Evening star., 1941-03-29
New Wood FIoorinq
Can Be Installed
More Quickly
Material Is Delivered
In Sections Held by
Strong Felt Backing
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

Do the floors of your home look
as though armies in heavily Shod
boots had marched over them? Few
older houses seem to be able to
escape the unsightlineSS of worn
matches in wood and varniSh, en-
farged cracks between boards, and
the gougeS caused by children's toys
or moving furniture. For that
matter, many newer houses suffer
from these complaints, but little
Is done to cure them. Rugs and
carpets are spread around in hopes
that the bad spots will be covered,
but the searching eye of even a
casual visitor soon finds them out.
Most people shy away from doing
their floors over because they en-
vision the tremendous uproar
formerly connected with the re-
finishing process They hear the
roar of the sanding machines, the
dust being hurled about. and when
the job is done they find that they
still have been unable to recapture
the former beauty of the wood
when it was first laid. The cracks
still persist. and other defects shine
through. All of that is changed
now, and in surprisingly short
time you can have even better
looking floors than you had when
the house was built.
A new system OF wood flooring
has been developed which takes
one-third the time to install that
old-fashioned flooring used to take
It consists of conveniently handled
sections of completely finished
flooring all held together by a
strong felt backing. These sections
arrive on the job in handy cartons,
and after layer of special ad-
hfslve has been spread over the
sub-foor they are put in place and
bonded together permanently. Thus
It is possible for the floors to be
put in place in record time.
The makers Of this flooring
advise that it is available in three
different woodstock, walnut and
teak-and to make it fit in with
practically any type of architec-
ture or decoration it may be OBJ
tanned in tile design, random width
planks and basketWesve.
If the wild winds of winter
whizzed through your supposedly
tightly closed windows, the chances
are that you need a weatherstrip
installation very badly. We don't
like to remind YOU of unpleasant
things at this late date. but it isn't
hard to imagine how much valuable
heat went out those same windows,
resulting in top-heavy fuel bills,
and a minimum of comfort for the
money. To complete this unpleasant
picture don't forget the disturbing
rattle and bang Of loose sash in
frame, which probably woke you in
the dead of night with visions of
burglars afoot
Why not take advantage of this
off season semi-lull and do some
thing about those windows now?
Your local carpenter will be glad
tn quote you on the relatively in
expensive job of putting in a COM
hIldCl SdHIi poldllNt dllu weather.
strip, which will not only seal
your windows. but eliminate any
bother you might have had with
broken sash cords and lost weights.
Four of these combination units
are installed on each window. and
they are designed so that they will
At in the round groove of stand
ard sash. The units themselves
consist of double aluminium alloy
housing which encloses a tempered
rustproof metal spring. The springs
are attached to the upper and
lower sash and will efficiently
balance any sized window, and be-