Evening star., 1941-10-18
New Type Bathroom
May Be Installed
As Single Unit
Equipment Can Be
Assembled Easily
By One Man
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

bathrooms which are being installed
In most of the new homes and
wished that you could do something
about the old tub that you have
been f1oundering around in for many
years? There is something pretty
luxurious about getting into bright,
clean new shower bath, and having
just the right spray of water play
over you while you stand behind
handsome glass door.
You probably have thought that
such a shower would be a big lux
ury, and you couldn't possibly af-
ford to have one put in. what with
all the changes which would have
to be made to walls and floor to-
gether with the cost of the bath
equipment That might have been
true in the old days, but you can get
a new type of cabinet shower now
which is not only self-supporting
unit, as easily installed as a re-
frigerator or kitchen sink, but it
requires no wall preparation or ad-
ditional underStructure.
In fact, it is easily and quickly
assembled and if you have a space
which will hold a 3-foot square base
cabinet you, too, can bathe in COM
fort.
Easily Assembled.
These new shower cabinets are
designed to fit into places like the
unused corner of a guest room, a
corner in the basement game room,
or possibly closet which would
serve you better if piped for water
They come to you in knocked down
form and may be assembled with
ease by one man. All the aSsembl-
ing Is done from inside the cabinet,
with overlapping die formed wedge
joints at the rear corners which are
put together with screw tension to
assure positive leakproof assembly.
No lead pans or other waterproof
ing devices are needed with these
units, because they are furnished
with sturdy, pre-cast receptors or
bases of ground and polished ter
razzo. These receptors are leakproof
and topped off with fine non-slip
finish, as safe to stand on as it is
good looking, we are advised. Heavy
gauge steel walls are connected to
the receptor and are made of smooth
galvanized and bonderized stock
Over the bonderizing, which adds
strength to the bond between the
metal and finish, is moistureproof
synthetic baked-on enamel finish.
White is the standard color, but you
can get others if you want to pay a
little more.
Growing glory of this bath cab
met is the cleaning chromium
plated glass door. Bolted directly to
the metal cabinet, it has a rugged
brass frame with top grille, and
splash shield across the bottom
which drains water into the inside
of the cabinet when the door is
opened. Obscure glass is provided
and is mounted in rubber on all four
sides, and the door is fitted with
full-length piano hinge, spring latch
and double handles.
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Trimmings of Plastic.
If you have been thinking about
trimming up the cabinets in your
kitchen, or possibly the home bar"
with an aluminium decorative mold
ing you have probably found that
the aluminium has long since been
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Government and is destined to be
flying around in a fighting plane
before long. Don't let that get you
down, though, because clever in
genuity has come to the rescue, and
these holdings are now being made
of brightly colored plastics.
Not only do these new holdings
trim up these edges with much need
ed color, but they are made in a
new design which enables you to put
them on with a minimum of labor
and a complete absence of mounting
screws or other fastenings. This is
done by means of a tee-shape ar
rangement on the inside of the
molding. Shaped like a fish hook
or harpoon, this barsed projection
fits into groove cut into the edge
Of the counter or cabinet. Thus,
when the molding is pressed into
place the barbs catch into the sides
OF the groove and prevent the dec
orative strip from coming loose.
Made of shatterproof tenite, the
strips are not affected by ordinary
changes in temperature or humidity
and because the material is the same
color all the way through you OBJ
viously can't chip or wear off any
of the color. The holdings are made
in wide range of colors and we are
advised that they are practically in
destructible and can be formed with
ease around square or round corners.
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Note: For further information
regarding any of the products de-
scribed above write Mr.. Crolius,
in care of The Star, and inclose a
stamped, lf-addressed envelope.