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This house uses structural steel â€" ‘"‘We‘re taking about 10 groups through a month," said William Gies, president of the Kâ€"W House Builders Association. G r o ups efrom the University of Waterloo and Conestoga College have also toured the home. A number of new methods, maâ€" terials and techniques were used in construction â€" many of them not approved by existing buildâ€" ing codes. The successful apâ€" plication of these new methods and materials could result in building codes being changed to permit their use. The home looks like a convenâ€" tional twoâ€"storey suburban home with four bedrooms and a garage, but it isn‘t. It‘s the only one of its kind in the province. Gies said the local house buildâ€" ers will continue taking groups through the home until next month, when it will be officially opened. A. this time it will be formally taken over by the naâ€" tional association, which will rent it to a chosen family. Builders, suppliers and scientists will then keep a close watch on it to see how it stands up. They‘ve come from Brantford, G uelp h. Believille, Grey and Bruce Counties, Woodstock, Lonâ€" don and Niagara. And more are expected from Hamilton, Sarnia and other Ontario centres. It was built by the Kâ€"W assoâ€" ciation on a lot donated by the City of Kitchener:â€"Construction was financed by Central Mortâ€" gage and Housing (Corp. The home is the sixth in ‘a series of experimental homes built in the last 12 years under the auspices of the National House Builders Association to study new methods and materials. They‘ve all had one thing in mind â€" getting a look at the reâ€" search and experimental home on Sheliey Drive. across southern Ontario have been converging on Kitchener during the past two months. Busloads of builders from That‘s for sure ! ! ! Just come into our showroom at the corner of BERGEN ELECTRIC has a brighter idea _ and you‘ll see over 500 bright ideas. VICTORIA NORTH at DUKE KITCHENER The lot was picked deliberateâ€" ly because it would not normalâ€" ly be considered a good buildâ€" ing lot. It is low and has black spongy soil. This was done to show that homes can perhaps be built on lots that otherwise would not be suitable. Ten years ago a similar reâ€" search and experimental hope was built in Hespeler using about The house has drywall cable electric heating with the wiring going through steel stud partiâ€" tions in the interior walls withâ€" out the use of a conduit. Again, this is not allowed by present buiiding codes. * The bathroom is a prebuilt plastic unit and with builtâ€"in fixâ€" tures. This unit is on the market, but not generally used in homes. The bathroom is backâ€"vented, but the vents have valves which can be turned off completely, or only partially â€" opened. Experiments with the vents will show just how much venting is really necâ€" essary. The basement wailis and footâ€" ings are precast concrete â€" some thing not permitted under existâ€" ing building codes. In winter a builder needs about a week, and temperatures above 20 degrees, to pour and cure a conventional basement. This precast basement could be put together in a day, regardless of weather conditions. The floor joists on the first and second floor are steel. Building codes now permit only wood. But it is hopecreto show that steel will eliminate the problem of wood ‘joists drying out, and that steel will prove more. stable than wood. The rising costs of wood is another reason for trying steel. ‘"The garage sits on two eightâ€" foot by eightâ€"foot piers with the walls of stressed skin panel. This is also new and not approved by any building codes. But it‘s hopâ€" ed to show that this method could provide a garage at a much lowâ€" er cost. Here are some of the new techâ€" The familiar eightâ€"byâ€"16 inch concréete masonry units are recâ€" ommended for building a simple outdoor fireplace, or the concrete mason contractor can employ his skill in creating a more elaborâ€" ate one. Live it out with patio in backyard Some installers lay blocks on edge around the patio boundaries before leveling off the sand and laying the blocks in a preplanâ€" ned pattern, starting from one corner. When finished, loose sand is sprinkled over the surface and swept into the cracks. In installing a patio, its bounâ€" daries are marked off and the soil is excavated to a depth that will accommodate a twoâ€"inch layer of sand with the concrete blocks laid on top. Slender concrete patio block is available in sizes and colors that lend themselves to many pattern combinations. A mixture of sizes achieve a flagstone effect, while units in different colors create a checkerboard pattern. With patios abutting the house, a slope of about one inch per 15 feet will assure proper rain runâ€" off. Probably no h o m eâ€"improveâ€" ment prospect has such wide apâ€" peal as installing an outdoor patâ€" io. It can add much to family (and guests‘) pleasure during the pleasant outdoorsy months. The handyman householder or professional has the choice of many building materials. 20 different methods not approvâ€" ed by the then building codes. Today, all 20 of these methods are approved and are being used by presentâ€"day builders. \\1t// Driving at 30 miles per hour on wet pavement requires almost twice as much stopping distance as on dry pavement. When caught in a downpour, your brake linings may get wet, so test them often. 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