fixtures are made so that

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