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HOUSE DESIGNED for ret! red people is shown in this architect's sketch. Plywood
would be used extensively and the house would sell for about $9,000. The house would
contain many features designed for the convenience of the elderly.
Special House For Oldsters
By JERRY BENNETT
WASHINGTON (NEA) - You
' may soon be able to build your
dream house after you retire for
as little as $9,000 plus the cost1
of a lot.
Architect Robert "B. Waring of i
the Douglas Fir Plywood Associ
ation has designed a six - room
compact home especially for peo
ple over 60. The use of inexpen
sive plywood which reduces labor
costs makes the low price tag
possible.
Called Freedom House, because
it eliminates much of the cost of
building a new home, the 1,084
sq. ft. structure was displayed
for the first time at the White
House Conference on Aging last
month. The blueprints may soon
' be' Teleased to builders for na
tionwide construction.
'Co-sponsors of the Washington
display are the Douglas Fir Ply
wood Association, the Nation
al Retired Teachers Association,
and the American Association of!
Retired Persons. But credit for
conceiving the novel structure in
the first place goes to Mary Clev-
erley, public housing adminlstra
tion commissioner for elderly
housing.
Mrs. Cleverley got the idea
when she saw pictures of a simi
lar house advertised as the ideal
vacation home. To her the struc-,
ture looked like the solution . to
housing problems of the aged as
well.
Statistics show that the "over
60" population totals about 23
million and will increase to 29
million by 1970. At least 18 mil
lion of these people are in low
or middle income groups.
Most of these people have al
ready raised families and would
like to move into smaller, low
upkeep homes. Yet most of the
housing for retired people falls
into one of three categories which
often are unattractive to elderly,
middle class house hunters.
Luxury apartments for the
wealthy, public housing for the
indigent and private housing de
velopments, often designed for.
disabled persons, generally are
the only choices the elderly house
hunters have.
Many elderly people, still in
good health, resent the idea of
living in homes built for the han
dicapped. Others dislike private
housing developments because
they feel that they are being seg
regated. At a special housing conference
here last year, Mrs. Cleverley
suggested converting the vacation
homes into low cost retirement
dwellings that elderly peoplei
could build on lots of their own
choosing. The result was archi
tect Waring's plans and the While
House Conference display model.
Freedom House has two bed-;
rooms, a dining room, living
room, kitchen, and bath. En
closed by its two wings are a
courtyard and patio. A garage
and workroom combination which
can also serve as storage space j
is attached to the house.
Although Freedom House is not
advertised especially for the han
dicapped, it does contain con
veniences to make life easier for
healthy and disabled persons
alike.
For instance, electrical out
lets are 18 inches from the floor
to eliminate stooping. Master light
switches are located near both
entrances and in the master bed
room, making movement in the
dark unnecessary.
A seat near the tub makes
bathroom dressing more conven
ient. Grab-bars offer protection
against falls when getting in or
out of the tub.
Low counters, sink and stove
make it possible for the house
wife to sit while doing her work.
All but a few kitchen cabinets can
be reached from a sitting posi
tion. And the floors are non-skid.
Replacing Broken Pane
Is Really Simple Job
It s sale to say that, sooner
or later, every homeowner will
have to replace a pane of glass.
Sometimes it's a mystery how
window gets broken but
there is nothing mysterious about
the process of installing a new
pane. .
The key is knowing how to use
putty or glazing compound.
After removing the broken
glass, clean away all the loose
and crumbly putty and measure
the dimensions. Your dealer prob
ably has the correct size pane in
stock, but if not he can cut one
to fit.
Then comes the most important
step. If you want the new putty
to remain firm and free of cracks
for the maximum time, apply a
coat of good priming paint to the
surface.
This applies to both wooden and
metal sashes. Priming a wooden
sash will keep the oil in the putty
compound from soaking into the
wood and leaving the putty to
become dry and brittle. Priming
a metal sash with a quality steel
primer will retard rust, which
causes the putty to loosen its
bond from the steel. Priming a"
metal sash also will provide a
roughened surface which will
make for good adhesion of the
putty.
When the primer is dry, apply
an even coat ol putty or glaz
ing compound on the inside of
the sash and tiie moulding against
which the glass pane will rest.
Then insert the glass and press
lightly against the putty. This
pressure will cause a continuous
ribbon of putty to ooze up and
around the glass.
Next, glazier's points must be
inserted. These triangular metal
pieces hold the pane in the sash.
When the putty or glazing com
pound has been allowed to dry
hard, it should be painted to seal
and protect it. The same number
of paint coats should be applied
to the putty as to the sash, and
the paint should be lapped slight
ly over the glass to provide prop
er sealing at the critical edges.
New Roofing
Paint Used
Additional Closet
Easy To Install
The average handyman can en
close a wall-length room closet
with a factory-made door in an
hour or so. The ceiling track can
be installed with screw driver,
drill and hammer. There is no
framework to build, no necessity
for close fitting, no plastering.
Composition sliding doors and
folding doors, woven wood splints
and bamboo curtains all are used
as closet fronts and all operate
from ceiling tracks.
From 26 to 30 inches will be
lost in room size when a wall
length closet is installed, but the
resulting storage space usually is
worth it.
AP Newsfeatures
. Reroofing your house possibly
can be delayed for a number of
years by a coat of one of the
relatively new aluminum roof
paints. Some manufacturers say
their product will give full pro
tection for five to eight years
These paints also help insulate
a home in summer. They reflect
heat and can reduce under-roof
temperatures by as much as 15
degrees.
Coating come in a variety of
pastel colors and are of two basic
types. One is a combination of
asphalt, oils and aluminum flakes;
the other is based on alkyd re
sins. The asphalt variety is made
with or without asbestos fibers
which the alkyd type almost al
ways contains. The asbestos adds
greater body and toughness as
well as insulation for heavy duty
service.
These paints cannot be used on
woof roofs only on built-up com
position or felt roofing, metal roof
ing, asbestos cements, tile, slate
or asphalt shingles.
Be sure the roof is "dry, and
remove any debris, blistered paint
or rust and sweep the surface
with 'a stiff broom. On a flat
roof, nail down all loose
blistered areas. Seal small breaks
in the surface with roof cement.
Seriously damaged areas as well
as large cracks and holes should
be patched with roofing felt, al
uminum foil or similar substance
and then secured with roofing
cement.
You don't have lo bother with
small cracks, nail holes or other
tiny breaks.
Apply the coating with a brush
or squeegee. Under favorable con
ditions, the non-fibrated type can
be sprayed on. Use a long handled
brush to so' bending over.
SAFETY FACTOR
Insulation is a safety factor in
a home as well as its other benefits.
Wall - thick mineral wool, for
example, is accepted in building
codes as a nonflammable fire
stop. It fills the air space between
wall studs where drafts often are
generated during a fire, drawing
the flames upward.
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