Show FIRST AID to The the t lUU f oust HOUSE by 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 tle crack always comes conies out What can be done ANSWER Before Defore the war It was possible to get a neat flexible metal that was made for a crack such luch as yours or to cover the crack at the top of It a bathtub If you cannot cannot cannot can- can not find any of this fill the crack with a light-colored light caulking com com- pound This resembles putty but never becomes hard or brittle After After After Af Af- ter forcing It Into the crack run your 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 sheathing and insulation Insult Insult- lion tion ANSWER Stains on the plaster from the rain have gone one all the way through and cannot be removed After the plaster has dried out you youcan youcan youcan can paint the walls The alternative live tive is to cut out the stained part of the plaster and QUESTION Is the periodic use of yeast helpful or detrimental to a aseptic aseptic aseptic septic tank What effect will the use of drain cleaners have on a sep 1 I Itic 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 clesner can be safely used but large quantities will stop has bac bacterial ac- ac action In such cases s large volumn volume of water should be run into the tank to carry off oU the Bacterial action can then be restarted restarted restarted re re- started by dissolving six cakes of yeast in lukewarm water in a washbasin washbasin wash wash- basin and flushing it into the tank |