Mount Whitney Lumber Co., Inc.

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3O3O E. Woshington Blvd. Los Angeles 23, Colif. Phone ANgelus OlTl

ness are readily available and comparatively easy to upply.

Partitions are easy to erect when wood framing is used and a substantial soundproof wall can be made.

The problems to be faced in basement rooms are not very flexbile. Heating systems and ducts, laundry facilities and cement floors are generally immovable and permanently installed. Holvever, heating plants can often be isolated with partitions, and hot air ducts can be camouflaged. The lady of the house deserves a cheerful, clean laundry so even this necessary "evil" can be made attractive in the remodeled basement. It has al'ivays been possible to lay asphalt tile on cement floors; now new waterproof mastics make it poSsible to install attractive warm wood flooring over a cement floor.

E,ven a scarcity of t'indo'n's in a basement can be corrected to some extent by cutting openings and installing neu'rvindorvs. Light u,ells for windows belovv ground level usually must provide for drainage. Also, rvhen cutting through foundations, adequate bridging of the space mrlst be provided to support the floor above.

Probably the last rvuv to consider gaining new space in a home is to add a .rving because, being new constmctiorl, it u'ill cost more. The chief advantage of a ner.r' rving is that there are fern'er limitations as to space available.

The problems to consider involve the roofline, foundations and utilities.

A successful remodeling should "look right" and the roofline, being conspicuous should be carefully planned. Gable roofs are more difficult to add to than flat roofs except that to merely extend a gable is not hard. The "T" or "L" floor plan is popular and a new wing then offers some problems in the connecting roof construction.

If an addition is planned to lap around a corner, the roo{line may become quite complex and the connection with the house will be hard because one or both of the existing walls will be bearing the u'eight of the old roof. Wood frame construction is less difficult to work with because necessary openings can often be bridged with a substantial beam so as to adequately support the load above.

Foundations are not mu'ch of a problem in a wing and need only be deep enough to support the addition and extend belou' the frost line. If the existing house has a basement, the utility connections are easily made under the floor of the new rooms.

When slab foundations are involved, the heat connections can be made through the attic, or space heaters installed. If plumbing is connected through the attic, insulation is very important.

Crawl space foundations permit utility connections through either the crarvl or the attic space.

It may not be necessary to add ne\ / space or finish off attics and cellars. Wood frame construction, particularly that involving trussed rafters, often permits the removal or moving of non weight bearing partitions so as to make existing space more usable. Old pantries, halh,r'ays, storage rooms and ,closets are often poorly planned or useless and with more or less minor changes in dooru'ays and partitions, the same space can yield a much needed breakfast nook, playroom or den.

There is no season for interior remodelir-rg. There is no class distinction in the kind of people r,vho do it.