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HOME CARE SECTION 513:
Fix the .crocks
Cracked and broken
plaster will give any house a
run-down appearance.
Repairs are simple to make
and can be done by any home
owner,
You will need a putty
knife, chisel, sandpaper and
sponge. Get a plasterer's
trowel if you have some good
size patching to do.
Tiny cracks that appear on
the surface of the wall can be
repaired with very little
preparation. Wet the crack
with water - this is where you
se the sponge - and fill with
platching plaster. Smear this
with the putty knife or your
finger. use the sponge to-
smooth the patch.
When mixing patching
plaster, mix only what you
will use immediately. The
material sets quickly, in 15 to
30 minutes.
Nail holes should be
repaired the same way. Wet,
fill with patching- material
right to the bottom and level
off. Wet down and smooth.
Large holes and cracks
need more preparation.
Remove all plaster that
seems the least bit loose.
Undercut the edges with a
chisel so that the hole is
wider at the bottom than at
the top.This will help hold'
the fresh plaster.
If a large hole in the wall is
being repaired and the
plaster is broken through to
the lath, the patch may need
support.
A piece of wood or plaster
board nailed to the lath will
The present fascination
Ivith encounter groups is
based on the hope that
growing up isn't something
that stops with adoles-
cence.
/Indeed, growing up is only
the vertical dimension of
growing out, according to
one woman whose house is
too small.
"We know all about en-
counters," she said. "Our
house has grown so mall, we
can't take a step without
falling over a child or a
possession."
"When we bought the
house, we worried that it
might be too big. We thought
four bedrooms would be all
we'd ever need."
If any of this sounds
familiar, perhaps an account
of this woman's solution
would be of interest. Her
decision was to grow
upwards, to finish one end of
the attic, adding a room ,that
would be used as an adult
family morn
This relieved pressure on
the rest of the house by
freing a downstairs room for
use as study and project'
spate for young teen-age
children.
The project was largely a
do-it-yourself undertaking,
although the family empoyed
an electrician and a
professional installation Man
for the heating ductwork.
These jobs were scheduled
first and once they were out
of the way, a subfloor of
5/8-inch construction grade
plywood went down.
Framing the Walls and
eeiling cattle next.
before the gypsum board
Walls were nailed to the
frd tiling, all outside urfadeS Were insulated' with iihet,.
provide a solid base.
Once the hole is prepared,
mix the plaster. Wet down
the area to be repaired. Use
the putty knife to pack the
patching material into the
hole, Stop just short of the
surrounding surface. Wait an
hour, wet down again and
apply more, plaster.
Use the trowel to smooth
the plaster so that it is flush
with the rest of the wall.
Final smoothing should be
delayed about an hour. Then
wet and smooth with the
trowel.
When the patch is
.completely dry and smooth
(sand out rough spots if
necessary) seal with a thin
coat of shellac or glue size,
Dry wall construction
requires different
preparation before patching,
If there is a hole in the
plasterboard, cut out the
area that is damaged,leaving
a ,neat rectangle or circle to
be repaired.
Take a .piece of wood or
plaster board and cut it so
that it is longer in one
dimension than the hole, less
in the other. Slip it into the
hole and fasten in place with
nails or screws. Predrill the
board first and measure
carefully so that matching
holes ,can be drilled in the
wall. This material', will form
the backing for the patch
which you then prepare as
outlined above.
Be sure to countersink and
fill the surface screw holes.
glass bankets. This is vital
not only to retain heat in the
winter, but to keep tempera
ture bearable during the
summer months when a
strong sun is directly
overhead.
Once the subfloor and
walls were in place,
decorating and finishing the
room took top priority. The
interior design scheme
started with the floor
covering, selected primarily
for texture.
Installation was one of the
projects on the do-it-yourself
list, so it was desirable to
select a rough surface effect
that would hide seams as
well as any possible
mistakes.
The choice' was a tousled
mini-shag ,in which artful
placement of subtly
contrasting color creates a
rich tapestry of texture on
the floor.
The carpet cost about
$13:95 a square yard and the
attic room, meaasuring 12 by
16 feet, required just under
22 square yards of fabric.
The decision to carpet
wall-to-wall was made for
two reasons. Functionally,
wall-to-wall was the least
expensive treatment, given
the low-cost, unfinished
plywood subfloor,
Esthetically, wall-to-wall
Made the small room seem
larger:
;y. If
not
)ast,
and
or a
with
and
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