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WI~METTE ~~~E ' May 3, 1929 "'AIJI.fMAN ~SHIELDS ' AND ENCLOSURIS I natall Them Now During Spring House Cleanina Estimates Cheerfully Furnished American Metal Products Corp. 806 North Michigan A venue Superior 7178 Chicago Local Dealers \ ' Ito J. Killian, Inc. Winnetka 90S Good 11ousekeeplng Shop Greenleaf !890 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS about ~ lot which should be determined before the sit~_ is purchase<!. The lot is important, for if it is inconveniently located or decreases in value the house IGURING the soundness and prac- is proportionately undesirable to the ticality of the house plans is im- owner and lessens in financial value. portant to a person building a home. \;\/aterproofing the cellar walls of Both construction materials and plans your new home will cost little more should be standard as the builder will find out when he goes about the fin- than 1 percent of the entire expense ancing of his home. Untried m_ a terials of your house. Since nothing can should be let alone-freakish or bizarre make a home deteriorate faster than designs should be regarded as a hazard- a leaking cellar, sending up dampous investment. Asking himself ness, making beams swell and warp, whether his house plans are practical causing plaster to crack and discolor, and his builder of good reputation, th_ e your money spent on waterproof cellar home owner should be able to give walls is well spent. himself the answer "yes" to both questions. AJso there are several points Cleaning the outside of your double hung winqows from t_he inside-safely and e~..§ily-is no longer one of the impossibilities of life. There are double hung windows to be had with sash, upper and lower, which pulls inward from the top, locl~ing at just the correct height for easy cleaning. These two windows are weather tight and storm proof and do not interfere with outside screens. Moreover perfect ventilation is assured as well as drudgery and danger eliminated. These windows may be installed on any standard double hung wood sash. No special frames are necessary and they are available for old or new construction work. . Building Pointers F Water softeners are a convenience, and in many localities, where the water is unusually hard, they are almost a necessity. One well known company which has been proficient in its manufacture of water softeners and other similar equipment has recently put on the market a new type of softener:. Closet racks give increased closet space and may be purchased in variou s colors to match closet and bedroom color scheme. Modernization of a home does not mean necessarily that a house wa s originally built of inferior materials. The great majority of the homes which are being remodeled at the present time are those which have stood ior many years and are structurally sound. This work is often done for the sake of change and to make possible the use of modern conveniences and materials. Modernizing is not confined to any one material. It includes many different ones. Frame houses are remodeled with brick or stucco, stucco is replaced by brick or a new overcoating of the same stucco is given the house sidings replaced with shingles or . vice '. versa. New exterior surfacings of lumber are popular today in all parts of the country. Where the exterior surfaces of an old house are badly in need of painting and repairing it may be less expensive and much more satisfactory to place ~ new coat of siding directly on the old. The old-time transom is returning, this time in the modern form of door ventilators. And improved, of course: for by putting the transom in the door wall s_pace is saved and there is added efficiency furnished the ventilator from having the opening at the side of the ventilating panel c_losed to form a flue. A top pan el or door sash til t<> open by means of two collapsible hinges. A lock from the room side of the door is opened by a pull on the handle. When the door is opened an automatic closer closes the ventilating panel and when the door is closed again opens the ventilator. The shower bath compartment, leak proof and self contained, may be insta11ed in old houses or new, and, because it is manufactured moderate in price. can be afforded bv the owner of the small house as well as of the large. -