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Show LoansNowAvailable For Repairing Roofs There is no more fundamental strength in a house than a good roof. This is the protection agjainst the weather, whether it be hot, stormy or cold, says William Peterson, director di-rector of U. S. A. C. extension service. ser-vice. When one rides from one end of Utah to the other he cannot help but be greatly impressed with the necessity neces-sity of rehabilitating the houses of the state. Many of the houses seem to have gone a long time without any expenditure for upkeep. They lack paint, new casings, cornices and screens; but probably the most outstanding out-standing recess'ty is roof repairing. Many of the shingle roofs have stood long beyond the natural life of the material out of which they were built. Some of the roofs have actually begun to shed and show the bare sheathing underneath. There are still literally hundreds of houses that are in dire necessity of being re-shingled. re-shingled. One m;ght postpone the mending of the porch floor, or the corner of the screen, but to postpone the fixing of the roof when it needs it is both dangerous and wasteful. It will never get better. The only time it is safe, in the philosophy of the Arkansas traveler, is when it does not rain or storm. Schedule I of the federal hous'ng act makes it possible for home owners own-ers to secure loans of sufficient ; amount to repair their buildings and make repayment while living under a good roof. The best time to shingle is now if the house needs it. The recent practice prac-tice of putting new shingles on without with-out removing the old ones is a safe and satisfactory plan. This method gives a better insulation and the roof will be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. The only precaution pre-caution necessary is that if there are bare spots on the roof cover them before the new shingles are added. i |