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One corner of the living room The level of the kitchen garden has been raised to hide the service yard.
The clean and varied roof lines are the most important features of the elevations. All water tanks are kept under the roof. ach bathroom having its own tank or cistern in the adjoining hot room. Win- dows in the south elevation are kept as low as possible in order to direct the vision
down to the fine view.
Construction is mainly of load bearing brick walls with stone retaining walls. Externally, the bricks are plastered and "Snowcemmed." The wall to the covered way and the retaining walls are of ran- lom rubble stone. Internally, the main rooms are finished with gypsum plaster and emulsion paints. Floors in main rooms are of teak blocks, and the staircase has trak treads and risers; bathrooms have mosaic tile floors and glazed tile dadoes. The covered way and terraces have washed
granolithic paving. The rools and floors are of hollow tile reinforced concrete slab former finished with mineral surfacing. construction, the external surface of the
All windows are locally made and zinc galvanized; they are manufactured from heavy sections because of the very exposed position of the house, and for this reason also the windows have generally been kept rather small.
Bathrooms have "American-Standard" coloured square baths, and all plumbing stacks are concealed in cupboards to avoid expensive ducting and to facilitate access. All electric wiring in the main part of the house is concealed in conduits in the walls and ceilings, as are connections for radios and telephones.
Architects: Messrs. Leigh & Orange. General Contractor: Sang Hop Con-
struction Co.
Detail of the fireplace
Plumbing Installation: Dodwell & Co.,
Ltd.
Electrical Wiring: The Jardine En-
gineering Corporation, Ltd. Electrical Fittings: The British General
Electric Co., Ltd.
Metal Windows: Canton Metal Windows
Mfg. Co., Ltd. Schlage Hardware :
Co., Ltd.
American-Standard
Shewan, Tomes &
Sanitary Fittings: Inniss & Riddle (China), Ltd. Roofing: Supplied & laid by William
Jacks & Co., Ltd.
Tiling: John D. Hutchison & Co., Ltd. Paints: Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd. Sliding Door Gear: Shewan, Tomes &
Co., Ltd.
Cooker & Refrigerator: Gibb, Livingston
& Co., Ltd.
Water Heaters: Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
NEW CHEMICAL WOOD PRESERVATIVE
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A substantial item of household destroying insects and termites and risk causing any swelling expenditure is the cost incurred in consequently has a specially interest- shrinking of the wood, which is left protecting wooden buildings such as ing application for use in hot climates. clean after treatment and ready for dwelling houses, garages, outhouses,
painting or varnishing if required. The material can be brush applied greenhouses, sheds, etc., against the ravages of the weather; to offset this to existing structures but where a particular nuisance Detel Products new building is being erected it is Ltd. can now offer a new chemical preferable to soak the wooden parts wood preservative which is capable which are to be in contact with the of fully protecting any timber build- ground in a bath of the preservative ing.
overnight. Preservatives of this type using solvents have excellent pene- It is supplied as a solution based trating powers and are. therefore. on pentachlorphenol and should be more suitable for surface or steeping applied to the dry unpainted wood. treatments than other types. It is also completely effective against wood rotting fungi. dry rot. wood "Pentapreg" can be used without
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For the latest and most
When handling this preservative care should be taken to avoid con- tamination of the skin as the mate- lal is an irritant, but full details are available for using this product which is obtainable in either one gallon cans or five and forty gallon drums.
Further details may be obtained from the manufacturers at Victoria Park Estate, South Ruislip. Middlesex. England.
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