Show FIRST AID 1 to the AILING HOUSE by ROGERS ROGER B WHITMAN 1 0 roger B whitman service stucco fuestion nU QUESTION ESTION some 17 years a agn gi 1 Z I 1 stuccoed coed my house with stucco the metal lath has started to show through and some cracks are appearing I 1 am trying to find a finish which will be nearly like the present gray to contrast with the red tile root roof answer once stucco has begun to disintegrate there is no permanent method of stopping this condition the only remedy is to remove the present stucco and refinish with a good portland cement stucco you can get the desired color from one of the makers of colored stucco renovating Renova ting I 1 question in doing over an old farmhouse I 1 intend to strip walls and ceilings of all lath and plaster and to run necessary pipes and conduits before re plastering would it be better to use wood or metal lath there is no heat and I 1 do not expect to put it in at once but will install risers for steam or hot water while the plaster is off would you prefer steam or hot water why answer for a house that is to be occupied only occasionally I 1 should prefer some form of circulating warm air with both steam and hot water ar all water would have to be drained off on leaving and on opening up the house it would be many hours before the system could be filled and the radiators heated with warm air all of this would be avoided donot overlook the need for putting good metal weather strips on all windows and outside doors vegetable storeroom question please give me the requirements quire ments for building a cold room for the storage of fruit vegetables etc answer enclose the area to be used for the storage room with a rigid insulating board U use s e four inch studding and cover both sides of the walls with the insulating board A small window in the partition will help ventilate the storage room the window should not be opened so wide as to permit the warm air of the cellar to get into the cold room the walls and boards could be painted with aluminum paint to keep keel any possible dampness from damaging the insulating board as well as provide additional dit ional insulation the door must fit snugly in the wall fireplace hearth question the specifications call for a fire brick floor in a fireplace instead the builder has laid a concrete floor claiming this is more heat resisting than the fire brick we have our doubts about this and would like your opinion answer fire brick might be more satisfactory for the purpose however if the concrete was laid in sufficient thickness and proper proportions it should prove serviceable painting a house ahouse question in painting a frame house is it advisable to pul pu on a coat of aluminum paint first if so why Is it more costly than ordinary paint answer aluminum paint is most widely used for a priming coat on new wood surfaces it matesan mak makes esan an excellent base for the foll following oking coats of paint in repainting it is not necessary aluminum paint does not cost more than ordinary paints fireproofing paper question how can paper be made fireproof answer soak it in a solution of 8 ounces acid and 10 ounces borax in I 1 gallon of water float the paper on mhd liquid until thoroughly saturated and then hang up to drip and dry stains in a sink A correspondent writes that stains can be removed from pro celain sinks by sprinkling chlorinated lime in the sink in the evening by morning all spots so treated and sprinkled will disappear |