SOME NEW HOUSES
One of the strangest types; of houses which have thus far been in vented is a balloon igloo, made of rubber and blown up to ttlie size necessary for the household requirements. When, the size has been fixed the rubber igloo is sprayed with concrete and, after the concrete has hardened sufficiently, the rubber igloo is! deflated, and behold there is a cement igloo just the size desired. The frames for doors and windows are placed in position before the cement is sprayed on the house, and, as the. concrete is one inch thick, the house is supposed to be perfectly safe for all practical purposes.. Ten of. these houses are now in existence in the: State of Virginia.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 50, 23 February 1943, Page 3
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122SOME NEW HOUSES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 50, 23 February 1943, Page 3
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