Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg saturday building and real estate 1920 three attractive Bungalow types City and District land company s housing scheme meets with general approval. Suburban Homo building has Boon eagerly taken up by hundreds of frenzied hearts of Svi Knipf p families. Nid of the Many schemes advanced by various builders and real estate firms that exit Forward in h c Stur Creek District by Trie City and District company very Popup air Renaile by join. Watson. By is feet hit Hen. 11 feet by 11 feet i two bedrooms each s foot i inches by 31 feet a bathroom six feet by seven feet and t pantry four feet by eix feet. Plumbing is provided Joneli Idiner out. Toilet Wash Basin and a Lar ii sink of Firu St enamel and hot water tank. Or form doors and win. Jows Are supplied. The total Cost for l Typo of Bungalow is ?4.050. Terms j of payment arc ?50 Cash and per i month. The second or Garden City Type of j Bungalow is one Ami one half stories m Neight. Tile exterior dimensions arc Lio feet by feet with screened i pc Vanilah eight cent by 10 feet. The plans Call for a live room with living room 10 feet by 10 feet dining room. 12 feel 9 inches by 12 feet 10 feet by 10 feet with pantry 1 i Tir feet by six feet and two bedrooms each nine feet by 10 i get. The Bungalow contains foul Large close sit is heated by hot is proving air. And ii is full basement ind full to or Iio is j plumbing. Storm doors arid windows Man and scores of families Sivu already j provided. The Hen established in Homes of their i . Terms of payment Are screen doors and Price windows Are Complete in Cash my nor month Icett rior of the third or Bungalow Type situated on Aldine Street arc 22 i not by feet with Verandah eight feet by. .10 feet erected on Windham tile Lay out consists of Vestibule by seven feet living room 1.0 feet by 15 feet Kitchen la tet by .11 i get. With pantry four., feet by six feet Small six feet by seven feet two bedrooms Ench a feet 0 inches by 11 feet and three clothes in this sub division other houses Are in course of Rons Yuetlon. Company is on three different types of Bonfi slows. These Are o Road. Thompson urict1 and Road South of Portage Avenue and on aiding Street North of Venuk. The lots Are Situ Are High and dry. Kali lot has a frontage of feet and Tho depth ranges from 114 feet to 157 feet. Purchase Price in Cash Case is for House and lot. And the monthly payments cover principal and interest six -.err., per annul. The first Type of Bungalow is n tour room Structure he tiny with Concrete basement 10 feet by 1-1 feet. It has a Verandah eight feet by 10 feet and a Vestibule i our by seven feet. The Bungalow a. Largo living room. 10 feet new construction company formed Winnipeg capital behind project to reduce building costs and expedite work. Negotiations for a Suil Atile site for a Plant arc now under Way by the Manitoba self Locking Concrete Wall company Sawyer a direct Tor of tilts company said this week. The company was recently organized All the directors be incr Winnipeg men with considerable capital. From Winnipeg All Tho building with this clans of material in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will foe handled. The self Locking Concrete Wall is something entirely new in building construction in Western . Tho Lem known As the Sawyer system is1 the invention of Mcm. Sawyer an of Angeles Cal. Canadian rights have been secured by Tho Manitoba company. The construction is essentially a two self Rock in sectional practically monolithic in construction built without the use of wooden forms. The Wall consists of two closets of food size. The Bungalow is units namely the main and wired for drop lights and a Good Locking or key slab which Are both Concrete basement. Storm doors and Are provided. The total Cost is learns it payment being Cash Ami ?-5 per Munth. Or. Watson said the company Al j1s contracts for houses shaped a o. That each dovetails into the other in such a manner that when placed in the Wall Tho interlocking i and these rods carry each Way from parts of Trio slabs form a space which the Corner into the Cement Cap the tra heavy loads. The Cement slabs form two parallel curtain Wall sen ing to perfect the construction by forming a hollow Wall which la note Turc proof. To finish the exterior a coat of stucco is applied uniformly on surface. This is a very satisfactory for the slabs present such uniform surface that the average thl Knees required a not More than three sixteenths to one fourth of an Inch. This thin coating knitting of it sets to the Concrete slab forms a coating which will not Check. The coat of stucco Prins into the a shaped grooves of Tho stud Section knits the Wall together a monolithic mass1. The plaster on the Interior acts in the name Way a incl acc inures no furring or laths. Method of when placed in a Wall the first procedure is to place a firm foundation reinforced with Eterei and after the foundation has1 set sufficiently the Concrete slabs and Are set in place. No mortar is in Between the courses and the Only Concrete used while the construction is going up is the Concrete needed to fill the space Between the which forms the Pilletere or each pilaster or stud is reinforced with two rods and Aro aet 1c inches on centres id entice with the construction in balloon Frame construction. When the Wall has reached the re tired height a Cement Cap is set in place also reinforced with steel which Are tied into the steel which projects through from the pilasters at the Corners of the Structure a solid Corner is poured of Concrete which is reinforced with steel rods. Neat six roomed House warehouse Sale solid Brick Mill sons True Tion four storeys and base 78 feet frontage by 117" feet deep on Corner lot 14s.5 feet with trackage. Excellent Light front Side and rear. equipped Voth automatic sprinklers. Fire insurance rate on Stock about 25e. Price . Enderton co. 228 Portage ave. City Comfort in the country Home to void be More like Home with modern plumbing Convoy in pcs. Stop Ani think of the immense Comfort of an automatic my odorous sewage disposal system. The sanitary value Worth More than Cost of system. Full information and Blue prints free upon application. Anches foundry ltd.7 it von Ond tank Hrar Cri. T end of attn to. Etc. Winnipeg Toronto sold under these plans and g7 families have been established in their new Homes. Delivery of 46 More will i of the Wall. These columns can be be made before May reinforced it. Necessary to carry sex is poured with Grout Concrete and locks lie Wall together forming con Creto self alis Ning studs or every 16 inches for the full height Board Beaver trademark it o the Back or in Board you Walls ceilings made in repair reclaim without the dust and dirt yes without the muss of a plaster Job. Because the Clear clean panels of instantly old cracked plaster and discoloured Wall paper. Because Beaver Board ing is As Quick As it is clean. The whole Job is done in an unbelievably Short time. It Sidone in a Short time and done time a you la never have to replace Beaver cannot lasts As Fang As the building. This is the time for repair work. Order the Board from your nearest lumber Yard to Day. You can the work yourself if it s a simple Job or Call in a local Carpen Ter if greater skill a required. In either event you can be sure of the Beaver Board you get genuine Beaver Board with the trademark plainly printed on the Back of every panel. This Mark is insurance for you As Well Ash dealer. If you would like practical assist Ance in the planning of your repair work write us to Day for a copy of our Book Beaver Board and its the Beaver company 515 bearer Road Thorold Ontario z Imtair operations at frt4mckhov.se and Charlton out. Milts and plants at Thorold and Ottawa distributors and dears get your Beaver Board at we sell Beaver Board stocked in sheets 48 inches wide from 6 to 12 feet Long. Of Glass c o. Limited steel finishing the tying of the entire Structure. The company has already secured orders for Lineal feet of construction in Winnipeg. The system it is claimed can be on any kind of construction. It is far it temper and can be put up in one third of the time required for any other kind of building material. One of the directors claimed that houses could be erected Here by fall so that the Interior finish could a completed in perfect Comfort workmen during the Winter fort Garry building 3dqond-plan Here is a Hooray six roomed House. The porch outside opens into a Small Hall with a Miff room on one Side and living room on the other. The latter has a big widow at one end and a deep old fashioned recess or Ingle at the opposite end. The Woodwork including the beam ceiling if stained to a very color would give this room a very handsome appearance. The Kitchen has convenient Access to basement Stair and Grade Entrance door. The Stair to upper floor starts out of the living room am upstairs there Are two Large Bea rooms Bath room sleeping Balcony and a could be used for a third bedroom. The exterior appearance would be very attractive the Walla being finished with stucco with dark stained Timber in the Gables Etc. Blue prints to a. Scale of one Quarter Inch to foot can be obtained from the free press estate Ano building department foe Tho sum of j16.00. Jwag12 a spool construction company erects Many Homes in Beautiful Good Progress in the construction of a Large number of Homes on wild Wood and a Rosyth place in the municipality of fort Garry is reported by j. B. King of the j. B. King com Pany smiled. Wild Wood property needs no introduction to the people of Winnipeg As the City s most Beautiful suburban District. People looking for Nice Homes however would do Well to consider Tho property known As Ros Yth place a which is situated just 200 Yards from the City limits close to the car line. Modern improve ment including sewer and water will be in the property this Spring. The Street is at present known As Adderton Avenue to which an in trance will bet opened at once from Pem Toina Highway so that houses erected on Rosyth place will be but a step from the car. In View of the improvements being installed it has been decided to modernized All All the lots have a frontage of 50 feet and the Street is 66 feet Wlzlo. The layout of the bungalows consists of a Large living room two bedrooms with clothes closets Largi Kitchen with pantry and a bathroom. Each will have an attractive screened Veran Dah and a spacious woodshed. Sewer and water connections and All elec tric fixtures will be installed. will be altered to suit Prehm ers. Purchases May be made under the municipal building scheme with Low rate of interest and terms of payment like rent. Use rammed Earth what to know in building a Home otherwise the moisture coming through is Likely to cause the paint to Blister or crack or Peel. House should have three Good Coats of Good paint to make a food Job. Never fewer., than two Coats should be considered. Valuable building information a i contained in the following answers to j mortar shrinkage. Experiments have been conducted new kind of building material cheap and durable compressed Earth is now being utilized As a building material in i House construction in great Britain a recent report says. The Cost of an entire House is. Roughly one tenth that of a similar Structure of Brick. Blocks of suitable Earth rammed and compressed Supply splendid material for the building of houses in Rural districts leaving the bricks and mortar for use in towns where other building materials cannot be obtained. The estimate for the exterior Walls of a six roomed Bungalow which has been erected if built of Brick was their Cost in Earth worked out at less than and the work was completed in less than a month by . The Walls Are 18 inches thick and seem to be Harden intr to the consistency of a soft Sandstone. Al though they have been built for Little More than six weeks they seem Al ready dry enough for the House to be habitable. I the Walls Are formed of Ordinary Loam tightly rammed Between boards which Are bolted 18 inches apart until the Earth Wall is sufficiently hard to permit of their removal. An i other course is then erected on land so until the Wall has reached. I the full height desired. A thin exterior layer of Cement improves the outside appearance although this is. Not essential. I wooden blocks Are inserted in the Walls where it will be necessary to fix window frames and doors. Interior Walls dividing the Are. Made from two Inch Breeze slabs composed of of ashes and Cement which gives strength and lightness. The Bungalow has plenty of cupboard space and a bathroom. I owing to the cheapness of con i Striction the Bungalow together with outbuildings and four and one half acres of land Cam be let at a rental1 of s2.50 per week. Of mortars can toe procured toy if easter Lihe first Tep was production of a hydrated mortar by the use of a wet plaster base tout the results showed that Hydra Tori could not be readily obtained in a 1-3 mortar if obtained k.t.a-11, by the use of such a base and Only Pouble when the Tor of the form completely covered with Mett and this was done not Only was contraction eliminated during the first 24 hours but Home expansion produced. It was Alto found with the use of a form very nearly the could . New club House. The to oof jaw Golf club acquired a site inv Ross Park Overlook ing the Clu b s and will erect a club House Sprinc. The main will be 10 x 60 feet with extensions both wings for locker a lounge 40 x House construction questions which to determine whether a reduction in appeared in the building department of a leading daily of St. Paul. Furniture especially and very often sideboards Are much in favor with Many Persona. It should be remembered however that All carpenters Are not Cabinet and that expert Workman ship on such built in features is essential. 2. The of paint for exteriors is one in. Which permanent colouring materials Are ground into a White paint base. Such tinted paint will not so readily Chalk and crack and thus will have longer life than pure White paint. All Best paints have White Lead of Zinc oxide a their base. 3. Porches too often Are like the Winter morning cold b ath More talked about than used. Unless the family intends to use it so sleep ing porch should be omitted. If built it should be 30 located As to Gret air on Turco sides and windows so Arr ranged that direct Storma May be shut out while a full Supply of air is provided. Over thai garage if connected to the House or Over a Sun room or open porch is a. Good Loca Tion. Windows Are. Beet for sleeping porch and sunroom. Have them swung on double hinges so they open either out or in and provide for securing them when open by one of the Rainy devices now sold the. Best Beinor those which will permit open ing As Large or Small a distance As desired. The bathroom does not have tiled Walls est to paint both Walls and Selling wallpaper should not be used where. There is much moisture. For ;