Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1951 — Page 15

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A Well-Painted Door Won't Warp Readily, Third Hinge Helps, Too

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lot to say about the first two Properly on Same Flue months of 1951 but we'll always Sit down with remember them because more own an aeronautical people had more trouble with warped doors than in any other a bumblebee to fi Jetiod except possibly March, Se wah 5 Heating: eligis Front and back doors don't|PSer and he'll show you why warp because of a difference 1 ny VReR two heating appliances are temperature—they warp because, 2 the wood gets wet and when wood | is wet it often warps. The way to keep a door from A warping then is to keep it well \ painted and this is particularly important around the edges—bottom especially. Many builders apply a prime coat of aluminum paint to the

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way to add a second flueis to in-ithe idea about putting locks on, stall a metal chimney. the barn while the horse was still These chimneys require no there. rw Lin 2

foundation—they are hung to the Now we are beginning to get

engineer and he'll prove to you Rouse framework and can be In-ithe idea about putting wax on a

stalled in a mitter of hours.\foor before the floor finish has! What's more they are perfectly gone The wax on the floor is for |

safe and are approved by the brotection and coating a worn|

Uunderwriter’s. and scratched up floor with wax |

Next quickest way to get isn't going to make too much difauother flue b to have one made ference. out of concrete block. There are special blocks made for this job at o URRE Xe: 3205 Sor yamng he and an average size chimney canio.my you take it off and put on e built up in a day or so. Theses gach oat—this is much easter do require a solid foundation and, trying to clean up the floor some people object to their looks o ish but they can be veneered with * | bricks for a slight additional cost.| There are two types of wax recBrick chimneys are fine, of ommended for most floors—paste

course, but they take time and Wax and liquid wax. Either of

edges of outside doors before they are installed and unless the aluminum paint is worn off, the door! shouldn't warp, | Another thing that helps doors! {and therefore won't operate. { keep straight is to install a third Well we can't say for sure

about the bumble bee not flying =a but we do know that if you have| more than one piece of heating equipment on the same flue they may operate but they won't ‘operate properly. - One piece of equipment is bound to hog the draft and that's going to make the other burn at a very Irregular rate—if ft burns at all. The question that immediately comes to the front is where does one procure another flue and this is an interesting point. Well, about the quickest and simplest

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connected into the same chimney| flue they kill each other's draft

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hinge midway between the top and bottom hinge. . This, along with a good paint job, will produce a non-warping door. Doors that are “only slightly| warped can be straightened out! by taking them down, setting them on a level base and placing| heavy weights on each corner. In time the door will come back to its original state. | You can get the same effect by clamping the corners of the door to a solid base and keeping an| even pressure on each of the four] adjustable clamps, |

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