Show FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE 19 IV 11 off 6 L a by roger B whitman roger B whitman features WALLPAPER CAN BE PAINTED HEN wallpaper is old and dingy W WHEN the freshening of the rooms gives a choice between stripping it oft off and replacing it putting new wallpaper over it or painting of the three painting is the simplest but with the warning that it is not always practical for one thing the liquid of the paint may strike through the wallpaper and loosen the paste and this is especially likely to happen if the wallpaper is bulged and shows other signs of not being firmly attached with wallpaper in good condition painting is possible when the conditions are right in the first place the paint must be of a kind that dries quickly so that there is the least possible chance that the paste will be loosened also the paint should have enough body to cover the wallpaper design with a single coat A good type of paint for this purpose is a top quality calcimine which comes as a powder to be mixed with water or a casein paint that comes as a paste to be thinned with water to painting consistency painting should be done on a warm and dry day with good ventilation for the more quickly the paint dries the less chance there will be for it to strike through and soften the wallpaper paste painting can also be done at a time when the heater is going and the house is thoroughly warm lamp support question I 1 want to hang an oil lamp from an ordinary plaster ceiling of an inexpensive frame house the lamp weighs about six pounds how can I 1 be sure that the supporting screw will go into something solid rather than into the space between two laths baths answer rAt at a hardware store you can get what is known as a toggle bolt which will give ample support because in going through the space between two laths baths it acts as a bridge across them another method would be to screw a strip of wood six inches or so wide and a foot or more long to the ceiling where the screws would go into several laths baths the toggle bolt would be neater because it would not show sun deck floor question we are planning to have a sundeck sun deck cut into our third floor roof what type of flooring would you recommend we plan to cover the deck with canvas what weight canvas should we use anaw answer r tongue and groove fir pine or spruce flooring no 2 common flooring grade is gener generally aUy used the beardt should be seven eighths of an inch thick and not over four inches wide use a type of canvas made especially for roofing purposes roofing canvas manufacturers furnish complete directions on the correct method of laying a canvas root roof difference in temperature question there is a difference ot of about 15 degrees in the temperature of our living room taken near the floor and the temperature taken near the ceiling naturally the heat goes up Is there any simple way of equalizing the room temperature hot water heat is being used answer the best way to get even distribution of heat in the room is to run a small electric fan set on the loor floor and blowing into the lower part A t a radiator log cabin question the pine logs of my cabin have been shaved how can I 1 treat them for preservation and to retain their whiteness how long should logs season before bein being c treated answer two coats of spar var lish will act as a preservative and will vill maintain light color for bior some time ime however the logs will darken ath age which cannot be avoided ane ne winters seasoning should be tri ough |