BUILDING A HOME.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17015, 11 December 1920, Page 10

BUILDING A HOME.

♦ ~ MODERN CONSTRUCTION material. The man that sets out to build for Himself a home knows only too well the difficulties that confront him: 'the matter of obtaining the »»e«Bxy materials; Eecondly, in the cost of those materials when he can get them, ' then in the exceedingly doubtful durability of much, of the material nowadays obtßHow wide is the application °f bestos, slating, tiling, and wall-covormg is not generally known in New Zesuland Owing to the British Govem- • ment's huge demands for "Everite and "Asbestilite" during the war, outside demands could not be met. Supplies of this valuable building material are only now coming to hand. "Everite" may bo used as a Toohng material in place of iron. ordimr,l tiling, both of which it is -super eeding in Britain. It is sold in standard lengths of corrugated sheets, its immunity from breakage and atmospheric effects makes it the cheapest , and most satisfactory material for ex- , ternal building purposes—particularly I when so much of the timber now going I into houses is nob properly seasoned. "Asbestilite" building sheets are hre- ' proof, sound-proof, rot-proof, and nonabsorbent. Tliev are invaluable for the j construction of avails, both internal ana external, partitions, ceilings, etc., and * enable the most artistic effects to be Practically the whole building'can h© constructed of these two materials. Ask - your builder about "Everite'' and ' As- > bestilito," or better still, call and see 51 ' samples at the Central Indent and 3 ; General Agency Co., corner "Worcester and Manchester streets. If you are 1 j interested in house building, this should ; i surely interest you, and we shall be glad ajTo give the fullest particulars. G5484