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Insulating Board Found Useful For Blocking Draft in Fireplace
By HUBBARD €OBB, Your Handyman It may interest you to know that every 22 seconds from Nov. 14
to Apr. 7, someone
in this country of ours asks,
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“Where is all
that cold air coming from?” What follows is a partial answer
to this problem.
that you have weather-stripped all outside doors
Assuming and windows, hung storm sashes, caulked all open joints and had
the house insulated you should expect to be moderately comfortable ‘unless, for instance, you forgot to weather-strip the base-
“ Modern heating - systems -don’t always give off too much heat to the surrounding area and so the air that comes up from the basement is likely to be cold. The cure is to weather-strip the basement door. A fireplace only gives out a small amount of heat even when there is a fire hurning In it. “Wher there ‘18 no tire” you" get, a nice flow of air up through the chimney and. the chimney damper closed will help but most dampérs don’t fit very tight. The remedy here 1s ‘to place a piece of -insulating board over thé fireplace opening when the firéplace is not in use. If the attic floor is insulated
but the attic itself is not. then|
it’s sheer folly not to weatherstrip thé attic door - because a lot of ‘warm air is going to work its way up through these openings and following the warm air
’ will be cold drafts,
The best way “to <dnsulate
the outside wals with one of the many kinds of insulating material made for this purpose. Unfortunately for many, this can’t always
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can be applied right over a dry plaster wall, directly to the wall studding or to furring strips that are attached to masonry. After they are up they can be either painted or papered. Another kind of rigid insulation is called decorative insulation and this comes in small squares whicn are either tacked or cemented to the interior walls. This insulation is moderately easy to install because you don’t have to fool around with large sections. It not Only makes “ani face but helps keep out # lot of
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It so happéns that we are all on the very threshold of a new and ‘wonderful world. If you qon’t believe it;
listen while we tell you about metal and plastic wall tile. Metal ftile are made out of fateel, stainless steel or aluminum {with a finish fused to the metal.
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or ‘plaster ‘board slow drying ar al ne 12 be cut witlr tin snips and even bent without damage to “the in several sizes and a wide assortment of
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Plastic tile are, of course, made of plastic and are attached to the wall about the same way as the ‘metal tile. They can be cut with a saw and come in many difterent colors. Both of ‘hese materials pro-
3 vide a moisture resistant surf “|which Will “also resist tho ormal be done because of a Tack of funds or because, in the case of a house
stains and tribulations which a wall in the kitchen or bath is likely to encounter. The great advantage to both is that ‘because they are so light they can be installed over most
{interior walls without too much
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If you have a home repair
a letter to Mr. Cobb, of The Indianapolis Times. If your question is of
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stalled one at a time and can be cut, fitting them around wall and plumbing fixtures not too difficult. Anyway, if you have been hankering to do some tile-
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trange accident, to live in the very . middle of a deep forest, we
are very familiar with all sorts] of leaves. Leaves are fine on trees and| other people’s lawns but they can do a great deal of damage around
ble is that a dead leaf will absord: moisture and then if it happens to be. on wood or metal, cause the wood or metal to rot or rust. For example, we have pointed out before that leaves in gutters and leaders will cause them to rot or rust in nothing flat. We've even
basement is due to the faet that the areaways around the base-
leaves which have caused the window frame to rof.or rust out. Leaves that collect aréund the skylight. will do about the same|
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mentioned that many a damp|.
Basement Dear: d
have a pressure reducing valve| installed on the service line. This valve will regulate the pressure of the water to just where you want it. :
"If ‘this seems like spending money on the wrong thing or if only one portion of the system seems to be jet-propelled then it is possible to fix things up by closing down on a branch valve, All you have to do is locate the valve on the particular line in question and close it down just|™ enough to provide you with a nice moderate flow of water through the fixture faucets. Don't close the valve too far or
“youl end up with no water ata:
Here's Interesting, But
Strange Home Facts We managed to get out one afternoon last week to do a little research and here are a few of the
we ran into.
which looks and acts like one of these Jnsest spray bombs except that it)puts out-fires instead of killing flies.
thing. The same ‘holds true. of eaves aroundc
dormer windows.
down from the last tree, get broom and remove all leaves from your house proper and get them over to your neighbor's lawn where they belong.
Close Valve to. Ease High Water Pressure
about thé house plumbing system which can be annoying and one of these 1s to turn on a faucet and)” get caught in the face by a first class flood.
guessed.
deal with this problem of excessive water pressure.
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The point about this ‘contraption is that it is so light it can rest on the floor and is inexpensive and easy to install. But then maybe you have a chimney. ) Somewhere in our file hers is a note to remind someone hot and clean the enameled surface Qf
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rip Back i in 1935, when the Gas Utility w was first taken over, only those with money to burn were heating their homes with gas. Two rate reductions in 1936, however, i ‘brought gas home heating within the reach of many . . . and the Gas Utility : enthusiastically set about the job, of selling gas for house heating purposes.
The number of gas-heated homes increased steadily until the war, when the as War Production Board restricted the use of gas for home heating. Gas was needed,
in large quantities . . . there was a war to win,
When peace came again and the restrictions were lifted, house heating customers re rte] by leaps and bounds. Here was a fuel, gas, selling at 1936 prices, while the cost of al
“and oil were up.-And besides, people liked the cl
in the early part of 1946, one Mid-Western city after another wi ‘was s forced poe
curtail the use of gas for home heating. ‘Manufactiired gas companies, natural gas POmpaLies and . ‘mixed gas companies were forced to this decision, because of the + peri
limitations of plant and pipeline capacities.
for additional supplies of gas.
Gas heating pL was ‘thrown on the market and the rush for the gas “weakling SSE was on. > : Indianapolis was-one-of the last- -eities;in-this section of the country, to curtail the use of gas. by
In January, 1948, the house heating gas rates were increased, which meant an overall i increase of about 22% in the- bills of house heating customers. This increase was necessary Yr because house" heating is a peak load: average in the summer; and-huge in the winter; and the —~ ——— . }. LE es costsof making water-gas-from oil (to handle peak loads) increased tremendously. At that, those who heat their homes with gas are fortunate, because their heating costs have not increased as much as "did the costs of those who use coal or oil for heat.
What about tomorrow? The gas situation is critical East of the Mississippi. Gas production” facilities and natural gas pipelines both are overloaded and gas companies are waiting in line * 1
It is impossible to tell how soon Indianapolis will get relief. An w application is on file
now with the Federal Power Commission for a supply of natural gas which is
urgently needed to catch up with the growth of Indianapolis. Your Gas Utility is trying,
that is certain . . . it is just as anxious to sell you gas as you are to buy it. , However, there is no way to get blood out of a turnip, and plant capacities,
like natural gas pipelines, are NOT elastic.
TTT One thing is sure:-every-effort-will be-made to supply the normal gas demands of householders = = ~. first, and when these demands are in the clear, the Gas Utility can think of gas house heating again.