Whether Building or Renovating

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 804, 26 October 1929, Page 6

Whether Building or Renovating

Here are Some Useful Suggestions MATERIALS in home construction and house-fitting are abundantly supplied in New Zealand to meet all requirements. Good taste for the more delicate touches for architectural value goes hand in hand with.the practical wants of the home-builder.

The manufacturers of New Zealand show a scrupulous attention to the exacting demands of a climate only they are suited to understand. It is not the foreign producer, with an eye for generalities, who can supply the article fitted for the Dominion. Tile local manufacturer obviously lias first claim, by reason of acquaintance, with the peculiar demauds of the community he serves. Auckland cannot fail to recognise the all-important point that it is catered for in this respect to the greatest degree. Coupled with this convincing fact is the knowledge that the local manufacturer is not hampered in his production by crushing importation costs. Auckland manufacturers tap the resources of well-endowed districts of New Zealand to supply, attactively and cheaply, the articles steadily sought by the home-builder. And home-builders, as a class, are lovers of the practical. It is the article with the expected combination of consid-

eration of taste, fitness for the practical use of a home and reasonable cost which will obtain the most urgent attention from the buyer.

For his eagerness to satisfy the exacting requirements of the New Zealand liome-builder, for the success following the motive, and for the national benefits of eucouragiug the New Zealand industrialist, the local manufacturer warrants whole-hearted community support. ATTENTION TO ROOFING

The home-builder is cognisant of the need for reliable roofing construction in the home. No small contribution toward ensuring firm roofing, suited to meet rapidly-changing climatic conditions, is made by the Hold-fast Nail Company, of Park Road. The company’s product is scientifically manufactured and special preparation iff made against loosening of the lead head, which Is compressed, not run, on the nail under a pressure of five tons. The head, further, is of antimonious lead, and is concave to ensure a perfect seal without damage to the roofing iron. The Hold-fast product is an excellent contribution to home-construction materials. BUILDING BLOCKS

Then there are the reliable building blocks produced by the Ohms Building Block Company, Commercial Road, Kingsland. The concrete blocks allow a permanence not known formerly under ordinary wooden building work. The advantages” of a house built .under the Ohms system of concrete construction include the air space incorporated iu the outer walls, maintaining warmth in winter and coolness in summer, the exclusion of dampness and saving in maintenance costs.

The owner of. a section having a clear title will be financed, under the Ohms plan, to the full pxtent of the house on a straight mortgage. This will apply either to a section owner

desiring to build for his own use, or to one wishing to dispose of the section. Profit on the sale of both land and residence is allowec The Ohms company also produces specially constructed and reinforced concrete coppers. The latest accepted methods in concrete home manufactures have been adopted successfully by the firm. SERVICE AND TASTE Service and' artistic designs are followed to the fullest degree by Garden Homes Construction Company, Limited. The company is building up a wide reputation for the value of its advice and the worth of its construction plans as a medium for solving the problems facing home-builders.

In the activities of the Garden Homes company, which has its office in Queen’s Arcade, there is the exact discrimination in judging artistic value. In these days, town-planning requirements and ideas are taken as highly necessary as a contribution to the attractiveness aimed at in modern communities. The company observes worth-while modern methods. Its constructional plans and home designs are recognised as having as a solid basis the approved principles of townplanning aspirations. ANCIENT NEW ZEALAND TIMBER The coupling of New Zealand’s resources with the energies cf its manufacturers is recognisedly a move toward prosperity. The Mount Eden Turnery Company has demonstrated this principle in an interesting manner. Four thousand years ago, in the time of the Babylonian and Egyptian civilisations, volcanic eruptions buried a forest at Arapuni. The ancient timber was exposed in the development of the

Arapuni power scheme, and today, quantities of the timber are being skilfully fashioned at the company’s Mount Eden Road factory into home articles. There are electric lamp stands, vases, cake stands, powder bowls, tobacco jars, pin trays, egg cups, serviette rings, paper knives and, other useful articles made from the interesting wood. These products, and other manufactures in New Zealand woods by the company, are practical souvenirs with more _ than ordinary significance. PAINT PROTECTS Correct painting is undoubtedly a sure safeguard for preservation of the home. Systematic use of superior paints is advocated by responsible advisers. During the past seven years, Mr. .1. Oates, Symonds Street, has steadily established the reputation of “Crescent” paints. Hun'dreds of Auckland’s homes are well protected with the elastic, durable film of "Crescent” paint.

The use of an inferior paint is a bad investment; only by the application of a paint, in the preparation of which there has been attention to the demands of climate can a homebuilder be sure that he has a dependable protection. One customer told Mr. Oates how he saved £22 in one work by using the “Crescent” product. To have his five-roomed house painted by contract with white lead and oil was estimated to cost him £3O. Would it last five years? Even so, the cost of depreciation would work out at £6 a year, or nearly 2s 6d a week. The customer invested £S in “Crescent” and painted his house in his spare time. The depreciation worked out at only 32s a year, or slightly over 7d a week.

CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS Durable building timbers are stocked by D. Goldie and Sons, Ltd., timber merchants, of Poore Street, Freeman’s Bay.

Special attention is paid to supplies of New Zealand timber. The firm has been established 53 years, and valuable advice can be gained by home-builders in consultation with the merchants on the best timbers for house construction. Finance is given on reasonable terms. The admirable range of building timbers from New Zealand’s forests is well illustrated in a visit to the firm’s yards. NO MORE LIQUID BUTTER! Butter coolers, indispensable in Slimmer months, are manufactured in Auckland by A. Campi, Wyndham i Street. No Ice is needed in these , i plaster coolers, which are fitted with glass bases.