Evening star., 1940-03-02
Swingup Door Ends
Trouble With Ice
Al Garage Portal
Standard Type
Now Available,
Reducing Cost
By LAWRENCE CRoL1Us.

BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.
Few things can spoil a pleasant
ride in the country more than q
frantic struggle to open a stubborn
garage door either before or after
the "take-off." This irritating situa-
ton usually occurs when large
amounts Of snow and ice are stacked
around the driveway, and you are
particularly anxious to get the door
opened and closed with a minimum
of exposure. Another favorite time
for doors to stick is in midsummer
when fine cloudburst is inundating
the countryside.
II you have garage of a more or
less standard type, with door OPEN
ing Of 8 feet by feet, you can now
f1t it with an inexpensive swingup
door which will do away with those
annoyances. These doors have re-
Gently been brought out on a
standardized production basis so
that they are pre-cut to fit that sized
door opening, and use standard
hardware as we'll. In fact, we are
advised by the manufacturers that
the door can be installed by one
man, and we don't believe they mean
q CULVER.
The operation of the door has
been made almost effortless by the
clever counterbalanced design which
is used. When you swing open this
portal by means of the rugged
chromium plated handle, the only
exposed part, the top slides in on a
pair of ball bearing wheels. The
weight of the door is overbalanced
by two powerful springs, one on each
side of door, so that a child can
handle it with ease. When you bring
the door down into the closed posi-
ton it is locked automatically by
dual spring latch on both jams, and
q single lever on the inside need only
be twisted quarter of turn to re-
lease and open it.
Made out of Douglas fir with four
glazed top panels, this door unit
comes to you all bored and pref1tted
for the hanger brackets, making it
as simple to install as it is to operate.
Safety Ladder for Wives.
Comes the spring and not only
will fancies turn to love, but house
wives will start their regular clean
ing operations around their houses
An unpleasant business at best, it
can also be a somewhat dangerous
one what with climbing about on
ladders after the high places, shelves
and windows. Most homes seem to
be equipped with pretty dilapidated
ladders. if they boast of ladder at
all, and it would seem like smart
idea if new one could be purchased
now which would make safe, easily
mounted place to work.
You know the highly unstable
feeling you have on top of most
ladders, especially if you have to
handle a bucket of cleaning water
when you get up there. Now you can
get one which has number of
features which we are told will do
away with both unsteadiness and
unhandiness. 1t has an ample sized
guarded platform at the much used
3-foot level which provides sturdy
place to stand, and an equally help
full place to brace yourself. About
two feet further up there is a top
step which does the bfacing when
you are down below, and also has a
wire hoop attachment in which you
can suspend your bucket alongside.
There is also place for the wire
hoop down by the platform, we
might add.
The treads of this fine ladder have
been fitted with non-slip material,
of course, together with the legs. so
that the danger of slipping and top
pling off has been minimized con-
siderably.
Mail Box Inside Wall.
If you have been looking for a
really swank mail box we know
where you can get one which is in
stalled in the wall of your home and
will provide place for Mr.. Farleys
man to drop your bills without fear
of their getting wet or being blown
away These mail boxes are made
of either brass or aluminium in four
different and attractive designs.
After they have been fitted into
the wall all you see is the small slot
on the outside, the rest of the box
being flush with the wall and covered
over with decorative building ma
terial. Inside, the same thing holds
true with only medium sized door
showing, through which you reach
and pull out fat dividend checks and
other goodies. Thus you need not
venture out into the elements in the
morning to open the fashioned
box, but instead you merely have to
flip open the little door without re-
gard for the scantiness of your attire
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II you would like to know the
names of the manufacturers of the
products mentioned in this column
send stamped, self addressed enve-
lope to Lawrence Crolius, 81 East
Exty-seventh street, New York, N. Y.
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