Evening star., 1941-08-30
Prefinished PaneIinu
Eliminates Muss in
Bathroom Renovation
Material, in Loree Sheets.
Can Be Installed e.
Over Old Walls
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

A new type of prefinished wall
paneling makes it possible for you
to redecorate the walls of your bath
room without the muss and bother
of tearing down old plaster or other
wall finish. If you have been think
ing about doing over" the bathroom
and have been reluctant to embark
upon the project because of the up
roar which usually goes with such
a job, you will be pleased to know
that this new material comes in
large sheets all ready for installa-
ton right over the old walls.
A soft satin finish has been ap
piled to the material at the factory
and is said to be imperviouS to the
action of soaps, cleaning fluids and
other common materials. The pam
els may be had inslengths up to II
feet and come in a standard width
of 4 feet, so that large areas may
be covered at one time, thereby cut
ting labor costs. They are said to
be easy to handle because of their
light weight, and may be cut to size
with ordinary carpenters tools. 1t
Is possible to nail these panels in
place right over old walls of insula-
ton board or lathe, if they are pretty
straight, and by trimming up the
top and bottom with decorative caps
and baseboards the whole installa-
ton can be made to look very mod
ern and Streamlined.
The 18 colors in which this new
tile is available are said to be stable
so that unpleasant Streaks won't
appear after the shower has been
playing on a given area for some
time. You also have choice of
three handsome patterns ranging
from a plain solid color through
regulation bathroom title" to a new
design utilizing an attractive hori-
zontal line pattern.
Before very long we will be light
ing up our heating plants, closing
our windows TO the fresh outside air,
and inflicting great quantities of
parched atmosphere on our dried
out noses and lungs. AS you no
doubt know by now, this dry air in
the home also causes furniture and
woodwork to crack, warp, and pull
apart. and all sorts of other drastic
things happen if the air isn't moist
ened in some way. Plaster walls
and ceilings may crack before their
time. floors and stairs start to squeak.
and rugs and fabrics may wear out
because of the brittleness of the
flbres in their dried out condition.
There are many ways to humidity
a house. but one of the latest
methods is to install new humidi-
fer under only one of the radiators
In central part of the house, and
1t will create enough water vapor
to condition" the air throughout
the entire dwelling. This new unit
is large enough to evaporate from
five to eight gallons OF water every
"a hours, and does it automatically,
thus doing away with the constant
bother of refilling pans on tops of
radiators. which are usually made
quate anyway. To properly humi-
oily the air IN a room 1t would be
necessary to evaporate from one
half to one gallon of water every
"a hours, but this is not generally
possible because of condensation on
windows in very cold weather, hence
the capacity of the single humidi-
fer is judged to be about right
To install this new unit it is merely
necessary to cut off the supply pipe
to the radiator about p inch above
the floor. The unit has a thread
less fitting which is placed in the
supply line at that point, and steam
or hot water is brought into
the copper evaporator tube which
stretches out under the radiator.
This evaporator tube is surrounded
by a copper evaporator envelope or
pan into which supply of water