Now Glass Can be Nailed to \7all bv Method Just Announced

Nailing structural flat glass to a wall area with a hammer is now possible.

This revolutionary procedure in utilizing glass-faced rvall surfaces for dwellings was revealed in the first announcement of such construction methods by G. P. MacNichol, Jr., vice president in charge of sales, LibbeyOwens-Ford Glass Company, before the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast division of the National Glass Distributors Association in Del Monte, California, on May 15.

Most important angle of the glass company executive's announcement to the low-income prospective home owner is the fact that he can now have a part of his bathroom or kitchen paneled with colorful, easy-to-clean glass exactly as it is being done in residences of the $8,000-and-up brackets.

This is true because the glass, an opaque product known as Vitrolite, can be installed so easily. It is accomplished by taking advantage of prefabrication principles, whereby a slab of the sparkling glass is cemented at the plant to plasterboard in such manner that the backing has an extension to form flanges. Nails driven through the flanges directly into the studding securely anchors the Vitrolite panel into position.

Practically as easy to install as hanging a mirror, Vitrolite paneling around a tub in the bath, above a kitchen sink or as colorful backing for a lavatory, is installed quickly, thus saving considerable time in labor. Prefabrication, of course, makes it possible to install the product faster and, accordingly, sharply reduces the overall cost to a point where the small home can have the advantage of sparkling color in the bath in a permanent setting that remains gleamingly beautiful through the years.