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MAKE PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING PLEATS 6n your drapes
with easy pleating tape and hooks. After cutting and hem
ming both sides of the drape panels, there are four simple
steps to follow: (I) Basting and sewing the tape to the
top of the material. (2) The tape is then folded back to
the reverse side of the drapery material, and bottom of
overlapping tape as shown. (3) End hook gois into first
pocket and then the four fingers of the hook in the suc
ceeding four pockets. (4) The complete three-fold French
pleat. Detailed instructions are availoble wherever the
materials are sold.
Modern Heatinq Installations Answer Need
For Every Type Of Space And Heat Problem
For the homeowner who has
questions about modernizing his
tern, there are answers that will
satisfy both his needs and his pock
etbook at the same time.
First, a minimum approach: In
homes equipped with steam or od
fashioned gravity hot water sys
tems powered by a hand-fired boil-
rer (and there are many of these
throughout the country), the first
thing the homeowner can do is
convert the hand-fired boiler to
automatic firing.
Most boilers can be converted
easily by a capable contractor.
Age of boiler is not necessarily a
factor. For instance, many cast
iron boilers 40 or more years of
age are still providing good heat,
and with the addition of automatic
firing, they may be made more
efficient.
Second basic improvement is the
addition of an electric pump to
convert the system to forced circu
lation as opposed to the slower
gravity type. This helps the system
"answer" faster with more heat
when it's called for by the thermo-
Costs for conversions to auto
matic firing and forced circulation
normally run from about $275 to
$400, says the Institute of Boiler
and Radiator Mfrs. Of course,
price depends upon location and
labor conditions.
Then there's a maximum ap
proach. If year-round air condition
ing is uusireu, iieuiiug-cumiug
installed instead of plain heating
baseboards or convectors. And a
combination boiler-chiller may be
will take up no more room than
the regular boiler alone.
Incidently, when heating or heat
stalled during modernization, they
simply replace sections of old
wooden baseboards along the
Maximum course of action is
modeling is being done throughout
the house, at which time the instal
nomically. Costs will range from
about $1500 to $2000.
However, certain savings can be
effected in a hot water system
when the installing contractor uti
sign," a new technical advance
ment which reduces costs. Also,
the cost of a separate domestic
hot water heater is eliminated.
As for a medium approac, a
homeowner may select a new boil
er with its many advantages, and
with modern baseboards on the
first floor only. Existing radiation
can remain as it is on the second
ment and first floor allows instal
cost, since most of the work Is
done in the basement and does not
involve extensive alterations and
opening of walls.
Cost: about $950 to $1500.
In all cases, consult a reliable
heating contractor to find out
which approach is most suitable
for you and your pocketbook.
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TO PAINT clapboards, first
run your brush along the edge
whore one strip of siding over
laps the next. Then "spot
paint" a strip of the siding by
striking your newly-filled
brush to the wood at inter
vals. Join the spots with
smooth brush action that
spreads the paint evenly,
making sure that you cover
the entire board.
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