Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1895 — A HOUSE BUILT OF TUBES. [ARTICLE]

A HOUSE BUILT OF TUBES.

Through the Wall* Circulate* Hat or fe* Cold Water. A resident of Chamounlx has jnst built a most peculiar house, for which he claims first a constant temperature and incidentally strength, durability, comfort and beauty. The change of temperature in the valleys of this mountainous region is frequent and severe, and the building of such a house was prompted by the severity and instability of the climate. Mr. Caron first put up a frame of steel water tubing, allowing ■circulation stream of.. water. Around this frame he put up his house in the ordinary way, the entire structure being a pretty specimen of the early Italian renaissance. The peculiarity is that all floor and ceiUngs are likewise crossed and recrossed by the water pipes. The water, a’fter passing through the horizontal tubes first, that is, under tfie floors and ceilings, passes through the vertical tubes until all have been gone through. In summer, spring water, fresh, as is only the water of the snow-capped Alps, circulates under pressure through •the network of tubes, cools off the walls, and, after having run its course, flows off considerably warmer than when it entered. In its course it has absorbed much heat, which it carries away. During the long and severe winter the water entering through the basement Is first heated to nearly 100 degrecs, aiuT then forced Through the tubing. Of course much of the hegt is left all over the house, and at the outlet the temperature of the water is about 40 degrees. The house has been put to a practical test and has stood the trial well. The builder claims for it cheapness, solidity and elasticity, giving it immunity against earthquakes. The house is fireproof, having running water in every toom, and fire can be drowned out quickly.—La Nature.