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Answers on Federal
Housing Administration
FHA building planning require
ments are not restrictive. They
are designed to establish minimum
construction standards to insure
well built, comfortable and usable
homes. Sensible precautions are in
cluded to minmize fire hazards and
to forestall excessive deterioration
so as to keep maintenance costs
low. While they are concerned with
the finished appearance of the
house, both inside and out, they
do not require ttie use of expen
sive materials. All of the require
ments can be met without making
the cost of the building excessive
and at the same time individual
tastes can be freely expressed both
in floor plan and design.
No attempt will be made in the
following questions and answers
to cover all of the requirements.
They are designed only to be help
ful to the prospective builder in
making his preliminary plans—an
outine of the limits within which
the plans must be worked out.
Q. Does FHA require that an Arch
itect prepare the plans?
A. No. Anyone capable of prepar
ing the plans which are required
to be submitted with the applica
tion can do so.
1. Plot Flan
2. Floor Plans. All floor plans,
including basement or founda
tion plan. Show size, direction
and spacing of all framing mem
bers.
3. Exterior elevations. Front, rear
and sides, showing: openings and
skces, wall finish materials, flash
ing, present and finish grades,
depth of footings, finish floor
and ceiling heights.
4. Details. Show details of wall
construction above and below
grade including roof and footing
construction, drawn to scale at
not less than Vfe-inch equals 1 -ft.
Indicate design and construction,
including any special items such
as cabinet work or millwork to
gether with design and construe
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.or sewage-disposal system, if
any. If standard methods of con
struction or stock details can pro
perly be used, they may be des
cribed in the specifications.
5. Specifications. The use of FHA
Form No. 2005, description of
Materials, properly filled out and
submitted in duplicate is manda
tory. When it is desired that
methods, materials, equipment,
or quality be more fully or clear
ly described, or when other than
conventional methods, materials
or equipment are involved, the
Chief Underwriter may require
that additional information be
submitted.
If individual water-supply or
sewage-disposal systems are in
volved, information shall be pro
vided in addition to FHA Form
No. 2005 fully describing the pro
posed installations, including quali
ty, kind and grade of materials,
equipment, construction workman
ship and methods of assembly and
installation.
VETERANS INSURANCE
PAYMENTS TO SEATTLE
Pacific Northwest vets should
continue to deal with the Veterans
Administration’s district insurance
office in Seattle on all matters per
taining to their National Service
Life Insurance, the VA advises.
The recent reorganization of the
VA does not affect either G. I. in
surance operations or the servicing
of claims for federal death bene
fits submitted by dependents of de
ceased veterans, the VA explain.
These two operations wil con
tinue to be handled by the VA
district office in Seattle, which has
been established at the same lo
cation as the former VA branch of
fice eliminated by the reorganiza
tion. Supervisory functions of all
former VA branch offices now are
being handled direct from the VA
central office in Washington, D. C.
Only a woman would rave over
, an empty pair of nylons.
Alaska Service Is His Business
To many Alaskans, Captain Carl Nilsen,
commander of the SS. Aleutian, is both a
friend of long standing and a close associate
in the development of the Territory.
He began making a business of going to
sea when he was fifteen and joined the
Alaska Steamship Company as a third officer
in 1917. Within three years he received his
master’s papers and subsequently took
command of the first of ten Alaska Line
ships he has commanded in his long service.
During his thirty-two years with the
Alaska Steamship Company, Captain Nilsen
has played an active part in providing the
water transportation so vital to expanding
Alaska enterprise and industry.
By entrusting its ships to experienced of
ficers like Captain Nilsen, the Alaska Steam
ship Company has built confidence in its
service to the Territory.
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