Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1947 — Page 10

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Condition of Furnace and Chimney Important, lairipping have, sh ou coming and Should Be Checked and Needed Repairs Made |; 11. experts agree Sit ihel In case you have been too busy to notice, heat moves from a high | most efficient type of stripping is] temperature ‘to ‘a Jow temperature. In short, the heat you spendithe kind that is fitted into the money on to warm the air in vour house has only ene ambition—to sashes. and sills. The hitch to all get outside to all ‘the nice cold! This state of affairs can cost yoii.this is that the installation of this|

forthcomin a lot of cash in gas, oll, coal or wood [weather stripping must be done Just ap var in a The Time Heat has three modes of getting where it wants to get- -convection, right, and this requires special tools Hon n ol radiation and conduction, When [that most of us don’t own and skill ome Fage.

diction is reduced Secondly, the that most of us lack. This fitted! storm sash checks warm air com-|geather stripping will pay for it-|

Ing out through cracks around theigeir in time, but the original outlay regular sash

heat flows out with air, that's convection. When it passes right

mn ‘ naturally subject to, through a pane of glass, that's con-

And for anyone contemplating: building a flight of stairs for baseiment, porch or anywhere else, space [the treads between 6 and 7 inches (apart. This makes for easy step-| |ping—s0 say those who. know, {

Good Chimney Is Key To Efficent Heating

The efficiency of a storm sash depends on it fitting tight because if there is any movement of the afr between the two sashes, bingo, there goes the dead alr space and out] comes the heat. If possible, all windows should have storm sashes | and both storm and regular windows should be weather stripped,

Weather Stripping will Pay for Itself Havin ad our say on the subject!

duction. As glass 1s a good cq- a cost you something.

ductor of heat and as there is You oan do a pretty efficient job are bad ones. ots © 2 lass f OLS Be one a8 ot Dag * House. ne oe of storm widows, we now move onto o. flexible metal and felt weather| down this heat loss weather stripping, If a window is stripping. You can get this at hardA storm window does two things. equipped with a storm sash it ware stores and lumber yards. The It creates a dead air space be-'should have weather stripping. If better grades supply all the nec- | tween it and the regular window. there-fs no storm sash it still should |€5sary brads as well as very com-|

instructions for installation. If| have weather stripping. In other plete 4 ord th )ople w 2 athe you really follow these directions, MOLYs, Ina people whe fake weal her you won't have much trouble, This|

his dead air is a poor conductor of heat and thus the loss by con-

insulation will give several years| Open Till 9 P, M, service : | Strips of plain felt are inexpen-| Monday Nights ial) sive and will afford good protection |

while they last. Don't expect them efficient heating plant is going to| to stand up like the more expensive work worth a nickel. So, if things! types. One season is about their were tough down in the basement! (limit. [last winter, it might be wise to

New Plaster May React | giance over the chimney.

The inside of the chimney should | On Oil Paint, Ruin Job! be clean and free of any obstruc-

Here are some small morsels of tions such as a broken piece of!

HARDWARE flue tile or whatnot. If the very t ve your over{Torna 1on or improve § {top of the chimney opening fs

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{rs the rest of the flue. The chim- | {ney should be about four feet above {a flat roof and two feet above a gable. If it isn't, build it up until | it is, - The branches of a nearby tree can spoil a draft and these | {should be cut away if you want to] |avold trouble . : » |. The draft in some chimneys is 80 | contains active lime which Will re-| yp 0010r a5 to drive you and your! act on oil paint-and ruin the job {furnace crazy. There are special '

| To neutralize the lime, brush on 8 regulators that can be installed to [solution of one pound of -zine sul-/ take care of this is condition.

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under about a year. If you plan! AMERICAN NATIONAL. BANK {to use calcimine as a finish, don't AT INDIANAPOLIS bother -with the zine sulphate be- Membei Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation cause the lime will not harm this (kind of paint, | A lady in Rhode Island ‘writes asking how about using clay sand for cement. It's not good. For best results with cement, mix it with clean sand and gravel. You can get a lot of clean sand for a dollar. From Detroit comes a question about the type cement to use for {the fire bricks inside a furnace. | {There is a special fire clay which! is used for this work, and which will

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to fall, winter is no time for outside |patutng, On the other hand, if

If you have a bad you have a nice dry basement or cement at hardware and heating] on’ ypur windows with either a rigid one, not even the most modern and garage, there is no law to stop you stores. Once the groove of one sec-

from painting furniture from now | until you get sick to death of the whole business.

Enamel makes a nice finish for |some furniture but you might prefer | {a regular interior paint or a brush; {lacquer Don’t use a lacquer over | lan oil paint. Get a good . brand] lof paint or lacquer and follow the! directions given on the container

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Spend: plenty of time on surface preparation. New. wood should have all the rough spots sanded smooth | and then cleaned and.allowed to| {dry before any finish goes on, If there is an old finish in good condition, it can be given a light | |sanding, cleaned and it's ready for| ithe pamt. In a case where some | lof - the old paint has chipped off; | {sand down the paint around this {area until the shatp edges dis-|

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Storm Windows, Weather Stripping Give Home Fireman His Main Weapons In Fight to Keep Warm Air Inside, Cold Out During Coming Winter; Check Now

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Jf you have a warm air furnace (you may have noticed the aroma of “Eau ‘de Coal Gas” or “Puel oir

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[resist the ‘high temperature it 18 lof commerce forbids snow and rain and they are definitely not good for!

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