Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1948 — Page 8

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Fresh Coal Should Be Placed in Front

he grates with a sledge hammer, ° ‘Of Furnace So Gases Will Be Utilized i ER" ~ By HUBBARD COBB. YOUR Handy Man Vents Will_Prevent

Here is a wealth of information on the subject of coal—a hard Moisture on Windows black substance that burns and can also be used for ‘the eyes and -..jpose of snowmen... Believe it or not, but you'll save fuel by Keeping a furnace firepot full rather than adding just a handful of coal every few minutes. ~The best size anthracite for a hand fired furnace is stove size » but you van use the smaller .and — fess expensive sizesby mixing them speeding up combustion. will-save/ rH 7 . in with the stove size or by using money that might otherwise go up - {the chimney. ; . J | Coke requires “less ‘draft than 0 |! anthracite so be sure that all the {furnace doors and dampers fit tightly. Keep the firepot full for good results with coke. When adding bituminous coal, push the burning coals to the rear, page letters and endows chairs of: The hot coals at the back will go research at universities. to work on the fresh coal and there!'is the Federal Government. will be less soot and smoke,

argue with, One is: anyone who quotes Boyle's Law, writes -three-

BR forced draft. ] pdded level to the firepot but leave violently as you'll probably get a of preventing moisture from col-] E _. "@ hot ‘spot of glowing coals when large hunk of coal jammed between lecting on window glass from an! - pou add the small coal. These hot'the grates. Shake a furnace down outfit that makes storm windows coals’ will ignite the gas: formed gently and if the grates do jam, The people have found that this “from the new coat and aside from use a pore to, force out the ob- unhappy condition can best be _ avoided by having the storm sash

the regular sash... How loose the how tight the regular sash fits. the regular sash Is weather au

and fits nice and snug, then the:

to get back inside Creaking Floors Yield

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Anyone who has nothing better to do than follow the meanderings of this column probably knows by now that the way to stop a creaking floor is to drive some nails at the point lof the creak down into a floor joist.

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plostered ceiling under the creaking floor effectively covering the Joists. The flooring runs at right angles to joists and the joists should be spaced 16 inches from center to.cen-

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In short we received a commu|traéting 16 inches you'll be a Stove coal can be Don't ever shake a furnace grate nication regarding ways and means ,,.4 ug it. y new

slightly looser in the frame than down.

storm wash should be depends on Leaks at Pipe Joints

storm sash .need only be slightly shock to you to learn that those I'U8’s point of view, loose— just enough so that air belittle drops of water that scurry|ing that will reduce iis life expect. tween the two sashes will pass outback and forth in the plumbing are ancy ‘like a nice rough, uneven. floor to the outside rather than trying not happy.

Now..eur- topic: for today is how . 10... i 4 locate, the floor joist when there is a worst. “possible” way and sometimes,

ter. With this knowledge you may some string or wicking around the . be able to locate a joist by measure- threads along with the compound.

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pair problem, write a letter to Mr. Cobb, care of * The Indianapolis Times: ‘If your question is of general interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming column on The Times Home Page.

2 Care Adds Years to Life Of Rugs; Those in Home

We know some people who value

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‘have them ‘cut and thread a new, ‘length of pipe for you.

squeak. Another method is to go down to

the plaster ceiling. When you get a they do my neck. There are also solid sound you can assume that some persons who don't value my you've caught a joist Mark this lo‘ation and measure to the nearest wall running parallel to the joist. Go up to the floor above and measure out this same distance. The chances you won't be near the point of ithe squeak but by adding or sub-

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Coal-Saving Pointers For. Wintry Days Ahead: Keep Firebox Full Use Care Ly In Refueling; Be Sure Drafts Are Effective; Shake Grates Carefully, Shun Force

~==siderably reduced where the threads nap; You can-prevent-this by plaeare cut and so if rust really gets/ing a glass cup or some similar deIto ‘Work inside the pipe this thread- vice ynder the leg. The nap, by the; {ed portion near the joint will go way, can be brought back up by The only sure cure here is placing a damp cloth over it and. ito call a plumber or, remove the then running -a hot iron over the [length of pipe, take it down to a‘cloth a few times. hardware or ; PIUMDING SUOTe ANH mmm Sp mie a ee

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Once you get the -joist the rest is simple. Drive some three-inch finishing nails down through the floor= ing at a slight angle. Keep your ,..k or their rugs. Somewhere here| weight on the loose board while there must be a happy medium. nailing so that it really gets back If you have one of those slippery, rugs you might look into some of

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They want out in the Wh a few nail heads sticking up

» there and there. A wise policy is to br use some sort of pad under rugs " but it will certainly help if you sand b down the rough spots on the floor, plane out the high ridges and drive. the - nail heads down where they | can't do any damage. | Leave the leg of a piece ‘of heavy, {furniture sitting on a rug long]

[they find this way—at the pipe. SHOE RE The most common method of connecting pipes is by the screw {thread joint. -If the. threads are! not cut perfectly, water will be ,able to work around the threads and out. The best way to stop this is to disconnect the pipes and smear a little pipe compound or| dope on the outside threads. Don't - get the compound inside". the pipe because it doesn’t taste! very good. This compound makes a pretty tight “seal and will do the trick unless the threads are in very sorry condition, ‘Another angle is to wrap

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