Page 18M Register-Guard. Eugene, Ore,
Sun., Apr. 6, 1952
Paneling Helps Insulate Room
I An easy way to refinish and
at the same time insulate a room
in an old house no matter how
badly the plaster may be cracked
is to apply a reflective vapor
barrier, furring strips and pine
paneling.
If there are no holes in the
walls a thorough coating of alu
minum paint can be applied to
the walls. Or paper the room
with metal foil.
Locate studs usually spaced
16 inches on centers by tapping
for solid sounds. Securely nail
thin furring strips horizontally
around the room to provide nail
ing bases for vertical pine boards.
Tongue and groove lumber, with
or without decorative edges, can
then be nailed to the furring.
Thin trimming strips can frame
windows and form a new base
board. Quarter-round molding
or cornice strips can trim the
wall and ceiling joints.
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RICH SIMPLICITY OF A conventional nature is embodied in this home on College
Hill owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank A Tripp. Designed for comfortable living for two
people, it is easily expanded by the use of a guest room and office, each with its
own bath, to accommodate children and grandchildren on occasion. A fine view is
available to the east and south from living, dining, master bedroom windows -and
from the breakfast nook. An enclosed patio behind the house offers privacy for loung
ing and sun-bathing. Heating is by oil-fired forced warm air automatically converted
to a cooling plant when summer arrives. In the dining room, lighting is accomp
lished by tube light concealed behind a cove around the room just below ceiling level
and controlled by rheostat. In the living room, two flush ceiling fixtures center light
for occasional card games. The house, designed by Architect Percy Bentley, is at 2380
Olive. St
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Overcoat for a House
Makes It Snug and Rigid
' Ever think of giving your house
an overcoat? It's a smart way to
make lightly-built walls wind and
weather tight and to add rigidity
to an old house that shakes and
vibrates in heavy storms. It gives
the house a new look .and consid
erably prolongs its life.
Overcoating is the best con
struction practice in renovating
old houses. It can be done with
shingles, either wood or compo
sition, imitation brick siding,
stucco, or a single thickness of
brick veneer. v
When it comes to a roof, its
always good practice to lay a new
roof over the old. It increases in
sulating value and saves the cost
of removing the old roofing.
THE ADDITIONAL weight of
an overcoat of shingles, composi
tion siding, or stucco is carried by
the framework of the house, which
is nlentv strong, except in the!
flimsiest construction.
Brick veneer, however, calls for
a broadening of the foundation to
carry the weight and for a liberal
use of metal ties driven into the
old framework and imbedded in
the mortar joints.
For the best job in overcoat
ing sidewalls, apply stiff sheets
" of insulation to the old walls, then
a layer of building felt or good
quality building paper. Nails long
enough to get a solid hold in the
old wood are used for shingles or
stucco lath applied oyer this.
PROPERLY APPLIED stucco
will greatly increase the stiffness
of house walls. Shingles will not
add so much. But a brick veneer
will overcome almost any lack of
rigidity.
If you use shingle siding over
old clapboards, you have to level
UP the wall with wedge-shaped
strips. However, shingles offer a
big advantage in that they do not
have to be painted unless you
change your mind about color.
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