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Show I I | t LOANS AVAILABLE AVAILABLC FORREPAIRING FORREPAIRING FOR FORREPAIRING REPAIRING HOUSE HOUSC ROOFSBy ROOFS ROOFSBy - By ( ( By William Peterscn Petersen Peterson , Director .DIrector . . of ofExtension ofExtension ofExtension Extension Service of the Utah state stateAgricultural StateAgricultural StateAgricultural Agricultural College ) There is no more fundamental fundamentalstrength fundamentalstrength fundamentalstrength strength in a house than a good roof roofThis roofThis roofThis This is protection against weather weatherwhether , whether it is hot , stormy or cold When Whenone Whenone Whenone one ndes 11des rides from one end of Utah to tothe tothe tothe the other o her , he can not help being bemg 1m im impressed 1mpressed impressed pressed with the necessity of hab hab- habIlitating habrlltating habilitating - - ilitating rlltating the houses of the state st1.te st1te . Many Manyof Manyof Manyof of the houses seem to have gone a long longtime longtime longtime time \ without \ ithout any expenditure or up upI uph.een upkeea upkeen I h.een heen keea . They lack paint , new casingscornices casingscornices casings cornices and screens , and probably casingsI the themost themost themost I most outstanding cutstanding necessity is roof reo re- re repairing re repairing - pairing airing pairingMany airingMany Many of the shingle roofs have stood stoodlong stoodlong stoodlong long beyond the natural l life e of the themateria thematerials thematerial materia materials of which they wferb wae wlerb built builtSome builtSome builtSome Some of the roofs have actually begun begun be- be begun - gun to shed and show the bare sheath sheath- sheathing sheathing sheathing - ing underneath There are still literally literal literally literally ly hundreds of homes that are in m dire direnecesslt direnecessity necesslt necessity . cf being bemg reshmgledOne reshingledOne reshingled reshmgled reshingledOne One might postpone the mending of ofthe ofthe ofthe the po-ch po ch porch poach - floor flcor , , or the corner of the thescreen thescreen thescreen screen , but to postpone the fixing fixmg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the roof when it needs it is both dan dan- dangerous dangerous dangerous - gerous and wasteful It will wm never get getbetter getbetter getbetter better The only time it is 15 safe . , in the thephilosophy thephilosophy thephilosophy philosophy of the Arkansas Arkancas : Traveler"is Traveleris TravelerYs Traveler IS Ys " when it does not ram rain or stormSchedule stormSchedule storm stormSchedule Schedule 1 of the Federal Housmg HousmgAct HousmgAct HousingAct Act makes it posible poslble for home ownelS owners ownersto ownelSto owneisto to secure loans of suficlent suflc1ent sufficient amount amountto amountto amountto to repan repall their buildings bmldmgs and make makeroofs makeroofs makeroofs roofs roofsThe The best time to shingle is now ifthe if I the house needs it The recent 'Practice Practice ' practiceof 'Practiceof of putting puttmg new shingles on , withoutremoving without withoutremOVIng withoutremoving remOVIng the old ones , is 15 a safe and andsatisfactory andsatisfactory andsatisfactory satisfactory plan This method gIves givesa a better nsulation and the roof 'ill ill 'illhe \ ' willbe \ III IIIbe be he cooler in m the summer and wannerm wannerill warmerin wanner warmer ill in the winter wmter The only precaution precautionnecessary precautionnecessaly . necessalY necessary is that it iC if there are bare barei barespots barespots barespots i spots on the rocf rocfl rock | , < CO\ CO co\cr co cr COer cotter \ er th/'m th 'm m Itr'm Itrm Wpm ) / ' J e- e be- be > - efore before be before - fore new shigles shlgles are addedWhether addedWhether added addedWhether Whether the ownei ownel owner uses the woodshingles "oed oed wood "oedshmgles woodshingles " shmgles shingles or some other type of roofIng roofingis IS to his t tiste t1.8te t18te . nste Certainly Certamly the Pffst bgst bgstgrade Pffstgrade bstgrade ? PffstI grade of cedar shingles shmgles have given givenentlle givenentne givenentne I entlle entne satisfaction Much is claimed claimedI claimedfOl claimedfor claimedfoi fOl for some of the manufactured roofingI roofingHO roofingHowever roofing roofingHowevei I Howevei HOeve1 However HO\\ HO \ \ eve1 . , It is not the plan to dls- dls dis- dis dlscllmmDte discriminate - I dis-j dis j eliminate cllmmDte criminate either foi fOl for 01 or against agamst anyI anytype anytype any type of roof reof , but in 111 the spirit of theHousmg theHousing the | Housing Housmg Act , it is urgent that thej theI the thereofs theroofs I I rcofs reofs roofs of many houses be recove1ed recovered recove1edFor recoveredFor recoveiedj recove1edI For futher information for fcr qualify qualif I ling , ing mg foi fOl for loans : see cee youi YOUl your banker banh.er banher . |