Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11

The Wesley Heights model home,
the first Of the 1927 series of demon
stration houses being sponsored by
The Star in conjunction with the
national better homes movement, is
scene of activity today as small
army of workmen continue with the
addition of finishing phases of the
construction, giving more and more
indications of what the appearance
Of the place will be when completed
July 30.
Iathers now are at work preparing
the house for plastering and by to-
morrow many of the early stages of
the construction, which afforded pros
pective home owners opportunity for
study of numerous important points
in the building of a house, will be
hidden from view. But as the con-
struction proceeds, many new features
in the later stages of the work will
become available for observation.
Scores of Visitors.
Scores of visitors have passed
through the Wesley Heights model
home after the working hours of the
building force, and this week Robert
F. Beresford, architectural member of
The star model homes committee,
which is supervising the building of
the five 1927 demonstration houses,
made a thorough inspection of the
place and placed his approval on con-
struction to date. Several minor
changes were agreed upon in the
interest of added efficiency and sta
bility of the house.
This model home. which is located
on Forty-fourth place between Garfield
and Hawthorne streets, also was
visited this week by representative
of the Home Owners Institute, Inc.
of New York City, which is CO.
operating with The Star in the better
homes demonstration. Other visitors
included two prominent builders who
have operations in the Roland Park
section of Baltimore. All had words
of praise for design, interior arrange
ment, construction and materials used
in the demonstration house.
The Wesley Heights home Is an
eight-room, two-story house OF the
English cottage syle of architecture,
of brick and stucco construction with
exposed timber work. 1t is being bullt
by the firm Of w. c. & A. N. Miller.
members of the Washington Real
Estate Board.
The piping system of the house now
has been completely ''roughed In.
Throughout this system, 1t was
pointed out today by w. c. Miller,
heavy brass pipe with cast brass mt
fings was used, which, although not
ahsoIutelv necessary in view of the
pure character of Washington's water
supply, was deemed advisable in the
hot.water lines where certain
amount Of sediment would otherwise
collect and clog the pipe.
The electric wiring has been COM
pleted with the exception OF the cellar
work where rigid metal conduit viii
be used exclusively.
Patent ventiIator Rugged.
One Of the less expensive but very |
desirable features which has been m |
stalled is the patent ventilator, which |
has been placed in the kitchen to take
off the fumes from cooking. The ven
tilator extends through the partitions
and through the roof.
With the advent of gas-burning ana
heating plant equipment
more attention is being paid today to
nroper insulation of houses than ever
before. In this model home the brick
walls have been furred out so that
there exists a dead air space between
the brick walls and the finished plas-
fer. and where the frame portions or
the house occur an insulating mate
rial has been nailed on the outside of
the studding and will be fastened
onto the under side of the ceiling |
joists in the attic so as to protect the |
house from heat and cold as far as is |
possible to do so. The piping for the |
heating plant has been roughed in, in |
that part of the building above the |
cellar, the cellar work not having yet |
been completed.
Particular attention should be given |