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•2 QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965
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Quesnel
Plan #21294 (copyright #11-
7093)
The gracious home in which
you've always pictured yourself
and your family. . .dignified,
yet with a definite modern
flair. . . is plan #21294,
with 1,294 square feet of liveability.
A carport at the front under
the bedroom area is the practical
answer to the problem
of storing the family car if
you happen to have one of the
smaller city lots.
This is a split entry house,
with an L shaped living/dining
area, featuring an outside wall
fireplace. The kitchen has a
good sized dining nook, and is
efficiently planned in step sav­
ing cupboard/sink arrangement.
Three bedrooms and
family-sized bathroom complete
the floor layout.
A semi flat roof with tar
and gravel finish adds to the
sleek modern look of this
house, and a sun deck at the
rear is conveniently located
off the kitchen and dining area
for quick, step saving, outdoor
dining.
Designed for N.H.A. approval,
blueprints may be obtained
from the Building Centre
(B.C.) Ltd. 96 Kingsway
at Broadway, Vancouver, B.C.
"Select Homes Designs"
Plan Book now available.
Send 50^ to cover cost of
mailing, including free price
list for blueprints.
Don't Sicip On
Comfort In House
You do right by buying better.
This has always been the
case when purchasing ahouse,
and it is especially true when
installing heating and cooling
systems.
Heating, claims the Canadian
Hydronics Council, is the
heart of the house. The original
purpose of a house is to
provide shelter and comfort,
and after investing thousands
of dollars, it would be foolish
to skimp on comfort to
save a couple hundred dollars
- if that much.
The best approach to heating
and cooling, according to
the Council, is Hydronic (modern
hot water) baseboard
heating and separate overhead
air conditioning. They are two
distinct systems doing two
distinct jobs - and both follow
the scientific principle that
heated air rises and cooled
air falls.
In the winter, baseboard
units radiate heat from the
base of the walls, and the
warm air climbs upward to
cover the entire room with a
curtain of warmth. In summer,
cool, dehumidified air
flows from ceiling-high registers,
falls gently down to the
floor, and provides draft-free
comfort throughout the room.
And best of all, with these
two systems, you get your cake
and eat it too. The cost of this
quality combination in many
cases is no more than, or is
competitive with, systems using
the same ductwork for both
heating and cooling.
WHAT'S IN
A HOUSE
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The prospective homeowner
should keep in mind that a
single ceiling fixture will not
give sufficient light for the
basement stairway, furnace
and laundry areas and storage
space. Every basement
has its own lighting problems,
but as a general rule, there
should be an electrica|^fixture
for every 300 square feet of
basement floor area. Bedrooms
are required to have
one lighting outlet, either in
the ceiling or a wall receptable,
controlled by a wallswitch.
There must be enough
receptacles to ensure that no
point along the usable floor
line is more than 6 feet from
an outlet. Kitchens must have
at least one receptable for appliances,
at the counter top
height. Laundry areas or
rooms must also be provided
with an appliance receptable.
An exterior light should be
provided at every entrance to
the house.
The Corporation of theTown of Quesnel
1965 ASPHALT
PAYING PAYMENTS
Due to many requests, the date for
acceptance of total cash payments for
the 1965 Asphalt Paving Local Improvement
program, has been extended to
December 10, 1965. Payments will be
accepted up to and including December
10, 1965. Unpaid accounts after this
date, wilf be placed on the Tax Roll, onetenth
each year for the next ten years,
plus interest on the outstanding balance
each year at the rate of 6 per cent.
E. A. Green
Collector
Proper Home Lighting
Key Factor In Studies
Proper lighting is a cornerstone
of a child's study and
reading habits. It can also be
a key factor of eye health.
Great strides have been
made in schools to create the
kind of lighting that promotes
learning.
But at home, where the eyes
often work harder and longer
in study assignments, insufficient
or the wrong kind of
light is typical.
Squinting, squirming, restlessness,
inability to concentrate
and rapid eye fatigue
can often be blamed directly
upon poor lighting.
Such conditions may also
contribute to visual defects.
TROUBLE STARTS EARLY
A St. Louis medical authority
observed that 30 out of
every 100 elementary and high
school students are afflicted
with poor vision, but only five
out of 100 pre-schoolers have
major eye defects.
His findings indicated a
great many eye conditions develop
and progress in early
school years.
Proper study lighting
means, principally, at>out 750
to 200 watts on the work surface,
distributed in a way that
eliminates glare, shadows and
high contracts of brightness.
PICK A PAIR
Lighting engineers state
that a pair of wall fixtures are
highly suitable. They shouldbe
positioned with sockets 30
inches apart. Shade bottoms
should be 115 inches above the
desk.
It also helps to have other
lights turned on in the room
to reduce contrast and shadows.
Here are more tips from the
Institute for providing the
right home study invironment:
If possible, provide someplace
private, away from television
or other distractions.
The room should face a lightcolored
wall. Avoid glass or
polished desk surfaces - or
use a light desk blotter.
Architects
Design
Log Cabins
"Canada's architects are
still designing log cabins while
their counterparts all over the
world are facing the population
explosion head-on by completely
revolutionizing their
approach to design and mass
production of buildings," says
Bert E. Wllloughby, president
of the 16,000-member Canadian
Association of Real Estate
Boards,
"Those responsible for the
creation of environment are so
confined with the backwoods
attitudes that they are ignorant
of what is going on in the
world, Canada is capable of
becoming one of the most influential
leaders of the world.
If we would accept the responsibility
of providing living
room for less fortunate people
from outside our borders,"
Mr, Wllloughby said.
"Our creators of housing
just don't seem to have the
depth 6r spark of imagination
that is required to produce
spectacular designs. It would
be just as well to feed specifications
into a computer if
we are satisfied to accept a
copy of someone else's work.
TAUGHT IMPROPERLY
"This incompetence is not
so bad in itself, for we must
realize that our schools have
only taught that all buildings
must conform to a certain
shape. Everything is either
square or rectangular. We
have been taught to think in
the same pattern of geometric
forms ever since we entered
grade school But I think society
is willing and entitled to
expect more dramatic expression
from professionals.
"Architects who dare to
experiment in high density
urban design are usually frustrated
by the conformists.
Witness the frustrations inthe
attempt to build Habitat '67
in connection with the Montreal
World's Fair. It is my
opinion that Habitat '67 is tlie
best formula yet for making
live liveable in the heart of
a teeming city. It is leading
the way in which city housing
development must go and
is designed to be adapted to
the condominium principle.
BUILD NEW CANADA
We've got to build a whole
new Canada in the next 25
years. Herein lies the challenge
to architects and other
housing prof essionals, to
create new housing concepts
with more emphasis on environmental
design.
"There is a particular need
to improve our cities for both
econom.lc and social reasons.
There is a need for more
long-range planning by senior
governments to cope with the
expansion of the major cities.
"In meeting the demand for
4,000,000 new housing units
in Canada in the next 20 years,
architects and developers
must pay more attention to
the psychological needs of the M
individual."
POSTURE IMPORTANT
Avoid fixtures, of lamps with
dark linings or that are closed
at the top. Translucent shields
that diffuse light are preferred.
The desk top should be 28
to 29 inches above the floor.
The child's eyes should be 14
inches above the desk top.
Floor Joists
Quality materials ana gooa
workmanship are very important
if you want a firm and
level floor. The base for the
floor are the structural members
named joists. The joists
are horizontal beams spaced
at the distance shown on the
plans and specifications. In
house construction, except for
unfinished basements, joists
serve a twofold purpose as
they support both the floor
above and the ceiling beneath.
Wood joists are used almost
exclusively in homes and since
each is only about 1 5/8"
thick it is common practice
to install a row of stiffeners
to prevent twisting. This row
of stiffeners or bridging
should be placed through the
middle of spans exceeding a
distance of seven feet. Any
workman installing joists
should check them closely to
determine if they are straight
or not. This is done by sighting
along the edge of the joist.
If a slight "crown" exists,
the joist is placed "crown up".
Certain places in the floor
assembly need additional
strengthening, for e x a m p 1 e,
under bearing partitions. This
is accomplished by doubling
the floor joists at such locations.
The prospective homeowner
is well advised to check
this phase of construction agalnst
the plans and specifications.
Light Needs
Differ
A home gardener should
know what a house plant's light
requirements are.
Light doesn't necessarily
mean sunlight. It can come into
a room from a north window.
Or, light can be provided by
an electric bulb.
Light varies tremendously
in quality. And plants vary as
much in their tolerance to light
as there are variations in light
qualities.
There are tropical plants
with very large leaves that
require shade. But other
broad-leaf plants, such as the
c a 1 a d i u m esculentum (elephant
ear plants) and the arborescent
philidendrons will
become huge plants when
grown in the full heat of the
noon-day tropical sun.
Some plants, like the India
rubber trees, will thrive* in
the full sun, or in a shaded
location.
Another, isthescheflera.or
Queensland umbrella tree.
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