Show FIRST M AID to the AILING MUNG ROUSE HOUSE b by y Roger C. C Whitman QUESTION There Is a little crack directly over my sink where It forms a joint with the plaster wall The white plaster used for filling the crack always comes out What can be done ANSWER Before the war it was possible to get a neat flexible metal that was made for a crack such as yours or to cover the crack nt at the top of ot a bathtub If you cannot cannot cannot can can- not find any of this fill the crack with a light colored caulking com com- pound This resembles putty but never becomes hard or brittle After After Af M- ter forcing it into the crack run your our finger along the surface to smooth it and after a few days touch It up with enamel to match the walL QUESTION Is there any way to remove the discoloration on my new caused by rain soaking through the ute sheathing and insulation insulation insulation tion ANSWER Stains on the plaster from the rain have gone all the way through and cannot be removed After the plaster has dried out you youcan youcan youcan can the walls The alternative alternative alternative tive is to cut out the stained part of the plaster and QUESTION Is the periodic use of yeast helpful or detrimental to a Ii aseptic aseptic septic tank What effect will the use of drain cleaners have on a septic sep sep- tic tank Is there any specially desIgned designed designed de de- de- de signed product on the market to keep septic tanks in better working order ANSWER Small quantities of ot a adrain adrain adrain drain cleaner can cnn be safely used but large quantities will stop bacterial bac Jac- action In such cases p large arge volumn volume of at water should be run into the tank to carry off au the Bacterial action can then be restarted restarted restarted re re- re- re started by dissolving six cakes of yeast in lukewarm water in a washbasin washbasin washbasin wash wash- basin and flushing It Into the tank |