MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, APRIL 14, 1961
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Old Fashioned Heaf Systems
S hou Id N of S to p Redeco ra t i n g
Placing of Drain Pipe Important
Don't let old fashioned heat
distributors upset your plans
for decorating or modernizing '
your home.
Although old fashioned ra
diators and. registers do not
. meet the demends of modern
heating systems, pre-planning
and guidance from a reliable -heating
contractor can help
resolve your needs at moder- -ate
cost.
Outmoded floor registers
and protruding radiators are
unsightly. They often prevent -you
from laying new wall to '
wall carpeting. They create -
problems in drapery and furn
iture placement and in kitch
ens when you want to install
new cabinets or appliances.
Problems Concentrated
According to the Better
Heating-Cooling council, it is
not always necessary to -tear
out the entire heating system
to overcome these problems.
Since problems are usually '
concentrated in, only one
room; the trick therefore, is
to concentrate ; on that one.
For example, installing a new
length of rduct from the heat- --
ing plant to a more suitable
location in the room may do
' away with a floor register,
t Old fashioned radiators ex-
Screen Repairs
Advice Given;
Paint Suggested .
Don't be caught with your
screens down when the fly
season begins. Check - them
now ; to see whether the
frames and mesh need repair
ing and if any rust is to be
removed. - '
Pajnt is the best protection
against screen "rust. While :
screens made of aluminum, ,
: brass or copper . will not rust
away, Ihey do corrode. The
. result is that rain creates an .
ugly down wash from the met
al which may stain the wood '
work or masonry below, caus--:
ing an unnecessary paint job
or some hard cleaning. "
The easiest way to paint a
' screen is to lay it across a pair
of saw horses, but two boxes
the same height will do.
Clean Off Screens r "
' Be sure to firstclean all
soil from the screens by going
over them with a cloth sat
urated with turpentine or
odorless paint thinner. If you
are doing the job indoors,be '
sure to have adequate ventila- -Hon..
Remove rust from steel
screening by carefully rub-. .
bing with; steel wool. Prime
any bare spots with a metal
primer.
The paint industry, which
has a quality product for al
most any purpose, has devel
oped special screen enamels.
These are thin high-gloss
enamels which do- not clog
. the mesh and Which give the .
wire a strong, rust-resistant
coating. These enamels can
also be used for the frames.
Galvanized steel screening
requires its own special prim
er.. This is known as metallic
' zinc paint or as zinc-dust-zinc
oxide paint. If you don't like
its silver gray color, this paint
can be tinted to your taste
with oil colors.
Use Spar Varnish
If you want to keep the ;
original color of copper or
brass screens, use spar var
nish or any exterior varnish, .
or exterior lacquer.
- Aluminum screening and
frames should be primed with
zinc chromate and then be .
- finished off with screen enam- :
el. If you want to keep the
gleam of the aluminum, do
not prime, but instead. use a
good exterior lacquer or a
longer lasting spar varnish.-
Screen enamels can be used
: for the frames, but many
people prefer to use the tough,
color - fast trim - and - trellis
enamels. Regular house paint
can also be used on the frames
providing the metal ones have
been primed; -;.j-:'--iT..-.i -t.U
tending 10 to 12 inches from
the wall are easily replaced
with convectors. These mod
ern and efficient type radia
tors can be recessed -in the
walls and connected to the
same piping used by the old
radiators.. "." . ...
Moreover, if changes are
required in more ' than ' one
room, convectors can be in
stalled in. a room at a time,
spreading -out - installation
COStS. -';- ' "-'.' .'
Select Hew One :!- " "
Should . you decide , to re
place the entire heating system,-
select a new one ; that
does not require tearing walls
and floors apart for installa
tion. .
New hydronic (hot water)
heating systems that use fing-.
er - size . flexible tubing . are
easily Installed without mak
ing major alterations in the
house, the council says. Hy
dronic tubing conveys heated
' water to modern baseboard
heat distributors.
: : Baseboard units are install-,
ed at floor level against the
"outside'.' walls which are ex
posed to the weather. . These
wall-huging units do hot in
terfere with carpeting, drap
ery or. furniture. Special rad
iant baseboards can be install
ed near the ceiling in small
kitchens where base cabinets
and appliances leave little or
no space for heat distributors.
' jl . '. i
' Proper sizing and placing'
of downspout conductor pipes .
is essential to a correct roof
drainage system.-
- Downspouts should be lo
cated at the ends or outside
corners of roof gutters, the
Roof Drainage Manufacturers
Institute warns. If sized too
.small, they can't handle water
flow and the backup causes
Backyard Pools Are
Popular in Country
- All over the country you
can hear it
The door slamming, the slap .
of .-bare feet against the ,
: ground, the whoop and holler
and the big splash -For
the big thing "this year,.
next year, and for years to
come is the backyard swim
ming pool.
Americans this year are
building an estimated 70,000
swimming pools - the great
majority residential - says the
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling In
formation Bureau. This brings
the total numer of pools in
the country to well over 300,
- 000. Most, of -these are made
of steel or reinforced concrete, f
overflowing gutters. .
Gutters should be sloped
about one inch . in 16. feet
toward a downspout to insure
proper drainage. Gutter size
depends on roof pitch and
area to be drained. Style and
slope of the gutters, number,
location and size of conductor
pipes also helps determine
how big gutters must be. ,
Below Roof
Outer edge of the gutter
should be installed below the
roof line extension to protect
it from rain, snow and ice
damage.
Remember,! roof drainage
problems can be avoided if
you check your gutters and
downspouts twice a year.
Look for damaged areas;
supports may be loose or gut
ter edges slipping; etc.
It's important to regularly
clean out all leaves, branches
and other debris that clog
gutters and downspouts.
VARIETY IN POLE LAMPS
Pole lamps continue to grow
in varieties of types and uses.
The slender steel floor-to-ceiling
poles are fitted with lamps
for all decorative periods
nwi ff1rtnlal tit mrtslaitn
LOOK LARGER-Kitchens look larger with: built-in appli
ances, which in addition to creating the modern look, supply
additional storage and work space. Shown-here are such
built-ins as an electric oven and companion surface burner,
undercounter ice maker arid disposal unit cabinets.
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