Evening star., 1940-06-01
Newest Strip Single
Adds 10 Appearance
And Is Economical
Panels So Arranged
That Color Distribution Is
Automatically Controlled
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.

BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.
For countless years roofing shin
giles have been laid one at time, re-
quiring careful placing of each piece
and a great quantity of nail ham
mering. This method was, of course,
necessary when houses were being
equipped with regulation wood shin
giles or accurate facsimiles, but
product which has recently made
its bow on the building market now
makes all that tedious fastening of
individual shingles quite unneces-
eary.
A new strip shingle is now avail
able to home builders and modern
izers which looks for all the world
like the roof covering we are &C
customed to seeing on fine country
homes, but because it combines five
ordlnary-sized shingles into one strip
1t Is easy to see the savings in ma
terial and labor which can be OBJ
tanned. These new shingles have a
textured surface which is hard to
distinguish from real wood, and they
are made in such a way as to retain
the appearance of separately laid
sections. The five panels in each
strip are colored and textured diff
ferently and also have staggered butt
ends which give them the look of an
installation made by roofing expert.
Instead OF having to drive a num-
Der OF nails for each shingle, the in
staller has only one storm anchor
and two nails to drive into place for
each piece. The panels are also ar
ranged so that the color combina-
ton Is automatically controlled:
that Is your roof cannot end up with
great stripes of five different colors
running up and down its surface.
Rather, you achieve that random.
mottled effect which adds so much
to the looks of your house.
These new strip shingles are avail
able in four different color blends,
and the individual panels are -
inches by "a inches in size, laid
with inches exposed to the weather.
Thus only 80 pieces are required to
the square, and you no doubt will
be quite surprised to find out how
lneXpensively YOU can have the old
homestead turned into a handsome.
neW-looking residence.
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II you have been wanting to have
new streamlined-lookin sink
oullt into a drainboard in your
kitchen you have possibly wondered
how you could achieve a finished
edge around the meeting of the
sink itself and the drainboard COW
erlng. Lots of home modernizers
try to take strips of metal molding
and cut and miter them SO that they
Will form metal rim, but this
often turns out to be a very diff
cult and unsatisfactory solution.
To prevent water leaks and trim
the installation off in fine shape
We are advised that there is now
performed sink rim being made.
which Is precision bent and is ready
for instant installation. BY using
such a rim you will get away from
bothersome 1anges and nosings,
which have become bent and out
of shape, and the piece fits fiat on
top of the sink. 1t is made OF
aluminium with bright. lasting
finish and comes completely drilled
with numerous holes for rugged
fastening to the drainboard.
Two different types of rims are
being made so that you can either
have trim for a sink installed
flush with the top of the drainboard,
or it can be set underneath the
counter top. These two types of
rims are each made with different
sized lips so that they will accom-
modate different thicknesses OF
linoleum covering ranging from
standard gauge to 3/16 inch, as
well as different thicknesses of wood
boards from a to IL inches.
BY using this type of rim when
you get around to fixing up this
important part of the kitchen you
will save yourself a considerable
amount of labor and expense in the
original installation and because OF
the neatness of the fit you will find
that you won't have to trouble
yourself with the repair of leaks
for many a day to come.
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If you would like to know the
names of the makers of the prod
ucts described in this article just
tear the column out and send it
with stamped, self addressed en-
velope to Lawrence Crolius. 81 East
Sixty seventh street, New York,
N. Y.