Evening star., 1927-05-14
MODEL HOME CONSTRUCTION
ISNOW AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Wesley Heights Structure to Be Completed
by July so, Builders Announce.
Progress Described.

Construction of the Wesley Heights
model home. the first of the five to be
( erected in Washington and it's Vir
ginia and Maryland suburbs this year
in conjunction with the better homes
demonstration sponsored by The Star,
is proceeding ahead of scheduled time
to assure completion by July 30, when
the home will be thrown open for
formal public inspection. w. c. &
A n. Miller. builders of the house,
announced today.
This model home which is located
on Forty fourth place between Haw-
thorne and Garfield streets, Wesley
Heights. is of English cottage style
of architecture, of brick and stucco
construction with exposed timber
work. It will contain eight rooms.
In the third week of actual con-
struction, the second floor stage of
the raising of the framework of the
house has been reached The second
floor joists now are in place and the
subfooring has been laid.
Slab Is Protected.
The various steps in the laying of
the foundation of the house were
described on this page of The Star
last week, with special attention to
methods employed by the builders to
avoid dampness in the basement of
the home. Since then, the concrete
slab forming the side porch has been
poured. This slab is of reinforced
concrete and has been covered with
paper and rough boards to keep it
clean during the remaining eonstruc-
ton work. This precaution was taken
because spots on concrete work, occur
ring during construction work, not
only mar the general appearance of
the house but are difficult to eradicate.
Quantities of Colonial style of face
brick selected for the Wesley Heights
home have been delivered on the lot.
In describing progress in the building
of the house today, w. c. Miller
pointed out that the bricks, which are
OF random shades to give the desired
blend of color. will be carefully picked
over and the lighter shades discarded.
Barrier to Dampness.
Frem the 13-inch foundation wall
upward the brick walls of the house
are inches thick and furring strips
have been built into the walls so that
they may be furred out TO form uedu
air snace or insulation between the
plaster and the brick wall. This is
not only very good feature to OBJ
serve from the standpoint of insula-
ton from heat and cold, but also
serves to act as barrier to any
dalnpness which may possibly pene-
.trate the wall from the outside, Mr..
Miller points out. AS far as the
height is concerned the brickwork is
now finished except the chimney and
the small entrance doorway.
The second floor joists have been
placed in position and have been
allowed to project over the wall below,
so that the second story will be larger
than and overhang the first story.
This will give very nice shadow wall,
as well as serve to shelter the wall
and windows below from rain.
The brick wall forming the cellar
has been back filled with earth, from
which the sticks and rubbish have
been carefully removed, and will be
allowed to settle so that when the
house is finished there will be a mini
mum of settlement at the foundation
line in the outside earth. A feature
of the tying together of the joists in
this house is the metal bridging which
has been used in place of the ord
nary 1x3 woodstrips. All of the franz