Mediey, September 25,1968 |

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C,

Builder's Page

Old-fashioned kitchen

gets the full treatment

THIS WAS the serviceable but prosaic kitchen of an inexpen- sive subdivision home in San Francisco, The gas stove vents into a corner stack added nothing to appearance of the room.

TERRACE OMINECA HERALD

By ERNIE BENNETT

Redolng a kitchen is hardly a weekend project, and is one that requires careful planning and a long-haul expectation, It’s the sort of project that causes one to pause halfway through and ask, “Why did 1 ever ‘start this??? But the results are re- warding, and the feeling of ac- complishment, once the project Is dona, makes it all worthwhile.

Insofar as the planning was concerned, I made cardboard models of tha proposed cup- boards, bullt-in fixtures, ate., and carefully examined the as» semblage from all angles to be sure the final result would be completely satisfying, The start- ing situation was a plain,square Toom with a flue stack protrud- {ng In one corner. The sink was not in the desired location for tha new ensemble, Having decid=

~..| ed on golng ahead, a plumber

ERNEST BENNETT. the huileder of the kitchen layout, finishes hés task by hanging last doors ender sink, one year after project began.

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was brought in to change the location of drains, water pipes and vents, Jeaving them protrud. ing from the wall in . the new location,

Meanwhile, work was begun on the new construction, 2 x4’s on edge were laid out on the floor elued and nailed, in box shapes, to support cabinets and present

a smooth front 3 inchs nar Trower than cabinets (toe space), Lower cabinets were built as gpen-faced boxes and secured

on the 2 x 4 bases, Backs of these cabinets were 14”) plywood, Wail oven was set at angle of corner to break squareness of reom and backed up to the cor- ner flue so oven could be vented where stove once was. (gas for oven and table top burners was brought from wall where old stove had stcod. This piping ts at the back of cabinets, though hot behind them,and well out of the. way)

Was fortunate to find a stains less steel double sink withdrain- beards on each side (all one piece) which just fit in space available, Had a matching staine less steal table top made to or= Her (cost more than the entire sink unit) for the other wing, with an opening cut for table top burner unit, The vent unit for overs the burners also is stain- lass steel Wood SHRANK

Upper cabinets were made in the same way as the lower, open faced boxes with 147 plywood backs. These: ware hung ‘from the double 2 x 4s that run around

quired for removing

courtesy Mobit Oil Carperation.

Proof of the popularity of gardening today is the fact that there are over 20 million’ power lawn mowers in use, &e- cording to recent industry esti- mates,

Lined up hub-to-hub, that many machines could’ mow a swath 7,000 miles wide.

Today’s mowers are rugged- ly built machines that can last six or seven years with proper maintenance. However, their life ean be cut in half if they do not get proper care. .

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CARE FOR YOUR POWER MOWER pays dividends in cutting ease, - Power lawn mower blades stould be sharpened or replaced once a year. A wrench is the only teol re- most blades. Mowers also require specialized lubricants, Photo,

Experts Give Tips On Care of Power Mowers.

life and maximum éfficiency, Here ara their pointers,

Remove rotary mower blades and have them sharpened and balanced, Actually, a new blade costs only a little more. Reels should only be sharpened by a specialist.

Caked, dry grass should be yemoved from the underside of rotary mowers particularly if the unit’s exhaust is under the blade housing. The hot exhaust ean ignite the dry grass and start a potentially dangerous fre

When doing this, or any other work on a power mower, the spark plug wire should be re-

moved to prevent . accidental starting. .

Oil and gas should he drained if. this wasn’t done when the mower was put away -for the Winter. The cranktcase should then be refilled with a special power mower oil. Auto- _motive engine oils should not

-be used; they are formulated to lubricate engines operating. “at varying speeds. Power mow- er engines operate at relatively constant speeds and, therefore, require special oils, Outboard motor oils should be used only with two-cycle engines,

The mower should be washed

. down with detergent and a serub brush and rinsed with a hosé. All oil plugs and gas caps

“ing this, A few dropa of mower ' ofl ‘should be applied to wheel bearings and any oil cups. —

need cleaning, If you do remove _ the plug and have o unit that’ requires a copper washer under

»|4dt, do not re-uae the olil washer.

“Tewill not make-a proper seal.

_Acnew plug. and washer i is. the

] “best bet.

__o With: these simple stops out Sof the way, practically “any. / power mower. can be used _ throughout the entire season with little. or no attention,

-should be tightened before do- -

Mower spark “plugs: rarely |,

angle {rons screwed to the 2 x4s and the boxes attached to the angle: trons with bolts. This made for completely secure cabinets with about a’ 6 inch space above them which was covered with a soffit.

Now the project was ready for facing, which was to be v- grooved knotty pine, This seemed in short supply at, the time, and some searching among the lumber yards was nacessary. Having found good kiln-dried boards, 1 began to put them up at once, starting around the wall oven, Fortunately, I only got started with a couple pieces, and then was delayed a faw days, When IT came back to the work, I found the boards had separated slightly, indicating that the. wood still contained moisture, The re- mainder of the wood was placed in an elavated positton in the warm basement with 1’? strips between boards and allowed to

“Waxing da tes back to Pharaoh

- Although homemakers can rip

-.'| through: furniture waxing with ~ /-7 pushbotton speed these days,they:

‘may. not rediize that they are

"| goltewing a tradition that dates ‘| taek to the Pharaohs. -

“Beeswax was used in “thelr

| tombs to preserw palntings,and ‘people have been waxing over

sinca, according to a new book, “Tha Wax Album of Amertean Furniture Classics.’' (8. C, Johnson, Racine, Wis.) ‘

‘One exception could be tha Dark : the -book. says. There's Syidence that waxing to praserve furnishings was ig-

-| nored then and as a result,littls of that period’s crude furniture |

remains today.

Revival of the use of waxing ‘

took place during the Renaissance, Furnlture was sealed with drying oll and cured Then a thick pasta of beeswax mised with turpentine was ap. plied,

Until the start of this century,

paste waxes continued as the

traditional furniture. care waxes —they are still used by many persons—but homemakers sought something aasier to use. Of polishes at first met the de- sire but lost popularity because of a tendency to collect dust and finger marks and to lose gloss quickly, the book says,

- Liquid buffing waxes and emulsion cream polishes . also gained acceptance, but only since World War Tl had real’? spead and ease been possible with modern wax-base spray polishes.

Latest development in this’ category, according to the book, fis a furniture polish with

stand over a month, From then on, no shrinkage, ;

Platn strips were placed vert: cally at adges of the ‘‘boxa’! to‘hold the doors after the sof» fits. were in position, The doors were backed with 14’? plywood, with plenty of glue and a few small brass screws from behind to insure. the bend, Tha plywood ended an Inch from the bottom of the doors, and shelves were sat pack 14” to accomodate .the ex« tra thickness, The doors might have been put together with dowells, but net having proper equipment for that, the backing seamed easier and more secura,

BLACK HARDWARE

The knotty pine was given a coat of blonde sealer before several coats of spar varnish, Had the varnish been applied without the sealer, the wood would have taken on a much darker hue. I wanted to keep a. light finish ‘to make the room more cheerful, Black tron hard- ware was selacted to give good contrast,

Space between the counter tons and . upper. cabinets was. filled with lightweight ceramic ifle secured with a bonding paste— a very simple ‘and easy project. Above the burners, or farther behind them, an area that could easily be cleaned of grease, was needed. An Inexpensive sheet of lightweight aluminum was giued to 34°? plywood, which in turn was cemented, like the tile, to the wall, It has served admire ably, .

More Fresh Air

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Inside House. One of the relatively new de-/

escape air pollution, as long as he atays in the house, Is an electronic air cleaner. [t ts claimed by obe manufacturer, who offers an electronic air cleaner in a variety of forms, that this product eliminates up to 95 per cent. of airborne duct or tcbacco smoke and 99 per cent of the pollen in alr passing through the system. The com- pany’s national marketing man- ager, Hal Chamberlain, predicts that $25 millon worth of the units will be sold in 1968, com- pared to $6 In 1961, Ha asti- ‘mates that business will triple by 1971 to $75 million for rasie centlal and light commercial use, with a minimum of 40 per cent of all electronic alr cleans ers sold through original equip- ment manufacturers. as part of

heating, alr conditioning, humid- ity control and air cleaning,

Gets. Gla mour

| ‘The door for all seasons, the aluminum combination door,once used. solely for its practicality, fas a: new look—or rather: a ‘gertes of new looks, so‘ that it ‘ean add glamor to 4 "runeofathae mill. davelopmont home, upgrade a tired colonfal or bring a new bloom. ta a tart-of-the-century stucco villa, :

‘It all’ started with the white aluminum: door, the first step. up -from the ‘raw’ look ofthe first ‘aluminum, combination door, As time went by, cartain decorative touches ware added to make the

cut. bugs and keep in heat. Some of the touches were: fron hinges, a colonial: spindla look and wrought-lron ornaments. -

Now there’s also color,added ‘via: “miltishued panels with that statned-and-leaded. glass. look

‘Renaissance’ cathedrals: and Norman’ castles... Ami as if that

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What to do to replace thatfuse

QUESTION: I am a ~widow with] §

three children, We have just moved into a new house and I have been trying to get the hang

of things, One thing I want to be) J able to do is to change a fuse

when one blows out. Can you tell

me how to do this?

ANSWER: We're gding to tell you what you should know about changing fusea,BUT you should still have someone show you how it isp done. Replacing a fuee la no more difficult than replacing a light bulb in a Jamp, In fact, the fuse sorewa into the socket in

exactly the same way, The im-| portant thing La that you turn, aff} § the electricity before imallie'y the| F.

change — and that's why we recommend that someone show you exactly what should be done before even opening the fusebox, You probably will find that the fusea for the. circuits In your houge are 15 amperes each, 50

designated on each fuse. Thon there is a 30 ampere fuso In the main fuse box, It is well, there=-

fore, to keep some extra fuses of each eize around so you won't be caught short in anemergency, Never use any sizo'larger than the fuse being replaced, Remem-' ber that a blown-out fuse usually

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