Evening star., 1940-05-04
Hardwood Veneer
Over Fell Is Newest
Wall Covering
D Qu1rter-Horsepower
Pump Is Boon to House
With Wet Basement
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUs.


Not long ago it was an easy mat
ter for home decorator to decide
on the type Of wall covering he
wanted to use, Either you had
painted walls or papered walls, and
in rare instances you went the
whole hog and put in fine wood
paneling. But these days it isn't so
simple because walls are now being
covered with everything from lin
oleum to fancy plastic paneling,
and even the most modest homes
are boasting decoration that was
formerly limited to onl the largest
and most elaborate establishments.
One of the most interesting new
wall coverings is type of reinforced
felt which has number of valuable
features. Don't think that this
material looks like the stuff your
hat is nodded out Of, with a fihe
coat of fuzz. Quite the contrary.
It consists of a layer of heavy hair
felt which has been joined by means
of a waterproof binder to flexible
veneer IF one of the many hand
somely grained hardwoods.
BY combining these two materials
Into panels On standard sizes ranging
from 18 to 36 inches in width to 8,
9 and 10 feet in length, you arc pro-
vided with the decorative beauty of
beautiful woods and the insulating
qualities Of a blanket of hair felt.
AS you no doubt know, felt not only
has the ability to insulate against
heat and cold, but it is also effective
Cor reducing sound vibrations in
walls and absorbing room noises.
These features are new to the home
modernizing field, we believe and
are certainly something to think
about.
d We are advised that this new
material is flexible and resilient,
and thus is able to cover up irregu-
larities in wall surfaces, and also
parmits expansion and contraction
without marrirg the finished sur
face. The panels can be joined to-
gether with either butt joints or
finished off at the joining places
with panel strips of matching hard
wood or metal trim. 1t is put up
In place with special cement on
top of almost any wall surface such
as wall board. plaster, wood, plaster
board, or steel.
A gamut of hardwood veneers is
run by this new paneling. They in
clude the we'll known types of oak.
walnut. maple and birch, and drift
OF to such fancy woods as golden
mana. East India satinwood, Royal
Tartan, tigerwood and princewood.
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Movie neWsreels are again featur-
Ing the usual spring floods through
out the country, but as usual they
neglect to show any of the little
private floods that many homes are
experiencing because of the ground,
and the spring rains. Those little
floods aren't as important to the
general public as the overfowing
Ohio, but to the home owner with
a floating basement they are high
ly so.
A sump pump installed in a
habitually wet basement is certainly
an excellent investment. You can
now get one which is placed high
above the highest water line by
being mounted on the ceiling The
driving unit, which consists of a
motor, pump and printing device,
is in one compact assembly. The
motor Is usually of 4 horsepower,
the end section of the motor being
also the body of the pump, with the
pump impeller mounted directly on
the armature shaft. The primer as
sembly is merely small copper
tank which functions as a water
trap to supply the pump with water
for priming. 1t has a capacity large
enough for 10-foot lift.
The only parts that are in the
water, unless your entire house is
practically inundated, are the float
control and the suction pipes, one
Of the pipes being 1-inch inlet pipe
which supplies the primer with
water from the floor level.
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II you would like to know the
names of the manufacturers of the
products described in this article,
just cut the column out and send it
with Scent stamped. self-address-
ed envelope to Lawrence Crolius,
81 East 67th street, New York, N. Y.