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Show Techniques Lower Costs Of Building Top-quality homes can bt built for less money today thanks to new construction techniques tech-niques and building materials that require less labor to install Among the more outstanding examples ' of this is an architects' archi-tects' axiom that it costs less tc build wall areas when walls ol windows are used. The- reason for this is thai framing for a window opening plus the narrow wall section costs much more per square fool in labor and materials than bi windows. The late Frank Lloyc Wright was the first to use this idea. Some of his homes have 5C windows, but only a half-dozen window openings. Walls of ponderosa pine windows win-dows are available today from' the factory, pre-assembled andi ready to be fitted into place with a minimum of labor. Another cost-saving technique practiced by many builders is the use of truss roof construe- iu1 - ... ' - I: si: i. - . ; . " l .. 3 - I if"1 - vi: fg"'gTJ ':' juA Big window areas, like these rows of ponderosa pine sliding! sash, help cut overall construction construc-tion costs, yet make homes look better and more expensive. tion. Studies have shown that a low pitched roof of asphalt shingles shin-gles costs far less than a flat roof. Among the reasons for this are that a truss roof does not require load bearing walls on the interior as a fiat roof does. In addition, less labor is needed to apply asphalt shingles than is required for other types of roofing. roof-ing. When a house is to be air conditioned, con-ditioned, proper insulation in walls, ceilings, and floors results in a marked savings on overall construction. Mineral wool insulation, in a 6 inch thickness in the ceiling, a minimum of 3 inches in walls, and 2 inches in floors where needed, sharply reduces the costs of cooling equipment required. |