Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-27
MRsFEuTONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BY
FSRs WI. FELTON,
RooM1Na FOR HOUSES


In this day and time the people
who build any sort of a house from
a skyscraper down to chicken house
must concern themselves about roof.
ing material. The hi-cost-giant has
put his finger on the roofs and made
one thing plain. When you root
your dwelling you must get high
priced material or you will be buy.
ing roofing ere many moons shall
wax and wane.
If you are compelled to buy cheal
stuff you will be constantly regret
ting your unwisdom. In better times
a heart-shingle pine roof might last
dozen years, maybe twenty. Now
adavs the big towns place an EN-
barge on single roofs, because OF
the danger from fire.
You must have a metal roof OF
a composition Single that may be
good, but may be otherwise than
good. Rust will attack metals, nc
matter where the air and rain get
in contact. The composition shingles
must be looked after. or you will
find the snow packed on you and
snow is a great searcher for leaks
A pin-hole, soon enlarges into a
bigger hole. If a hole gets in any
sort of a roof, you are bound, to
have trouble.
whats your remedy Grandma
Felton," | hear some of you saving
l have no remedy for thing OF
that. sort. The only thing to do is
to put as many rooms under one
moderate-s sized roof as the building
will bear The old southern style
of building over a half acre OF
ground and hanging art piazzas all
around the building will have co
stop as a rule. You must build a
few rooms on the ground floor, also
good cellar underneath and then
nut rooms on top. until you get your
stated allowance and then the root
will not cost you more money than
the rest of the dwelling. You Will
Lova more stair-steps than you have
haan used to, and your chlmneys
will be taller, but the expense VI
roof material will be greatly cur,
tailed. and it is the roof expense III"
will take your good dollars ana
GOOD MANY of them. no malter nv"
Tbe northern people learned that
lesson long time ago no
,;loir farmers built big barns, Two
sto,,v and three-story, and maze d
bio. roof cover many hundred Ie9t
Of storage space. ,,,,,,,,
And they made small narrow
dwellings, and run them up, so that
everybody could go upstairs 10
elaan and one chimney heated ABOVE
as we'll as below
The southern states are eXtraVa-
cant the Other way, but they are
learning to convert upstairs plaAzaS
md norches into summer sleeping
quarters. .,-.. 400
Tn the olden time the southern peo-
n1e had big fire-places, burned roy
baans in winter weather and lett al
+be inside doors open. That sort OF
fuel is getting scarce, and coal mas
heen touched by the Hi-Cost-Giant !
am clad to have a coal fire and pay
nine dollars q ton when dellVereu ~
make it. We must find another way
to heat a house in the country we
make our inside rooms as tight as
we can and build enough walls 10
keen this one fire from extending
it's heat into other rooms. Probably
that room in the house is kept warm.
Some day one good heating place
down below the main rooms, on
ground floor. will send it's heat up
and down and around and about UNI
It'll the entire dwelling will be com
Portable, in Jaruary weather.. The
more compaGtE3he3 building is con-
structed the or the heat cam per-
cclate all around and anywhere, even
to the garnet section. Of course the
outside doors will be alright. l saw
such a house heated that way once.
The center of the building was open
to the roof
1t was delightfully."- warm on
very cold day. There was one big
0pen fireplace in the living room. 1t
was cheerful and also convenient
to open parlors and dining room. But
1 only started to write about
roofs, and roofs are engrossing the
minds of the most of us who own
our own shelters.