Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1950 — Page 35
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 9,
ii Scrubbed Look Should Get to Porch
Area Can't Serve Role if Glsaniviy
be extended to the porch. The porch
months, is badly furnished. utility areas get the
fix up. Nine Suggestions
“by the ear.” . ONE: Examine the ceiling for discoloration.
pensive the. job will be.
gray, green or other cool shades! will make it a ‘more pleasant! place in hot weather. Replace Floor
THREE: If the floor is worn or drab in appearance, spring is! a good time to replace it. A! weatherproof flooring material] such as quarry tile will take heavy-duty wear and also provide needed color. FOUR: Check the condition and paint of furniture. Old canvas on deck chairs and glider cushions should be given a coat of nonfad awning paint, obtainable at harware and paint stores. FIVE: If furniture is needed for the porch, now is the time to buy or build it. Full-scale patterns for constructing simple wood furniture can be obtained from magazines on home building and planning. Provide Toy Space SIX: If there are children in the family, provide a. space on the porch for their toys. SEVEN: Screens: usually need painting every year. Thin the paint, so that the screen mesh i will not be clogged, and use a screen paint applicator rather than a brush. EIGHT: Check the entrance ‘door of the porch. It should fit snugly and its spring should be ‘in good condition. NINE: If small children will use the porch, put a lock or latch on the outside door, high enough that they can not reach it. They
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. HERE ARE A few suggesions to revive tired rooms. : Two rooms. divided by an archi way lose their dated look when the old-fashioned arch is replaced by a semipartition of opaque . glass or glass blocks. The result will be a large, light
: cramped ones. Ed - UGLY oLD mantels may be disguised by covering with a new
ing the fire opening flush with the ‘paneling. 1 There may be space behind. the}. paneling for built-in-bookshelves on either side of the mantel. An “L” of .low built-in -bookshelves under adjoining corner windows _will_give. smooth, continuous architectural lines, and the book storage will be conve.nient to chairs placed in-the corner.
= - CRACKED, broken and shabby plaster walls can be concealed behind panels of building board or plywood panels, which are applied quickly. ]
How to Keep Out Water Flow in: Window Wells
WHOEVER invented window wells around basement windows didn’t stop to think that they could become just that—wells full of water. - These window wells can-fill the basement with water as well as fresh air and light. But there's a way to get around this water collector. - If your soil is well drained; chances are 12 to 18 inches of gravel in the well bottom will stop any water seeping around the basement windows. But the gravel has to be below the bottom of the window.
IF THE soil is not well drained, forget the gravel and put in a drain tile. Connect it with a dry well or -storm sewer. If all this is too much work, make little wooden tops, hinge them to the house and use them like hatch covers on a ship. But remember if it starts to rain, somebody has to be around to batten down, the hatches.
Fiber Tile Walls
The el screbbeq oot Booster Ee homes are receiving today should
serves as the, welcome alcove to your home’s| interior as well as being an im-| portant living space in stemmer}
But it can not perform either! role well if it. needs repairs or}
And just as the living, dung! and bedrooms and kitchen and! annual
" Here are nine suggestions to follow when you take the porch vuln
porch Large together. stains on the paint usually indi-| cate roof leaks, and the sooner! |Flashing of non-rusting — these are repaired the less ex- metal, such as copper, is most! flashing on top of existing shin-
TWO: Freshen up the porch In with a new coat of paint. Blue, heavy tar paper is often substi-| the metal is bent L-shaped with a lip at the top, bent away from surfaces /the base of the L. The top lip |meet at an angle, the resulting | {should be solidly set in the wor-
room to serve the purpose of two =
wall of plywood paneling, leav-
|touch of “science.”
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Suggest Use of Flashing
For Protection of Homes |
| Correct Way of
Folding Metal
* Work From Bottom bees Metal Folds Approximately 2" Under. Shingles.
Flashing is important at places indicated in sketch.
spring scouring, #so the- porch! DE aing, 50 s_ Torey Keeps Water or Moisture From Seeping
[Kitchen Colors Due for Change
LIKE HER HAT, Mrs. Ameri- ©
!ca doesn’t choose her kitchen {cabinet colors “for keeps.” More than half of the house-
sure.
per cent said the change youd Pi 4 Su :
'alterations would come later, but| it would come. And it would be!
Through Certain ‘Vulnerable Points’ By BOB SCHARF,. Times Special Writer
or moisture from seeping through.
Generally, these trouble points lie where two surfaces join
sheet |
{economical and easiest to apply. temporary
tuted for metal. | Where two roofing
construction a
Every. house, regardless of its type of construction, has certain erable points which must be properly protected to keep water |
Flashing has proved to be the best means of sealing these e gaps.
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joint is first covered with flashing| tar between bricks.
{before the roofing is applied. This| {makes a watertight joint that!
prevents water from getting un- Vent Water backing up either {under it, if it is applied over the |roofing, or under the roofing ma-
jder the roofing. Use of Copper When valley flashings are rusted out, repair of a permanent nature can be made by using squares of copper bent on a line between two corners to the valley angle. The bent square can then be inserted under the shingles,| starting at the bottom and work{ing to the top.
Squares must be large enough to permit the upper edge to fit up under the second shingle about two inches. If nails are encountered, cut them off with a shingle hook or an old chisel. Be sure to replace the nail when the flashing is completed. Around dormers or between any wall and roof surface, the flashing should extend up under the siding and out over the shin-| gles. Strips eight or nine inches long should be applied in a series] of overlapping sheets, starting at the bottom. If the siding is already in place, it can be bent and shoved up under the siding. The shingles are then laid on
‘ment may be used to fasten ‘the
The base should be long, se
{that it covers enpugh roof to pre-
Iterial if the flashing is under it.
roofing cement.
seepage will not occyr. The top
mortar,
stead of mortar.
{are dry caps there or not.
the frame.
hardware nails.
For flashing around chimneys
In the reflashing of old chimneys- the attempt is often made! to fasten the metal to the outside of the chimney with mortar and It is extremely, {difficult to get a bind where some
lip of the flashing should be set into the chimney even if, in a repair job, it means chipping out old mortar, insertion’ of the lip and refllling with fresh
If- flashing should come loose] from a joint in the brickwork, it can be put back by chipping the mortar out of the joint and replacing it with roof cement. in-
All window and door frames,! where their headings and casings fit against the wall, should have adequate flashing whether there!
This flashing is merely a strip of metal bent up under the siding over the window and down over After bending to! top of the flashing or roof, ce-/shape, nail in place with bronze \
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the nursery, an important room t reports.
soldiering revived a greater interest in fresh breezes, has come up with one of 1950's newest home designs. Lawrence Vita, ex-GI from upper New York State, has taken from designs in his own home ,and is now marketing a double-glazed. window which permits ventilation by a flip of a switch,
Like most good things in life, | you've got to “hit the spot” when hanging a picture on the wall. It's really a simple job with a
Most home owners just “sound the wall” until they believe they've hit a solid portion. This is guess work, costly ‘sometirges.
New Design for Picture Window
Here's the ‘way. to keep your 1 F{walls “un-holey:" WI ] Most frame houses have 2x4]
New Radiator Keeps Nursery Comfy x
cold outside.”
The latest in modern heating provides control climate temperatures and streamlined design. These advantages are found in a convector- radiator, the manufacturers’ association. says. A man- . ually-operated damper enables additional control of heat within
o warm carefully; the- association
A picture window that breathes. -
A Pacific war veteran, whose
The automatic window and ‘screen is controlled by a quar-ter-horsepower motor, It is
adjusted to any opening and ! when closed is as secure as the |
conventional picture window. Mr, Vita's penchant for a huge window that breathes was fostered by living in sunsoaked, mosquito-intfested Pa-
cific foxholes during the recent |
‘World conflict.
‘Science’ Needed fo Hang Picture
hold the hammer and nal) directly lover a stud. Just to make sure, drive a thin wire nail, 2 inches long, into the wall at that point. If you're.over the stud, the nail
Now you can pound the perm-' anent nail into the wall. The plaster won't crack or break out.
in the light, pastel shades. The survey indicated a majority of those questioned on kitchen cabinet color schemes used {wood - cabinets. The survey-
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Brick, Wood House on Oak Lane
wives questioned in a national ‘survey clucked their tongues, said they'd change color schemes for
Of these, almost 40 per cent|
said they'd change the eye-appeal! . within five years, more than 50
- TE OTHERS said the oii
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Four-bedroom brick ‘and wgod house being erected at 6962 most of the pieces shouldn't be|yoyur living room will add to the {takers: Ponderosa Pine Woodwork. Qak Lane.
A Testimonial to the Home Builders!
THE MARION COUNTY RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION!
T. S. Stonehill
F. C. TUCKER CO.
Realtors re nT
Right Angle Called "Key" To AHractive Living Room
| You've got to have the right an-|plies to tables, chairs and wall gle if you. want a living room (decorations as well as such per=
[that's really attractive. 5 manent fixtures as heating units, | A well-balanced room will have| 3 Use Solid Furniture
[that uncluttered look from any | corner. Take a check on yours. Don’t let the room go “Gingers on you. Use solid but
If it looks cluttered from any| bread” clean-lined furniture. If ypu have
{point in the room, then you don’t] hot water or. Steam heat, All pleces of Sorniiure in. hen ; sali ogg os pron: fos, o>
lf have the right angle. Sb A i i another and with the room. If Foor. {big chairs .are combined with Picture frames should be simple, small ones there is bound to be and you can Juspenae Wits the |a feeling of unbalance. Stes aroun y -
iroom entrances. If you go in for modern stuff, It you have the right ie
low and trim looking. This ap-| attractiveness of living.
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IT IS RECOGNIZED that the home building industry of the Marion County Area has performed its task of residential construction in an admirable manner . the number of dwellings built since the end of World War Il closely approaches 25,000 units, including all classes from the most humble to those most elaborate. Homes of good quality have been made available as rapidly as the supply of labor and materials would permit. It has been a big job well done!
THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION thus made toward the welfare and up-building of this Area, as well as the independence afforded to thousands of families is an example of the true working of the free enterprise system.
WE WISH TO COMMEND the home building industry of this Area for its exceptional achievements in producing a steadily increasing record of housing for the people of this community. It has never before been equalled in local history.
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2 and 3-Bedroom Stone Veneer and Stone Veneer Fronts (0th to I3th en Ritter 37th te 38th on Riley
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Eugene Friedmann 5960 Gladden Drive, BR. 6378 15 New Homes Completed in 1949-50 Drive by — See these examples of our construction
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