ii AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS April, 1911 
You’ll like it—it’s well heated! 
You will find thousands of 
different kinds and sizes of 
houses offered for rent or 
sale, but there is only one 
kind of true heating com- 
fort which will fit any house 
or building and make it a 
delightful place to live in 
and work in. That way 
is with 
AMERICAN JDEAL 
RADIATORS 
Every real estate agent, every large property owner, will tell you that 
the one convincing recommendation for any building is, that it contains 
an IDEAL Boiler and AMERICAN Radiators. 
Just as you see our advertisements everywhere, so you'll find these heating outfits 
being put in everywhere. We are building more and larger factories, for we know 
that with the great and lasting satisfaction and economies our outfits are giving 
(more than in the case of any other article entering into buildings or their furnish- 
ings) we shall receive a rapidly increasing volume of orders for IDEAL Boilers and 
AMERICAN Radiators. The high reputation 
that our heating outfits and our name now enjoy 
means that we must and shall stand back of 
IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators and 
guarantee them to the full. 
If you have a building to erect, to sell or to rent, you’ll find 
Ask the man behind the real estate proposition : 
BOILERS “How is it heated?” 
aii —— it a splendid talking basis to say: “‘It’s heated with an IDEAL 
a Ts. = Boiler and AMERICAN Radiators.” It means that 
A No. 2118 IDEAL Boller ANo.A-241IDEAL Boiler the tenant will be glad to pay you 10% to 15% more rent 
and 270{t. of 38-in. AMER- and 46l {t. of 38-in.AMER- because of the comfort, health-protection, convenience, 
3 Radii ysting ICAN Radiators, costing : < : : : ; 
Wwaer $135 wereused to owner$215,wereusedto Cleanliness, and fuel economy he will experience; or, in sell- 
heal thisicottage. SEES ITER ing, you get back the full price paid for the outfit, which 
At these prices the goods can be bought of any repu- does not rust out or wear out. 
table, competent fitter, This did not include cost of ; : : aoe. 
labor, pipe, valves, freight, etc., which installation is No tearing up necessary—now quickly put into any buildings—old 
extra and varies according to climatic and other con- or new—farm or city. Ask for our book Heating Investments”— 
ditions. puts you under no obligation to buy. Write,’phone or call today. 
in all large cities Chicago 
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SHneecome AMERICAN R ADI ATOR (0 MPANY Write to Dept. 6 
Sample and “- A House Lined with 
i. Mineral Wool 
as shown in these sections, is Warm in Winter, 
Cool in Summer, and is thoroughly DEAFENED. 
The lining is vermin proof; neither rats, mice, 
nor insects can make their way through or live init. 
MINERAL WOOL checks the spread of fire and 
keeps out dampness. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 
; 4 U.S. Mineral Wool Co. 
CROSS-SECTION THROUGH FLoor. 140 Cedar St. NEW YORK CITY 
VERTICAL SECTION, 
to the consistency of cream or the ordinary 
cold water paint. Stir constantly and ap- 
ply by using a whisk broom, throwing this 
paint on with some force. 
Keep this finish surface damp for at 
least six days or longer if economy will 
permit. Do not allow it to dry out in any 
one place during the week. If necessary 
protect it by hanging tarpaulins and using 
a fine spray of water, playing on several 
times during the day by means of a hose. 
This will give a pleasing light gray color of 
excellent texture. 
Stucco may be applied to various build- 
ing materials. There is hardly any reason 
at the present time for stuccoing stone 
building, as the procedure at best is dif- 
ficult and hardly to be recommended. Our 
building stone is usually an excellent ma- 
terial and therefore does not require 
either protection or covering to produce 
pleasant effects. 
New brick may be covered with stucco 
very successfully. The joints should be 
first raked out half an inch. The brick 
must be saturated with water. It is al- 
ways best to start stuccoing at the top of 
the wall and work down between the pilas- 
ters or corners, finishing a whole strip. 
or whole side wall from top to bottom in 
one day. Thus no streaks or cracks are 
formed where one day’s work ends and 
another begins. By this method the wall 
can be kept wet ahead of the work by 
means of a hose. 
The second coat should be put on as 
soon as the first coat has ‘stiffened suf- 
ficiently to hold in place and stand the 
pressure of the trowel. This second coat 
should be well scratched and the finished 
coat applied while the former one is damp. 
The finish coat should then be kept wet, 
protected from the rays of the sun and as 
far as possible from drying out. This can 
be done by hanging wet cloths over it. 
This rule of keeping each coat moist until 
the other coat is applied, and protecting 
after applying the finish coat, must be ob- 
served in all forms of Portland cement 
stucco. 
If the stucco is to be applied to metal 
lath or wire cloth, the metal should _ be 
plastered on two sides so that it is entirely 
encased in mortar in order to avoid rust- 
ing. If this is impracticable, then the metal 
lath or wire cloth should be dipped in a 
paint made of equal parts of clear Port- 
land cement and water. Immediately after 
dipping, the metal lath or wire cloth should 
be tacked onto a frame in the position it 
is intended to occupy. As soon as the neat 
Portland cement has hardened on the 
metal apply the first coat of stucco. Hair 
should be added to the mortar in the pro- 
portion of one bag of cement to one pound 
of hair, the mass applied on wire mesh or 
expanded metal. 
If plaster boards are used they should 
be nailed on the frame work of the build- 
ing, leaving at least a quarter of an inch 
joint between each plaster board, this 
joint to be filled in with lime putty, other- 
wise each plaster board will cause square 
cracks on the outside of the stucco the size 
of the board. 
A convenient method of waterproofing 
plaster boards is easily available. The 
boards may be painted with two coats of 
any of the reputable bitumen waterproof 
paints to which plaster adheres. Then 
about twenty-four hours after the bitumen 
paint has been applied, and within six 
days, apply the first coat of stucco. 
For use of stucco on terra-cotta blocks, 
great care should be exercised in keeping 
them thoroughly saturated with water, for 
if not saturated, they will pull the water 
