Show — - — — — — — - — 1 s 3 - -- 1 Sunday Morning Salt gakt ifributte Ije Wall Cracks September 22(1940 D5 - Traditions Centuries Old Influence Dornier Window Designs TWindolvs in Roof 4 1 Trouble Householder 'r - - - k - - I ' k ' - '- ' ' ''''"' - - ': i rövi-d-e r: 4 -- 30 Light In Upstairs Room I '''" ' ' r The development of cracks In the plaster wall of relatively - new hoMes is a COMMull faul- talthough it is not a difficult matter to fill the cracks and place the wall in good condition if loosening of large areas of plaster has not accompanied the cracking The frocking of plaster results from several causes' the most common of which are settlement of fouridatiort walls frp and piers incorrect structural framing of floors walls and roofs and shrinkage of framing lumber Before patching the cracks the borne owner ithould ascertain if possible the cause of the most serious cracks and Whether or not has ceased to exist For instance if - foundation settlement has produced-a-change in position of floor and wall framing and may be expected to continue further cracking of the plaster will occur unless the cause is corrected How to Tell One way to determine whether Qr not major cracking has stopped is to paste small pieces of thin paper over the cracks possibly placing pencil rnarks on them vertical to the 4 cracks Further movement of the crack will break the paper or change the alignment of the If the major pencil marks cause of the cracks has not stopped the cause should be ' corrected before attempting to patch the cracks Paint hardware and other stores usually carry boxes of special patching plaster which are most satisfactory and which The simplify the operation powder is mixed with water and applied with a putty knife or other flat tool Only enough water should be used to pro duce a proper working consistency The 'material should be mixed in small amounts since it hardens within a short time Paint Covers Fine hairline cracks usually can be filled by a little care in a painting the wall Slightly larger cracks often can be filled by dabbing on a thin mixture of patching plaster with a brush using 'care to work the mixture into the cracks as thoroughly as possible For sizable cracks it is adto enlarge the crack visable g 1 slightly by cutting away the plaster with a Tharp knife In doing this enlarge the crack more at the lath surface than at the finish surface This will form a key which will-tento' hold the patch securely in place Fill the crack with patching °1 t plaster pressing it into place and bringing the patch surface up full and smooth with the finish surface of the wall After the patch has hardened sandpaper any rough spots smooth If the patches are large paint them with glue size before painting or papering the 1 wall ' - :'7 7"'"7"--- 1 ( '" '' 4 ''''''' ' 1 -- : :: ti — - ( ‘' ' ': r - ! :4 o' - 4 - - ' ' ‘ ' — - ve“ :- - r 00004 - 77"— k - tv N ' ' 1 ' :: - - Atrn:3 os '7'' 1 ":'''''''''''- er ' 1t ' Few architectural details have enjoyed such universal and prolonged usage as have dormer windows No country can boast of being their birthplace although they wet tremendously popular among architects in the time of the Tudor kings of England and during sixteenth and early sev- enteenth century French and German history As were a great many 8t our architectural traditions dormers- were taken to America by the early settlers and wherever European residential designs have been copied one is apt to find them even in the more modern adapta- - tA " 4 1 - ' - - ' - — " - - - — — 4 4M A s - ' 'T -- ' t : -N ' ' - 1 " i t :'::-7 —- i 3 i '' " k I ii the-cau- t2 1il1 '' k S it t'r°k' L The Most Effective Method of BUYING or SELLING ANY TYPE OF REAL ESTATE ( 0rt70 11 Put This SERVICE WORK ' "41 NOW! ik-- ( ::'':: iri::': k : ' '4: t t i !' 41 f ::::::::- I a Rent 111411-74111Look MATING WITH ONE Is A' utopia wrrn a rodetal Homes:Iota Ina 11Xx Hoe' Inv Oa Home It Garden Os KeltWit Realty Ou Miller Vista Me04111101V R IL ca Morgan Inv Oa freemen IL E Inv Ow Rldenut Realty Ca Utah Waite Cone Os Ed D Smith A Seam Salt Lake ILEA Inv Ott tinkle 'tenet OIL Woke E R Ca Weedbarr Core Gaddle A- I ALL jw ' Cs him -' BE SURE TO SEE TODAY'S " :(:' -' or ' e' t ' : ' 4 dormers home of R Verne 159 Yale aveMcCullough nue 2—Unusual and interesting dormer Lorenzo S Young residence 1603 Michi3—American gan avenue colonial residence of J 11 A1 ‘: '71 ''' :'::!P:::'1?'!:!'i:i:: 0:':'il'- ' 4 t:':::'" ' ' !:: 4 L1 e' f : :41 " ' - k: - et r i' ci: :f e - ::1:: : ' " - - -' 115 Alt'°7-:::-- r - 4Ii :04 1010(44164104100amok400 - i4 'iSditolltimommow 4:1: ‘si It Will Be a Hazardous Life for Boys! Scientists Predict Glass House Era The world of tomorrow will be built of glass if the trend toward translucent glass blocks ciintinues to grow Already after less than six years of de- velopment glass blocks are widely used in many types of industrial and commercial buildings Entire walls are built of them— walls which admit more light and less outside temperature yet which insure more pri vacy and less fire hazard Assertedly the most important decorative advance made in recent years translucent glass blocks can convert an old house into one that is strikingly new and attractive Walls built of the material are rendered more interesting because the eye and the brain are unused to seeing light streaming through a solid-looki- reveal space about 14 inches wide running from stairs to ceiling When properly trimmed this will leave a space in which glass blocks may be installed Over-larg- e bedrooms may be transformed by building a glass blocks across one end or living and dining spaces separated from each other by lOw' parapets tan be made modern by replacing the old wood parapet with a screen wall of blocks running from floor to ceiling r 12-in- ch ed Remodeling Value Kitchens too and even basements can be remodeled with glass blocks which because of their light-passiand characteristics improve both the lighting and the comfort of old outmoded quarGlass blocks are about four inches thick and vary in width and height from 5 by 8 Holand 6 by 6 inches to 12 inches square low centers which are half vacuum slow down the passage of heat through them while ridged design make possible a wide range of values Laid in mortar—by regular masons—glass blocks may be installed in the outside or inside partitions of any house Gloomy rooms can be transformed into chambers by replacing solid outside walls with panels of hollow glass blocks As an example of how useful they may be dark poorly lighted stairs can be readily and inexpensively lighted by installing glass First the wall covering between two adThis will joining studs should be removed ed Here's Fine Thing For Any House Has Three Services -- A versatile new piece of household equipment useful for various purpose! consists of a util ity storage 'cabinet clothes drier and bathroom heater all in one A heating element and motor-drive- n fan inclosed in the bot tom of the cabinet mace It either a bathroom heater or a drier for articles placed on racks Inside the cabinet '' '''11 If''' Yid' -- 3 a 9 ' At tiff dee st She i vet ituiet City serWed and wet II I Ili tlog ion lovely MILLBROOK where modern commu planning a 'iltcharm log homes now offer you a picture of the Weal home site rine streets natural Ras excellent Cu Water Hilary electrio and Lote service telephone for IS:100 down and cagy terms Timi east off Higm land Drive at :nth South — --- -- ntom x- - -- 111--- 1 wt I Ift10151x r tik4! tvn :11 i ' - my Iiilte 1C110144t l' M1000000 Too Many Light Cords Prove Dancrerous for Home Owners Electric light cords sprawling from the outlet like legs on a giant spider are not only unsightly and inconvenient but according to safety engineers studying home accidents are a primary cause of injuries received in falls Specifications described as adequate" by 'electrical experts and home designers now call There are manyways of ifor at least one Dower outlet for every 12 feet of baseboard in ncreasing a home's livability addition- to convenience outlets through additional electrical outlets set in the exterior wall of set in each large usable wall the house on the driveway side space so the vacuum cleaner can be Such a network of light plugs plugged In for the regular autooffers more efficient use of elecmobile housecleaning trical appliances provides pos- Some homes now have an apsibility for adequate eye com- pliance circuit wired near the fort and enhances decorative effects fireplace so that the home's social center may be served by Heavy Wiring an electrically equipped hostess ' For outlets serving the kitch— tray en dining room pantry or launDecorating tee dry wiring heavier than used At a recent lighting conferfor ordinary light circuits should ence in New York City Miss be provided to prevent overloadBertha Schaefer well known' ining of the line l terior decorator declared "in: tricate experiments and inventions have given us controroVer lighting of our rooms after dark that we never dreamed of hav- log We have been given facilities that now encourage imaginative uses of light REPAIR SERVICE' any utilitarian ideas we may New Bathroom Fixtures have had before ' in old Tour fixtures taken "To be good decoration lightIs down payment se new Balance easy terms ing mtat bethought out along with the other fundamental requirements of the room and built iinto it It cannot be applied or thrown into a room after the room is finished but II'PLtTMSING & HEATING be an integral part of the toss B'e loll P Dial 711117 must U original conception" - it 00481ok ei shown roof with lore posi above set-ba- Arguments Should eneered one choose furniture? question there is no general answer Choice Is a matter of per sonal taste decorative or stylistic usage or fitness for par- i ticular purpose By reason of their beauty and stamina solid strength pieces are Important for such structural uses as chair frames table legs and the posts and rails of dressers sideboards and other cabinets Solid pieces are also important for all surfaces which are to be embellished with carved 'reeded or fluted ornamentation For table tops flat surfaces of desks and bookcases and panels of bedroomsand dining furniture the choice of solid or veneered construction depends upon Individual preference If you take pride In the own-- ership of solid pieces and do not attach great value to those A careful check over the house will reveal if all available space is being utilized Usually there is space going to waste in either the cellar or the attic This space can easily be turned into a cosy den or guest room on the top floor or a playInsuroom in the basement latinq board wallboard or other materials applied partition over the oM walls:will redeem this "no man's land" at a very slight cost EC - effects of wood figures which can be created only through use of veneers buy solid pieces If on the other hand you take delight in beautifully figured woods artistically composed and matched you will choose veneered furniture In either field the market provides richly varied selections ranging upward to the highest quality The impression of some homemakers that veneering Is not a satisfactory substitute for solid wood is erroneous 'neither the data of the testing laboratory nor the history of furniture sustains it Both the-- poorest quail-tie- s of furniture and the finest can be and are made In tither Solid or veneered construction There is no inherent difference In excellence between the two MIMI 701 SO STATIC The dormer finds its chief use in the house in which the owner does not want a full two stories yet desires several upstairs' rooms 'usually for sleeping quarters Often from the inside vantage the dormer provides an attractive cove in the wall inasmuch as the pitch of the roof prevents continuing the room walls straight up from the house This makes first floor in the manner of a a short corridor leading to the window necessary ' Closely allied with the dormer yet often confused with it is the oriel window of which many classic examples exist in' England add the' eiltern 'Milted States It consists of a bay placed on or near the roof line and winprojecting from the wall surface Technically any bay d6w may be calledln oriel but more often they are used to light upper floor rooms Often they are placed in a cortwo-sto- ner formed by two walls set at right angles Both dormers and oriels are more expensive to construct than ordinary windows set flush with the wall Many designers prefer the full housi in which the savtwo-sto- III The :Banco I:rill:2114v" I 6eawn111 illoomonomme Dial LAST CALL! 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clude limited but highly desir-ablcareful thought and a short de- professional seryices such as minor adaptations of the plan scription of the various ways of 1r to your special needs-alacquiring a new- - home may help get condecide bids of you ting preparation tracts and periodic subervision ' Ready Built of construction This method One method is to buy a house brings to the owner expert guidmice at low cost ready built by some developer or builder This is the simplest way Fourthly there is the single and solves the problem if it is contract method by which the just what you want in a locadeveloper or contractor undertion you like and at a price you takes to provide a completed can afford lt is the only method home ready to move into for a that enables you to see the finprice set in advance This inished product before you buy cludes planning financing and but you must be a good judge construction of construction and property The fifth and most satisfictory values and you should satisfy method of building your home is to hire your own architect He yourself thatNthe hidden parts are as good as the parts you can will render a complete service see from the making of sketches and In the second method you btiypreparation of working draw"stock" plans and have the house ings and specifications for the built according to their specifihome obtaining bids aiding in cations by a reliable contractor the award of contracts (includSuch plans cost from $2 per set ing preparation of all contract documental to- - full—supervision up to $5 or more per 'Tom Bids of construction to make certain may be invited froni several good builders to make certain that the that the contract is fulfilled PLUMING Et --- CLASSIFIED SECTION ng E1LPERT v e ng ters Banish Gloom light-flood- heat-stoppi- ng wall ng 1—Dutch - House That Jack Builds Shotild Have Careful Inspection of Buyer :: s ' are bilitica 1 i'' '' an Important ' " ::::: FfZ::::: '(::'''':!'':'''?:':::::: form partof architectural Their many decorative :!:!::!:!!iti:::"-i- $ Iwo' Dormers - - Visit t Rummerh0117611Eist Ninth 4—ReminisMouth street cent of medieval European dormers is this on the home of Wilford W Gardner 1153 5—Half Harvard avenue dormers on New England farmhouse designed for L S Skaggs 1330 Harvard avenue - - 'i under-the-ro- I1 1:e: 4411444 - de ' :' : 4' 'i: i 44 the- 040wmasi 55::5 r - — iPoloa-':::':':'- i'!7 ' 5:: '''"'''''': !::::: ' $ SALT LAKE REAL ESTATE BOARD i l'''': ‘ '': sitil - AhletWallare- lee 4 American Rotates aim Badger Realty Os Bettllyea Herne Minden t 1 :1'74''''J LISTING SYSTEM et ' ' H ::- ''' MULTIPLE 3:::' 1::: '::''' — The name "dormer" was given to these windows bi- cause they generally lighted sleeping grooms in the 'upper or portion of a house Architecturally they represent an extension of the oat-siwall surface through the roof providing a means of Jetting light into the roof area through windows Because the dormer window needs protection from ttre elements a separateJoof is placed over it These roofs can take many forms—gabled hipped flat or sloped in one direction— depending usually upon the pitch of the main roof through which they project Thre are no set architectural rules for their position in the roof Some are flush with the exterior wall breaking through the elves only while others are set back several— feet from the wall plane In the latter case they may project out from the roof at an angle or they may be recessed depending upon the architectural effect sought Amount of architectural floarishes and detail ornamenting the dormer is governed entirely by the style of home desired Thus some of the early European examples are embellished with elaborate gables scroll work and carving log rows of such dormers placed in steep roofs are characteristic of Teutonic countries The treatment is simearly French examples and more so in the Engpler — lish types While most dormers present flat rectangular faces to the street some have double windows separated by a casement Others are composed of only a single window Some- times shutters are added for the sake of design e :— 1 as:i::: 4 Strips Used If walls are to be finished ‘w i t h wallpaper strips of painter's muslin are sometimes glued to th4 wall over the cracks as reinforcement and the patching plaster omitted except in the case of any large cracks Patching of plaster is nOt a difficult operation but often requires considerable care and time to obtain a presentable finish surface i 0 'teed for Bedrooms I 1 ' tions of classic designs Although they have a desirable esthetke value 'dormer windows have one priMary function To permit occupancy of the otherwise wasted space between first floor Ceilings and the roof of a house Thus a dormer-i- s never found in the early California styleshomes nor in structures influenced by Pueblo Indian architecture of which the low flat roof is characteristic — ::: f ' 4 - 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