THE OPEN FORT]M

Our readen are invited to usc thir deparhent for the frcc dircurrion of ruch rubiectr a8 may interert them. Quertionr may be a*cd and answered, ruggertionsmadeanddiscusled, etc'

ODD MOULDING SPECIFICATIOITS AXE BECO}IINC aNNOYTNG, SAYS TErS DEAr;EB

A Central California dealer reports some interesting exneriences with architects who specify odd sizes and patte-rns i" -o"iai"g and is anxious to [now- just what other dealers have run up against in this particular. ---'isome aichi-tects," says tf,e ma.nager of this yard, "seem to tate aefignt i" ipeciiyins a fancy pattern of moulding io" ."." th"e most unpriteotious home. Sometimes they h;;;;;" u.i-itut patttrn elsewhere and often I guess they *o"L if out of theii imagination. with scores of standard puit."tr* to choose fro-mf I -cap't rlntlgrstand ryhy so Tany irchitects cannot conffne their selections to the standard. --;;W"-fr"pp*" to have a modern plnning mill in connection *itf'- o"" if,"a u"a it is only a question of g1i-ntlinq a knife antl setting the machinery to produce the odd pattern' but v""at-ii"Ttlo not have planing mi4s are op F"i"li i!'-..

- "What I am complaining of now, is the practiee ot archr' tects in designing new houses-not peoPle who .have to match up old moulding petterrrs in making additions to or repairing old. houses."

OAKI,AND TO EAVE .,GOMPI.ETE EOMES EXEIBIT" _12 EOUSES ABE BENTC BUILT

IOakland lumber distributors are joinlnS with their Chlmber of Commerce in the California "Complete }Iomes '[ixporitio";' which will open there on September 1' --iUi*lt a new itlea in the "Own Your Own lfome" cam' oui*. trr.f"u -od"t homes are being built in a rePr-esentail;;*i ot O"ttutta. The work iJ being sharetl bv the bth;*'b." of Co-*t".e, the real estate mel, the lumbermen ""a otU.. builtling miterial dealers' The homes will be comptete in every particular, evep to th-e furllshings, and i;;;h;; ""d ot th" progran the house furnishings dealers ;d;td ;ercnants ha-ntlting the things that- people leed il'tlii" n"-.s, are joinlng in the program with enthusiasm and delight. " no.t"'"4"-ort is being made to produce the highest guality ir..oo"".t"""tio", furiishings ana landscape gard^erring' n"pia progress'is reported The houses now are 80 per cent complete.""wn"" irr" L*position opens in septem.ber the citizens of Orfifu"a anil thl entire Bay country -will be invited to go ;t;;e inspect these twelve model houses, their fixtures and their contents. - B";-ih; "u-puigtr will not end"there' Prospective home t"ifai"t *iiiLe'ad"vised how they may aaquire a new house; inu" *itt be told how they may finance it, and' encouraged in everv way to builcl. *mi*-"tu.-i to b. about the most comprehensive homp; owning campaign undertaken by any ssmmunrty end ougnt to bring big results.

It would be interesting to know to what extent this tendu".v o1 architects is gdneral throughout California' 'We tiif t. glad to print,-in this column, contributions from other dealers, on this subject.

ODD SIZES IN WINDOW SASE CAUSE NTTAIL YABDS MUGE TBOI'BIJ

The general manager of a series of pr-ogressive line yards in the iorthern part of the state has hacl some sad- expt"ieoces *itn arcnit "ts and home builtlers who specify otld sizes in window eash.

While eyeryone knows that Ls/e" is-the standard' size for sash, a great hany people insist on ordering it in lt/ztt size*'' Gen6ra[y it is n6t -difficult to convince the ordinary hom-e buitder ilat it is just as well, and cheaPer, to use the. stgck size sash as the 6ther, but some architects, says this line yard operator, are not'so reasonable. Of course, when they iosist 6" the larger size, it is necessary to make the sash to ortler, which eo-sts mooey, sometimei delays the job and adds to the cost construction.

'What has been YOUR, experience?

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