BRASS AND BRONZE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 14

BRASS AND BRONZE

FOR OUTSIDE HOUSE FIXTURES HINGES AND DOOR-NOBS The non-rusting quality of brass and j | bronze is one of its great value-con- j tributing factors to the home owner. I | For instance, all the outside fixtures ! of a house, such as knockers, name i plates, lanterns, etc., are constantly | exposed to rains, snows and all kinds ■ of weather. Where they are of brass j or bronze they neither rust nor cor- ! rode. The same holds true of the | inside fixtures exposed to moisture j | from handling as well as to moisture | in the air. j One may obtain both brass and | bronze in cast and wrought. For the I front door “cast” may be used wisely, j but elsewhere in the small house j “wrought” may be employed if exI pense is a matter of consideration. The I “cast” Is more expensive, but the j "wrought” is satisfactory, j There are many varieties of front door locks, knockers and handles. I Handle and thumb pieces are much in i favour now on the front door instead jof a knob. These handles are especiI ally suitable for Colonial types of homes, and come in a wide variety of I cast brass and bronze. Glass knobs j with small wrought brass key-hole S plates are in excellent taste for use |in the home interior, excepting in j the kitchen where white porcelain knobs, with nickel-plated brass trimmings, are appropriate. For the bathroom and the toilet, where considerable moisture prevails, the hardware may be nickel-plated on brass or bronze. Rust has no chance of coming through, as sometimes happens where the nickel plate is on iron or steel. Brass and bronze hinges have qualities of self-lubrication and do not ! squeak. Casement windows opening ; outward may be hung on galvanised hinges with brass pins so that rust will not put them out of commission. For interior doors there are steel butts, plated to match the rest of the hardware in the house, -which come with ball bearings and are practical. The assortment of lighting fixtures in brass and bronze from which one has to choose is wide. Fixtures in these alloys are strong and lasting and have beauty as well as practicability to recommend them. A reliable hardware dealer is in a position to offer the home owner a great deal of practical advice in the matter of mechanical hardware contrivances on the market. His experience is first-hand in these matters and the ideas he has usually have been gained by the tried and testing method.