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A 60-page colour remodeling and building idea book published by Johns-Manville for homeowners, sold through J-M building-material dealers. Sections cover attics, basements, ceilings, home insulation, kitchens, bathrooms, exterior remodeling, new roofs and new homes, with plans for small houses. It promotes J-M decorative insulating board, rock wool insulation and Weathertite sheathing. Several asbestos-cement products are featured. De Luxe Asbestos Flexboard is a coloured wallboard for kitchens and bathrooms, 'made of asbestos fibre and Portland cement'. Asbestos siding shingles, including Smoothgrain and Permatone colours, are shown applied over old siding. American Colonial asbestos roof shingles are also featured, and the Salem individual asbestos shingle is mentioned. The book describes asbestos shingles as fireproof and permanent: 'Asbestos cannot burn!'
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- c. 1950
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21541 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21541
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for health and safety: it identifies asbestos-containing products. The company no longer makes or sells them.
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“The Home Idea Book: A Generation of Ideas for Better Living (c. 1950).” c. 1950. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21541. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21541.
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