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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



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SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS OF 

 THE HOME 



By George Ethelbert Walsh 



THE sanitary development of the modern 

 home shows many interesting features 

 and r.ew ideas which tend to conserve 

 and protect the health of the occupants. It is 

 a mark of our civilization that more attention 

 is paid to the permanency and healthfulness of 

 our home structures than ever before in the 

 history of the human race, and all that science 

 and art can contribute toward the subject is 

 eagerly sought and applied. Architects, en- 

 gineers and builders are co-operating to evolve 

 new types of houses which will prove far moie 

 durable than any in the past, and, without 

 sacrificing any of the comfortable and artistic 

 features of the homes of to-day, they will be 

 practically fireproof, dustproof, verminproot, 

 soundproof, dampproof and perfectly sanitary 

 in every respect. 



The modern devices intended to supply 

 these ideal conditions are somewhat numerous, 

 and their adoption is becoming quite general 

 in the new types of houses. The fireproof 

 house, is, to all intents and purposes, proof 

 against sound, vermin, fire and wind. With 

 walls, floors and ceilings constructed of hol- 

 low fireproof clay, a house of this character is 

 made far more durable than any built of wood 

 or brick. The walls and floors are interlocked 

 by patent steel devices which make them as 

 firm and stable as though built on structural 

 steel framework. It is only within the past 

 year or two that contractors could build coun- 

 try homes of fireproof clay tiles without the 

 supporting aid of steel structures. With the 

 invention of interlocking corner devices, the 

 steel skeleton work was dispensed with, and 

 almost immediately the price of the new fire- 

 proof houses dropped so that the most modest 

 country home could be built in this way. 



Such homes are fireproof, durable and 

 cleaner than any other class. The hollow 

 walls are dust and verminproof, while sound, 

 wind, heat and cold are kept out in a most 

 satisfactory way. They are warmer in win- 

 ter and colder in summer than wooden or 

 stone and brick houses. A great variety of 

 colored tiling and fireproof terra cotta ma- 

 terial is manufactured, so that excellent blend- 

 ing of colors and architectural effects can be 

 made. The colors of the tiling and terra 

 cotta arc woven into the building material, 

 and they are retained just as long as the house 

 itself stands. Unaffected by salt air, storms 

 or wind, the colors maintain their original 

 beauty indefinitely. 



But for houses already constructed almost 

 similar ideal sanitary conditions can be ob- 

 tained at comparatively little extra cost. In- 

 terlocking fireproof partitions can be built in 

 houses in place of the old plaster and lath 

 partitions, with the result that sound, wind, 

 heat or cold can not easily pass between. 

 Vermin find no lodgment in such hollow par- 

 titions. The fireproof blocks are tongued and 

 grooved so that they leek permanently, and i 

 plaster can cover the interior surface if de- 

 sired. Another method is to use mineral 

 wool for packing between the old walls and 

 floors. The mineral wool sheets when ap- 

 plied make the floors and walls fireproof, 

 soundproof and verminproof. The altera- 

 tions required are simple and inexpensive, and 

 the results are such that permanent comfort 

 and additional sanitary conditions are obtained. 

 Metal ceilings are other devices for producing 

 similar desirable results. Stamped in nearly 

 every imaginable design to suit the decora- 

 tions of the most artistic interior, they furnish 

 durable fireproof floors and ceilings that elimi- 

 nate the troubles caused by cracking and fall- 



