| Show SOME HINTS FOR BUILDERS Great Care Should Be Taken In Sele fion of the tho Most Substantial Roofing Material If II you were without preparation on or 01 orn n tau plan rudely placed in a a. wilderness your first thought would be of food tood supply and your next of shelter for vital necessities necessities these are the two most tics ties of mankind It is therefore natural that the best thought and study are put upon these two essen essen- More forward steps have been taken taleen In tho the building industry in tho the pa past t fifteen years as regards comfort service and architectural beauty ty thanin than thanin in the fifty years previous Only in recent years has the handling hand hand- handling ling of cement in building work been understood properly and progress is still sUll constantly being made with it Modern hotels and office buildings are being equipped with sheet metal and steel doors Nearly every important change in building construction is away from the fire hazard of wood One Orie of the most significant develop ments of recent years is the crushed slate surfaced asphalt shingle which Is on new construction and old rapidly rapid rapid- ly supplanting the wooden article There are many reasons for this The slate surfaced shingles add beauty to I any building building In in fact there is really I Ino no comparison from an architectural standpoint Crushed slate of pleasing tints of red or green is employed as a surfacing The Tho shingles are uniformly uniform uniform- ly eight inches wide and are exposed four Inches to the weather No painting paintIng paint paint- Ing is necessary as the red or green crushed slate is natural and ther therefore fore cannot fade ade The purchaser however should guard himself against buying a slate surfaced shingle that is not guaranteed guaranteed guaran teed by a reliable and responsible manufacturer There are so BO many kinds of or roofing and shingles on the market today each claiming to be the best that it becomes necessary for the buyer to get some satisfactory assurance assurance assur assur- ance that hat the ro roofing fing or shingles are represented honestly |
