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Prompt Service

Moist mortar spots are

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signs of danger areas

A moist spot on an inside
house wall shuuld never be ig-
hured, as ft ls a symptom off
same condition that requires core
rectlun to avoid further trouble, |
While the cause sometimes Js 2:
roof Jeak from which rain water
may travel quite a distance be-
fore it shows up visibly inside,
it often results from crumbled
Mprtar between bricks, This {s
easily determined by visual in-
spection,

Brick mortar may deteriorate.
because of howe settling, Ieay-
ing open spaces that contribute
to drafts in the house and also
allow entry of rain during high

winds, The deficient mortar may

be spotied as open spaces be-—

“tween one oF more hrick,

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Repointing of the mortar Is not
very difficult, and the chore has
hecome almplified with the avail-|
ablitty of sinall bags ofpremixed
mortar. Yowase just the amount
Teeded without bothering about
sereening sand or having fresh
cement, Only small batches of
mortar are mixed at a time, in
any bowl or box that is handy,

Tools required for the jub are
a sharp cald chisel, preferably
one with a pointed end, or one
in which the cutting edge fs ata
sharp angie to form a triangular
working surface, You’ llalsaneed
a politing trowel and a fairly
heavy sledge—a four-pounder
with a 18'* or 16°? handle will do
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joint striker tool, The latter {4
a inetal bar, about 6” Jong, bent
at the cenler inte an offset for
better hand grip, Each end of the
striker toal has a different shape
ta compress and shape the goft
mortar into an attractive Joint,
A course brush also will
be needed to clean out brick dust
and to dampen the area,

When you locale the spots that
heed pointing up, make them
with chalk so they can be spotted
later, The damaged mortar must
be chipped out, opening the space
completely between the bricks,
Do this with the cold chisel and
hammer, tapping the mortar untfl
it shatters, then remove all the
large pleces, If the old mortar

Lis sound in the vertical joints,

and damaged only in the horl-
vuntal sections, then leave the
good bond as {s and remove only
the bad sectlons, However, it
usually makes a better job to
puint up the Joint on at least two
sides of a brick,

Clean out all brick dust from
the opening, Then, with the brush,’
apply enough water todampen the

| brick on all sides of the Jolnt to
vl be repaired, Continue cleaning
ed] out the old mortar at all places
| that need repairs, so the new

cement work can be done all at
one time.

Mix the mortar from a ready-
mixed bag, A ten-pound size will

S) be sufficient for a dozen or more

Tepalr sections, Use only just
enough water to make a rather
firm morar mix, Too much

With the rolnting trowel, pick up

a)a small an‘onnt of mortar on the

a | With

underside +f the trowel blade,

tween-ihe brick,
the flat part of the
striking tool, push the mortar
deeply into the hole, a little bit
‘at a time, Keep packing in the
mortar until the joint is come

apen space ne

pletely fliled, then with the pro-

per shaped "side of the tool,
“strike the joint’, that is, com-

‘| press. and shape the ‘Mortar go it

ment, fireplace,

windows throughout,

pletion cf transaction.

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Is smooth, and untform with the
orfginal mortar work on the
house,

Avold spreading the raw ce-
ment over the house wall, as It
will stain the brickwork and
leave a blemish, After the joints
are repolnted, go over them with
a damp brush to keep the mortar
moist until it has set,

Pay particular attention to the
lintels above all windows, as the
mortar tends to break out and

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“ment of rooms on the upper

bet lower level is bright and can
util lor a variety of purposes,
The extension of the roof rafters and
a fence in the front of the house pro-
vide an attractive outdoor area as
does the raised balcony at the rear.
The ceiling follows the slope of the

_ oof rafters and a sky. light provides |.

a bright bedroom hallway, Hecause
of the flexibihty of the use of out-
side space, the front of the house
could face north or south.

The floor area is 1,445 square feet
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Imaginative Businessman
Turns Eyesore Into Home

A neglected and woebagona

“casa Espanol’ {n_ Nashville,
Tenn,, was changed into” an ele
gant and haughty French town
house recently by a buyer who
had enough heart, imagination
and cash to angage the services
af an equally {maginative group
of architects, .

The transformation took two
years. During its conversion,
the house was probably the only
one in Nashville that had an
expertly-planned and carefully-
tended garden two years before
it had tenants or interior
furnishings.”

When Nashville businessman
Jim Reed first saw it four years
ago, he was swinging a golf club

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on the Helle Meade course
across . the. street. The house.
was ugly and unioved, an ‘empty
fake-Spanish orphan with 4
crumbling yellow stucco facade,
Grime streaks like the paths of
sooty tears swept from the sills
of neglected windows. Worst of
all, it did not even have the
dignity of the traditional red clay
tlle roof of Its predecessors,

‘Despite its orphaned appear.
ance, the house appealed to Jim
Reed, Its first appeal was the
location which was Ideal for
Reed, an avid golfer, He liked
the corner location, for it was
only a block from the boulevard
and It was close to tha homes
of hls married children, On the

Workmen start face-lifting an old Spanish- ‘style house (above) that was to be de- *
molished. The buyer decided: however to transform into the French-style home
below. Home is near Belle Meade golf course in Nashville, penn. :

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pict there were some fine native
‘oak :trees -and the plot was not-
too large for 2° golfing grand.
father,

So Reed bought ‘the oi" place |

a weary housewife, he looked at
tha ugly Spanish house and ‘de-

ta do, The evidence of neglect

the plumbing, flooring, and wire
ing.

othe plot measured 110 feet
by 192 feet, and that saved the
house from . destruction,
zoning laws in Belle Meade stl-
pulate that you cannot bulld a

| new house on a plot that meae

L-sures less than 40,000 .square
fact, so Reed was faced with the
alternative of restoring the
house or tearing it down and
owning an empty lot that faced
the golf course, and what good
was that? .

It wasn't good at all, Reed de-
elded, so he took his problem to
a froup of specialists who pro
vided some delightful remedies,

Rodgers, who redesigned the

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and decided to tear tt dow... Like |’

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and decay were everywhere,, In|

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Coatings tor homes last longer |
than ever. these days, but-that
doasn’t stop the lady of the house
from wanting to redecorate oft-
ener than ever,

_ Spring cleaning suggests to
mlitions af householders bring-
ing the ‘color and freshness of

_[ spring indoors with, new decor

~=painting, evan new carpeting,
slipcovers, and furniture, ~-

A’ spokesman for the cistom-
er services division of a major
paint manufacturer attributes
this attitude to a | Humber of
things, |

People are more color con-
scious than ever before, thanks
to color movies ‘and TV, the

thay are exposed to in their
ever-increasing travels, and th:
lelsure time to visit art gallere
fes, other publle butldings, ° and
each other’s homes,

Coatings, too, are more dur-
able, easier to apply, more color
fast, and more varied In color
than ever before,

ings has been accelerated by two
major developments in recent
months,

One is an improvement tn
latex coating for wood trim tn
living areas and for walls and

tors as well as do-it-yourselfers,

Palnting trim has always been
a chore, especially if it {3 to be
a different color than the wall,
Trim takes a smaller brush and
much painstaking time because
of tts relatively small size and
fts contours, |

- An enamel or. semi-gloss {se
recommended because it won't
absorb, fingerprints and dirt as.
easily ag flat paint, and it Is
much easter to clean,
’ Using a latex wall paint, it has
been necessary in the past to
use an oil-based enamel! for trim
This meant using different sol-
vents and cleanars to remove old
paint, to clean brushes, and to
clean up mistakes,

en mtn sometimes diffi.
cult to, get an.exget.color.matah .

betweeit::the' flat’ paint and ane
mel coatings, ‘

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-Fihatly, exact color matching
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takes aran*t‘as likely to show
up as’ with previous coatings,

While many. of the basics re-
main- unchanged, new formula-
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of .appltcation, Do-It-yourself
decorators ara cautioned to buy
quality coatings, brushes, and,
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