The steel house has now emerged from the theoretical to the practical stage, at least in Scotland. The new type of dwelling, 1as, of course, some disadvantage compared with the conventional house, but these are heavily outweighed by several advantages that, fare self-apparent. One of these is the elimination of the autocratic)
Unions of the building trade. other point that many will consider even more important is the speed with which the steel house can be erected. It sounds like magic, but is sober fact, that these houses are, ready for occupation in little more than a week from the moment that building operations are begun. Lord Weir and the Duke of Atholl are among those who have interested themselves practically in the ox-periment. Each has developed a type of house constructed mainly of steel, but the types differ in detail. While the country cannot get all the bricklayers, plasterers, and other tradesmen it needs for the for the" mast production of steel parts. That is another merit of. the metal house; it will provide work for one of the most depressed industries.
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