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Show V Bad Construction Pays Off If Locating Furring Strips -- 144. Th. 6-- ud Tribun Sywhote enamel. By Herman Baum Dear House Doctor; Please tell me how to locate studs and furring strips in a wall. T.C.A. CAN OFTEN WALLS BE DETECTED envelope for Bulletin 6, on the subject of stain removal from marble. . 16 J.M.W. - The best location for a ceiling exhaust ton Is as near the center of the house as possible, preferably in a center hall. CLEAR FINISHES FOR WOOD Dear House Doctor: I have purchased some unfinished birch plywood cabinets for my kitchen and have started to finish them myself. I tried test applications of varnish and shellac and both made the wood slightly darker. What finish can I use that will not change the color? G.F. ANSWER change the mm FENCING 58"x8" 10C lin. ft. x4"-- 8 ft. posts $1.50 ea. SEZ OY FINISH FOR Do-It-Yoursel- fers -- CALL US TODAY FOR THE BEST --- want to We be of service to you CEDAR FENCE Wide Grape Stake 17c each Cedar $1.30 each rfihrnftiiiYi ifa--- Ti INGS Dear House Doctor. 1 have aluminum awnings on my home. They were purchased with a baked-o- n finish, but they now need refinishin?,' I had expected this type finish to be permanent. What kind of paint should I use for C.K.W. (Continued on page 5) ST Grangers Top Area X -- Contractors and PRICES if- - Any finish will ing. If you will touch a damp finger tip to bare wood, the color that appears under the moisture will be the lightest color that you can obtain with a finish. 2)S)9 Basket Weave Popular - color of wood. Clear lacquer Is the least offender In this respect, but it should be applied by spray- CARLOAD PURCHASE! Ti"bk. - Send a stamped, ed or 24 inches apart, The "tap and listen method is another way to locate studs. ANSWER - This Is the only The idea is to rap on the wall instance we can think of where with your knuckles and attempt to locate the area that has a it pays to have a sloppily constructed home. In fact, this solid sound that denotes a stud, is one check point that is used as compared to the hollow in determining the quality of sound of the void areas. On a home. dry walls, we have scored Lets start with a home that something less than a passing has plastered walls. Along the grade by using this method, TAP WALL TO but we always get a flat zero bottom of the walls is a baseLOCATE SOLID on plaster. board. This is always nailed Perhaps your SOUND. to the studs or furring strips. sense of hearing is more acute The idea, then, is to look for than ours. A gadget called a stud the location of the nails. Even the worst of carpenters will finder is available at hardset the nails and fill in the ware stores. It is nothing holes with putty. If this has more than a magnetized bar not been done skillfully, you suspended at the center. You move it along the wall surface, will find small bumps or depressions. These locations and when it passes over a nail concealed beneath the plaster, may also appear as discolored dots where the oil in the putty the bar Is deflected. The nail will be in the stud. If you has discolored the paint. Studs and furring strips are care to use this method, all supposed to be located 16 we can do Is wish you luck. When all else fails, you can inches apart. In low quality construction, they may be do some probing. Drill smaU spaced 24 inches apart and not hole through the plaster just too accurately located, at that. above the baseboard. Do this But when you find one, there is In a suspected area which a good chance that you can would be 17 inches from erne LAST RESORT-DRI- LL If the drill wall comer. find the others by measuring. HOLE IN PLASTER Studs that frame door opengoes through Into a void, probe PROBE WITH WIRE. through the hole with a bent ings violate the rule because wire to locate the stud. The they can be placed anywhere. Dry wall joint finishing Is holes can be easily closed with an art mastered by few, so if patching plaster. you have these walls in your OUTPATIENTS CLINIC home, the joints between the sections of gypsumboard can M.C. The most practical usually be detected. There is always a stud or furring strip treatment for this rough attic behind these joints. There are floor is to apply a stain. The also one or two additional wood Is too rough for varnishstuds located between the ing. If you' prefer a light joints. These may be either color, use porch and deck LOOK FOR NAILS IN BASEBOARD JOINTS IN DRY Mrs. B.S. ' - Til , . k,;. if 7 , -- ,, . 3f ''-i- - 5 - '' ' v ' f h , i V - ;;- V j . $ -J I' yr 94r- . i i rlSmiiijMiitfrr3" , I , so, ...2-..- baths, 4 bedrooms, GE kitchen, family room, 2 fireplaces, 8 rooms, 2 4x4-- 8 21,300 SOUTHEAST BUILDERS 2189 McClelland CIIDDI V House We jUrrLI ff SOUTH OF GRANITE L. C. rw it-- , Sugar FURNITURE 331 Cast 4th South 484-441- 9 (Roy) Robinson. Mgr 364-647- 7 mm H |