New-York tribune., 1909-04-11
SOME POINTS ABOUT BUILDING 4 BUNGALOW

room is cool and dark necessity in the preserve
ton Of fruits and vegetables and il contains rein
forced concrete shelves for fruit without the
J usual posts supports. Above the furnace space
register conveys what IS practically waste heat
! the dining room which Goes require any other
: heating. While registers are disappToved by fire
( authorities on the general principle that every
room should be capable OF contning confagration
within its limits. it Is possible to safeguard them
/ Ia connection with automatic device which
closes them oy the melting Of fusibIe Ink at
/ certain temperature.
Mr.. Wight has gone further than concrete lat
tees. refrigerat0Ts and cellar arrangements. He
has stationary concrete desk. Il IS about seven
feet long and three feet wide. fat topped. with
inclined centre for writing and compartments be
low 20 hold papers. Behind the desk there is
crete fling cabinet. which suggests the practca-
hiity OF clothes closets being made Of the same
/ hrsproof and vernin proof material. To build
concrete safe for papers and valuables would be
simple matter In his greenhouse the engineer has
installed concrete stoves and furnaces. The stoves
are square, and burn wood. the heat goes through
the pipes rather than radiates through the stoves
On account Of this low conductiyity concrete
stove IS desirable for cooking purposes in a
Eer bungalow. IN movable concrete furniture Mr
Wight has produced q veranda table with a 3-fcot
square top and centre support in lieu OF legs The
use OF cinders in the concrete mixture makes q
fairly light article All OF yard furniture
posts fences. grape arbors and pergolas may be
made Of reinforced concrete. and the value OF the
who has seen an autuunal blaze creeping through
dead grass and dry leaves toward the wooden fence
OF 2 homestead
The difficulty Of changing the unprepossessing
gray aspect Of concrete By painting or cooriug has
been largely overcome KalsOrnine or cold wafer
colors NAV be mixed with the fresh concrete or
the surface may be- painted with oil paint modified
with carbonate OF ammonia. The latter is not .
liquid. but comes in hard white humps. Two coats
o. modified oil paint are recommended. unless the
concrete contains lime mortar, in which case three
coats are necessary
To perfect the UnbuTnable quality OF q concrete
dwelling the doors. window frames and trim should
be OF metal one variety Of metal door IS made of
sheet steel, with interior lining asbestos. in
order 10 deadeu sound. prevent rattling and IN
crease resistance to heat \ gasOene torch has
been played on such q door for d considerable time
without burning hole entirely through it No eX
terror rivet5 or screwz which may work loose and
crack the paint are used on the face Of the door
the parts being fastened by interior bolts. In ap-
pearznce the door resembles precisely costly f.
wood door IN oak. mahogany, Circassian walnut or
other like material a special enamel paint gives
this imitation Of wood. II desired metal finish .
To initiate bronze can be provided Undenia5y the .
door Is weighry. At hve pounds square foot a
small bungalow size would weIg upward Of eighty
ave pounds and would need stout hinges TO up-
hold IT, The cost Of q single door with metal .
lambs and urin would amount to $50 = similar .
door in oak would cost 81 metal covered door
having wooden core costs about so, bGt Il is HoI
as high class or 50 satisfactory as all metal The
expense Of q bronze covered door Is toward SO
Windows are made completely OF metal or with
Rooden cores. II is claimed that the hollow wlndo"
= noisy not weather tight and tends 10 rust out
one desirab type OF window is bronze on the
outside ana kalamsiH iron the inside. The
bronze eucures weather without requiring ga-Lt; ,
1T lasts forever ana becomes more picturesque
with the years. Kaameia, OF cad coated iron IS