Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1949 — Page 4

PAGE 4 __ Fix It Yourself— “Hot Water Rumbling Cause

Water Rushing Through Small Pipes Can Cause That Irritating Whistle

By HUBBARD COBB, Your Handym an One cause of a distant rumbling in the hot water lines is steam that forms in the coils of the hot water heater. This steam wants to get up to the tank In the worse possible way but if the pipe from the heater to the tank slants downward or is horizontal rather than upward, the steam is going to tangle with thé water and raise the roof—s0 to speak. Make sure that the pipes between heater an nd tank sland upward. . This may involve moving either the tank or beater up or down.

devices and are attached at one end to the edge of tha sash and ‘at the other to the frame, They should last. forever and elimigate the bother of weights and pulley As a matter of fact, they are fine to use on double- hung windows that are not hung with sash cord and weights, These are. the windows that have to be propped open at night with a Kk whieh is. knocked out around thr the morning by the family cat You may find that f(t Is necessary. to remove the sash be cause of fore the balance can be attached but this is child's play compared with replacing a sash cord. Just pry off those little’ sirips of wood that -run u the frame and between the lower and upper sash.

Check Your House For Rotting Woodwork

Another interesting plumbing noise is that the pipes are either too small to begin with, or have become small because they are lined on the inside with rust or minerals. As the water rushes through at high speed it makes something like a whistle If the pipes are too small to begin with, the cure is to replace them Clogged lines can sometimes be, Sometimes. not this minute but cleaned out. sometime within the next few According to some leading au- weeks, you should get out in the thorities, you don't know what fresh air and make a close inspecnoisy plumbing is untii- you've lived in England for a few months. Well, be that as It may, | but we know some not so old homes where all the occupants stuff cotton in their ears before they take a bath or open a faucet

Use Chains Instead Of Window Sash Cords

Now just to keep the record straight, we have nothing against

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has been treated at a factory or material is used and it can be plant. applied over plaster, plaster board Whatever you do depend. on or wallboard. Of. course, the wall

paint alone to keep wood from should be in good shape. If used 8% rotting. ‘Moisture can easily get/in wet locations the seams be- Sf

in the paint tween. sections should be waterrotting even, proofed, looks! Then there is oriare these new plastic

through a fine crack and start things though the outer surface and dandy The way to find out {f wood is and are k'it with a sharp “amazing.” fe or ice pick, If the point'lighter than In eas iy, then

just fine described as Anyway, linoleum

rotten is to sti pen kni

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but can you should take the same sort of "beating.

or being washed repeatedly,

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stuff but does The way people are-turning out new products. these days it's im- go. on over any possible. to get a good night's kind of wallcovering. to find applied these is the

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you'll end up with a terrible mess,

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wall coverings. They are 22 made out of something or other X2 being x they are 953

pot 1 They don't seem to mind water 3 About here comes olilcloth which 38

Is ‘even lighter than the plastic 4 Be Used to Cover Walls s very well for itself. 8%

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sash cords. In fact it so happens that all the windows in our home are casement type which don't require any cord at all. In fact, now that we think of it, none

outside of your house that is in direct or close contact with the ground, The reason you do all this is be

of our windows can be opened Cause this wood -is very likely t but that is neither here nor there. P® rotten and should be replaced If you hate replacing sash Defore you start worrying cords’ more than anvthing else! having. the house painted. Even.

in this world you might try using !f You dont paint it7should be replaced. The best way to prevent

wood that is alernately wet and dry from rotting is to replace it with masonry. Masonry may do a lot of things but it won't rot, If this can't=be. done, for one good reason or another, then use wood that has been treated with a wood preservative. You can get this treated wood at most lumber yards and it will last for many a / year, Another trick is to buy a sash chain the next time a cord ordinary wood and then brush on breaks. Metal chains will last/the preservative but this is not for I-don’t-know-how-many years quite a as effective as the stuff that and sometimes even longer. —

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