ONE BOARD ONE WALL

Evening Star, Issue 23665, 27 August 1940, Page 3

ONE BOARD ONE WALL

CONSTRUCTION speeded up MANY CLAIMS FOR NEW PRODUCT Speed is the' modern means to ■ 1 economy, and there are few places in the world where the home may be built as economically as in America. Economically, that is, bearing in mind the relation of finished costs to*the average of workers’ wages, and this 'is the only fair measure. So" Americans are forever perfecting new devices, or putting their product out in a variety of guises whereby construction may .proceed at the fastest rates. One of the latest improvements in this direction consists in selling from the factory wallboard sheets each sufficiently large for the ordinary wall. Moreover, the plywood is already faced with fabric for greater ease in. decorating when it leaves' the factory. These huge plywood panels, four Of which are largo enough'to make an •ordinary room, are made in sizes up to Bft x 20ft. They are standard grade, water resistant plywood, hot press welded ” together with synthetic resin glues. Surfaces to he decorated are sealed and “dressed” with a strong woven fabric, such as is often applied by fine decorators over many different types of surface. The special adhesive with which this fabric is applied also provides fire resistance and ' a moisture barrier for the wall when it is used. In common with all dry walls built with plywood construction ■ the new material also is claimed _to ■ provide extra strength, rigidity, high insulation, value, light weighty easy workability . • • and, of course, it does away with the moisture, mess, and delay of conventional type construction. 'Em big panels arc applied to standard construction studding and the carpenters can proceed with their work without the delays which are common when lath and plaster are applied. Doors and windows and other openings - are cut out on the job; the panels are hailed or glued in place, and the_ decorating can commence at once, without delay. , Srdinarily one board makes a room l, four boards make a whoje room. It has been proven possible, with these large sheets, to erect a five room house, foundation to finish, in 40 days. Builders who have used the big panels see in them many immediate ■ advantages. They save weeks of time in erection ; eliminate joint making on the iob and the possibility of vexatious cracks developing later on. Owners cn- ' joy the lasting satisfaction of sound construction with a minimum of checks, and cracks, and not the least, lower fuel bills.