"HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
SUNDAY. JANUARY 8. 1956
Pine Paneling Adds To Home
Western pine paneling makes a
durable, rich-looking interior lor
any room and Is especially desir
able where there are children In
the home because you can provide
extra durability through the fin
ishing treatment.
A simple way to do this, the
Western Pine Association suggests,
is to apply a couple of coats of
either spar varnish or lacquer over
the stain after It has dried. Buff
the last coat with 3-0 steel woo
and then apply and polish with sev-
eral coats of paste wax.
Maintenance thereafter is easy
just regular dusting from top to
bottom with a soft cloth. Don't use
oily cloths, for they make a thick
paste of the dirt.
The world's largest log cabin,
built In Portland. Oregon, in 1905
for the Columbia Exposition Worlds
Fair, has become a popular tour
ist attraction with an estimated
jsn 000 visitors annually.
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AN ALL-YEAR SWIMMING POOL can be built by careful planning within the
erately-priced homeowners. Light-weight, trust type rafters of Douglas fir support
reach of mod-
the roof
over the pool. Fir or Western red cedar board-and-batten siding givos a rustic touch. Glassed
wall sections permit a view of the pool from bedroom, dining or kitchen wing of the home.
Economical New Swimming
Pool For Use All Of Year
Most of the 165 million Ameri
cans must settle for just a few
jihert months of summer wealh
er. Hie time is all too brief each
year for them to enjoy outdoor
.swimming and other advantages
usually associated with more trop
ical climates.
A number of ingenious U.S. arch
itects may hu?e found a way for
many thousands more northern
people to share the year-round
pleasures enjoyed by residents of
the southland.
These clever designers have
come up with several plans for
enclosing a Jo-cost but adequate ;
.swimming pool within a moderate-1
ly priced contemporary home. The I
secret is in the design and in the
floor plan.
An inexpensive home can be
built so Umt it completely sur
rounds a swimming pool without
Jntericring in any way with the
usual functions of the home.
Most popular of the pool-within-n-home
designs is the "U'-shapcd
floor plan. Three enclosing walls
of the swimming pool are created
automatically by Uie three walls
of the "U'-shaped home facing
the inner court. The fourth wall of
the pool is generally a simple stud
ded wall joining the two ends of
the "U.'
It Is comparatively easy to de
Sinn a lightweight, truss-type roof
of Douglas fir dimension and small
timbers to cover both the house
and Uie pool.
Excavating for the pool should
be done when- Uie home is beim;
built and need eost no more than
dirt removal for an ordinary base
ment. It is best to have concrete
or fir-decked runways or lounging
areas completely around Uie poo!
and joining with the walls of the
home. What would normally be the
exterior walls of the home become
the enclosing walls for the swim
ming pool.
The pool is given a rustic and
outdoor flavor if Uie walls around
it are of western red cedar or
Douglas fir and a boards-and-bat-ten
siding pattern helps develop
this theme. The truss-type rafters
can be left exposed above the
pool. Siding and rafters can be
covered with heavy varnish or .ou
ter's oil to prevent moisture ab
sorption. In planning such a home, it has
been found convenient to place the
kitchen and dining facilities in the
base of Uie "U," with one wing
containing the bedrooms and the
facing wing the utilities, play
rooms, garage and warerooms. In
most cases where swimming pools
have been built, Uie families de
cided against basements, but found
enough room on Uie main floor in
the extended wings of Uie ' U "
design.
Some of Uiese homes have been
designed with a hallway along all
three wings of the home, with plen
ty of glass wall space so that a
view of Uie pool can be had from
any part of the home. To give
extra light to the pool, entire sec
tions of the roof have been con
structed of lucite material.
The tremendous flexibility of
wood in modern design opens up
all sort, of opportunities for plan
ning a home like this. Douglas
fir dimension lumber can be en
gineered in strong, long and light
weight trusses tc carry any de
sirable span load, such as across
the width of the pool, but without
running the cost up to any de
gree. Several popular softwoods, so
widely used in homes like this,
add a distinctive outdoor theme
which fits with the idea of an en
closed swimming pool. The real
value of using Douglas fir, west- i
em red cedar or west coast hem
lock for exterior finishing and sid
ing is in Uie durability and long I
lite of Uiese woods.
If the pool water is kept heat-!
ed, which is advisable during Uie
winter months, then Uie enclosed
pool area can become a wonder
ful growing area for all sorts of
tropical plants and trees. They can
be potted and arranged to simulate
a tropical paradise.
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FOR SOME
Old-Fashioned
Hospitality
By the end of
February there
will be more than
200, Air Force
in town. We've
qreet them with de
lacet to live. Will you
help?
If you have an old house that can be converted into
apartments, or any type of rental property that would
make suitable housinq, now is the time to qet it in
shape. More and more air fe- '""s are arriving
everyday , . . they must have p
Whether you "do-it-yourself" or have your contractor do
the work, make sura your frames, windows, doors and
mouldings come from . . .
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616 Spring Phone 6671
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wherever you need 'em. Every job by our licensed
electricians is guaranteed safe and satisfactory.
We'll be glad to submit estimates.
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For a Serviceman's Family
An FHA remodeling loan will allow you to do the work needed
to convert that old house info rental unifs, create a basement
or attic apartment. You may have a loan up to $2500 with 36
months to repay. No down payment is required, and this type',
of loan is quickly and easily arranged even though there is
now a mortgage on your home. This loan carries the lowest
interest possible. Here's an example: A $500 loan for 36
months would be repaid at $15.97 monthly. In almost all
eases, your income from rental property will more than make
your remodeling loan payments.
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