Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 21

REAL YEARAOUND SHES m HELP TOREALTOR 3 Seasonal Buying and Selling is Yielding to Continuous Business Dealing. AY MILTON F. SCHWAR. Of far-reaching importance (o home ESTATE, THE 14 STAR. W Kind of Lath Impm'tanl to Save Plaster ‘ZONING ORDINANCE ln Homes Frnm Cracking or Falling | Whether or not the plaster in a home proves permonent depends large- {1y on the kind of lath to which it is |applied. Tinless the proper combina !tion of lath and plaster is used, the wall surface not only will crack. but {will fall, ruining the appearance of | the room. marring furniture, necessi- itating costly and dirty repairs. and | possibly injuring members of (he household. C‘racked or broken plaster alse lowers the market value of a | house. So Important ls the lathing and | plastering of « house that Uncle Sam himself in the prob. Tem have heen conducted at ‘N, . SATURDAY, MAY 22. 1926. ing 1 standard practice, was used in Al these tests. Piaster hoard. which showed the zreatest strength in combination wi plaster, is commonly called T unite of the mineral, gypsum, incased | hoards are nailed directly to the studs in frame eonstruction. or to furring stripa in other types of buildings, are to fit odd.shaped spaces. and are ered with three coats of plaster. Whereas, with other types of lath, | part of tha plaster is forced through to form a “key" or clinch, nons of the plaster in lost from this eanse lath,” because it consists of large | in a heavy waterproof binder. These | | Real Estate Board Favors Imme" \ diate Enactment of New Set | of Restrictions. BALTIMORE, May Immediate enactment of a new zoning ordinance, embodying zone restrictions similar to | Jfl these of the original law and provid- |Ing for comprehensive exercise of the power recently upheld by the Court of | Appeals in the zoning case, is favored by.the Real Eslate Board. | James Carey Martien, president of | | such a time as the U'nited States Su preme Court renders its decision in | probably will make it clear whethes the pending case which is expected to | can he enforced under existing legisia | REAT. ESTATE. ' 21 ated hy the decision 1413 Perry Pce r\ear kprm;: Rd. and l4th St ) A BARGAIN Attractive colonial-type brick con- structed of the finest materials and in excellent condition. SUNDAY The Supreme Court, he pointed out, r new enactment that may he ‘m« Bureau of Standa:rds of the | With the “rock lath." Because the |the board and head of the first zoning | United States Department of Com. | mineral of which it is made is in. | commission, sald that this seemed to 1o find out how tightly plaster | combustible, it acts as a fire-stop in [be the most practical plan for taking ves to varlous types of lath. A |the walls: and it heips keep the home | care of the zoning situation for the warm in Winter and cool in the Sum- | time heing. mer, because gypsum ls one of the wait on the part of the homeseeker | 3 ¥ R % Sauare inch: needsd to pull .y - | hest” natura! insulators known. and materially increases the effective & LR, e 55! -"""". 5 < f i P work of the realtor k by the Bu In Mexica the men speak first when | zone map of the original plan. Bikh naln Jractors | averel JInEb . A P . passing a woman acquaintance in the | This scheme would provide the city % : 2 I 18 ret streel with a comprehensive zone plan until | ewners and to the real esiate men of Washington alike is the marked trend durinz the pasi few years to < B G e v il il 3 : : { machine was employed which showed the number of pounds of fo Deep Lot, OPEN UNTIL SOLD L. T. GRAVATTE Main 753 . Realtor Col. 6500 , 927 15th Street i It would provide for the comprehen- sive exercise of the eity's power, held | [f torbe valid in that case, to enforce zon |Ing restrictions ccord with the r arenund. This obviates & needless ! pounds: from hoth fiher hoard and | =heet metal strips on bituminous com i position. at 2.3 pounds: from woven | wire lath, at 2.4 pounds. It adhered anded metal lath until a force 3 pounds was applied: on wood ‘lath with composition backing. np | tn 4.8 pounds: and an plaster board {up to a pressure of f pounds per bracing Fall | square Inch :sn k Times Are Offset This means. according (o the Bo 1 oie .?-.f,c that both these ca This famous hostelry at Fifteenth and H streets will be sold at public :;np';.:d’ ?.f“,fl::(r‘f ;;:s;\hlffl; ol SEIl opiy: it ahaiv nfuence auction next Tuesday afternoon. ; * iliinplied toiplastor bosed hasa SO The factor of safety with expanded heen larzely offset by ju Aling of the former “in-between o the national delezate of | Tulsa, Okla.. the mid-Pacific realtor | metal lath is 103. and with wood lath sons.” People no ‘o K nw ||nnul u Real Bstate Board. will count approximately 7,000 miles|on composition back granted that only S the conventian is to be held inias his convention jaun and Fall months L e T NEAR BUREAU OF STANDARDS Miller Miller tivity that they act upon thelr Built Designed practice of commencing in either April or Oc A rent parer in huving a home of his onn would naturally aim to take oc cupancy at the mination of his existing lease effect of tended 1n o during the f City and Suburban Homes I @ Four superb locations and exceplionally attractive Homes are featured—for exclusive sale through our offu‘e. One of the Prettiest Homes in Chevy Chase, 1. C. : Unique Semi-Detached Homes B lasii e T previone Loy i s s in Chevy Chase, D. C. months to any extent adverse weather d would ren der construction work ai other time of the vear impracticable. Now the huilders have svelved ways and | means to meet the vizors of v weather and construction contir rtically vnabated threnzhonut nd” Winter. The vesult i supply of new homes in p of the former periodic “market fland ing.” Factors Influencing Market. 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