Evening star., 1954-05-11
Va. No Pipes!
Look, Mo, No Pipes!
New Plumbing Equipment Shown
By Dorothy BihIman

Mr.. Plumber "ain't" what he
used to be! He has graduated
from his chores of the horse -and-
buggy days, when he was only
called to fix a leak in q pipe.
Today Mr.. Master Plumber is q
full-fledged merchandising man,
a designer and engineer, from
start to finish. He can trans
form your bathroom, kitchen or
laundry from old to modern with
almost a wave of a wand.
Many different types of equip
ment for modern bathrooms,
powder rooms and kitchens, and
the latest in home heating,
washers, dryers and air condi-
tioning are being displayed this
week at the National Plumbing
and Heating Exposition in the
National Guard Armory. The
exposition, being held in con-
junction with the 72d annual
convention of the National As
sociation Of Plumbing Contrac-
tors, is open to the public, free
Of charge, Wednesday, May IL,
from Z pm to 10 pm.
Homeowners looking for ideas
to modernize an old and out-of-
date bathrooms or kitchen this
spring or summer will find a
visit to the exposition highly in
teresting and well worth. while.
One of the main reasons why
the modern bathroom is able to
present so much eye-appealing
beauty is the absence of exposed
piping.
Long ago the bath tub piping
vanished from sight, behind the
fixture shell and into the wall.
Now virtually the only remain
piping exposed to view is the
trap under some free-standing
lavatorieS, which is inconspicu-
Gus. But even this can be
hidden by setting the lavatory
into a countertop. The result
is a "vanitory."
Actually, the vanitory is
combination of vanity and lava
tory. A unit that takes the
bathroom wash basin and sur
rounds it with a colorful STAIN
proof plastic dressing table top,
and roomy storage cabinet
bottom that provides space for
towels. linens, cleaning supplies
and sundrieS, which up until
now the average bathroom has
not been able to accommodate
adequately.
Vanity lavatories of the pre-
fabricated type are sold in Sec
tionS. One section holds the
lavatory itself, while additional
sections can be installed to ex-
tend the countertop as far as
space permits on either side.
Plumbing contractors have re-
ported an r-increaSing de-
mand on the part of women for
the vanity lavatory. Also we were
told survey of real estate agents
recently revealed that the bath
room today is one of the most
important factors in selling a new
home. and that more and more
house hunters expect to find
vanitories in the bathroom, just
as they look for streamlined cab
inetS in the kitchen.
Interest in bathroom improve
ment Is not limited to new home
buyers, either, according to the
vice-president Of one of the COM
panies showing these units here.
He reports that a recent survey
If older home owners showed that
more than one-third of the per-
sons questioned said they planned
to add new bathrooms, powder
rooms, stall showers and other
bathroom facilities in the near
future.
We were informed by rep
reSentative of a Pennsylvania
company that the Master Plumb
erS are impressed with a new au-
tomato clothes dryer. They
claim nine reasons for its being
one of the best economical buys
in dryers on the market. Cd The
double size heating coil dries
clothes more safely at lower tenn