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Show FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE I j by Roger C. Whitman QUESTION: The floor of our trailer home is covered with an asphalt covering which is rather badly worn. Would you recommend recom-mend laying tile over this covering, cover-ing, or taking up the old and starting start-ing from scratch? ANSWER: A good floor-covering contractor probably would prefer to take up the old covering because it might make an uneven base for the tile. He would know best about that, however, after seeing the actual ac-tual condition of the present covering. cov-ering. QUESTION: Ii there a paint to eal leaks in a roof by painting over the roofing? ANSWER: Leaks often can be stopped by the application of an ; asphalt roofing cement. A roofer j can do this job for you. But if the roof leaks all over, a new roof would be more advisable. |