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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1958)
PAGE TEN HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREflSS SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1953 THE ILLUSTRATION at the left shows a heater, vented directly through the wall. The circled inset shows the installation, including its windproof and stormproof vent as it appears outside the house. The cross section view at the right shows how combustion takes place -within a sealed chamber. Air for combustion is drawn from outdoors and waste gases are discharged outdoors. Contents of the chamber cannot mix with room air, which is .heated as it circulates past the jacket of the sealed chamber. A problem often arising in the wake of home remodeling jobs is how to heat built-on rooms, or porches and breeze-ways which have been converted into living areas. Major changes In heating instal lations can be expensive. A more economical way can be found in gas heaters that are vented direct ly through a wall. They do not require vent pipes or chimneys. Venting is achieved through a built-in duct which pro jects directly through the wall behind the heater. The duct is not visible from inside the room and is inconspicuous on Uie outside wall. Because no chimney is required, the installation is simple and often can be completed in three hours or less. The job requires an exten sion of the gas line connection, the cutting of a small hole through the wall structure and. in some cases, the cutting out of a section of the inside wall. Combustion takes place Inside a sealed chamber. The built-in vent ing duct draws in air for com bustion directly from outdoors and expels waste gases through a sec ond, separate duct. Room air is not used for combustion. Room air is drawn through the lower part of the heater, warmed, and then flows out into the dwell ing area through the upper por tion of the heater. Some models use an eleetric-poworcd circulat ing fan but this is an optional ac cessory. Models now being manufactured include a power-vented heater that can be used in windows as well as in walls. Where electricity is required for power models, 115 volt house current is sufficient and no special wiring is rcqurcd. The heaters can be installed at any floor level and in any type of wall. Models are available for utility gas as well as for lique fied petroleum gas in input ca pacities varying from 14,000 to 45,000 b.t.u. s units. They are equipped with either' manual or thermostatic controls. Burglar Proof Lock Works Fine CHICAGO UP) James Wright, part owner of a lock and latch firm, figures he got quite a testi monial for his burglar proof lock from some gents who ought to know a good one when they see it. Burglars had to smash down the door of his establishment because the "burglar proof" lock on the back door wouldn t give. What did the burglars steal? Ex actly 756 of the locks. Confucius, founder of the Con fucian religion, was born in Cliina in 551 B.C. IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE but it Is true: homemakers have been known to dunk electri cal appliances, as shown in the picture at right, when they need cleaning. The correct way, at left, is to wipe them off, by using a damp cloth only when absolutely necessary. Al ways disconnect appliance before cleaning it. Electrical Appliances Require Some Care And Maintenance The handy man would be wise to enlist the boineniaker's aid in keeping the home's electrical sys tem up to snuff. More and more, her daily rou tine is lightened by application of electrical devises to numerous tasks. She's in an ideal position to spot potential trouble. Here are some things she can do: She can read, heed and save in structions for nil electrical appli ances. Call for first aid from the handy man in giving periodic cleaning and oiling to mixers, sweepers and other motor-driven devices. A check list for tuch equipment might be a prudent memory-jogging device. Learn to make a habit of look ing over extension cords, appli ance plugs and lamp connections for signs of wear. Report indications that all is not well with the electrical system. Those include: TV pictures that shrink in size, toasters that take too long to toast, other appliances which do not heat or operate with efficiency. All such occurrences in dicate that circuits are overloaded: a check of wattage loads is indi cated. The homemaker should learn to care fur appliances properly. For example: it sounds incredible, but women have been known to dunk toasters in sudsy water to clean them. Proper procedure is to wipe them off with a dry cloth: a damp cloth, well wrung out, should be used only when absolutely necessary. The homemaker should be cau tioned to unplug any appliance be fore performi:.3 any maintenance operation on it. When trouble develops, first thing for the homemaker to do is to shut off the power or discon nect the appliance. If the handy man isn't home and use of the device is urgently required, as in the case of a refrigerator, her next move should be to make a call to the power company. Selling current is their business, and prompt, correct advice will be given to speed return of the unit to service. hi iiiiiueum iavwiwi u m h h. ?I Bite li a hi fa t sr EJ? ' snw;.? 1 v? t -vizi: - v n; i3 TYPICAL OF THE TREND in home furnishings, as reflected by the winter Home Furnishings Market in Chicago, Is the room setting shown above. The sofa in blue nylon stripe and the chair in white nylon are deep and comfortable. The table, which will serve for dining or games, has a ped estal base and a brass-banded plastic top. The honey combed golden balls are lighting fixtures. Furniture Trade Goes All-Out To Woo Modern Homemakers If you approach the purchase of new furniture witii nervous inde cision and the conviction that what ever you pick will be a mistake, take heart. It's going to be very difficult to make a mistake this spring, judging from the new collections shown at the Winter Home Fur nishings Market in Chicago. To encourage us to loosen the purse strings, manufacturers are competing briskly for business with all the lures they can muster: top-notch designers, fine ' woods, quality production, rich fabrics, comfortable upholstery, practical styling. To encourage buyers further is the evidence in many showrooms that fine, tasteful furniture can be yours whether you spend a little or a lot. Stiff competition has worked to hold prices down although profit margins are slim. The reward to the homemaker is that she'll be able to find exceptionally good buys in the medium and moderate price ranges. In chests, cabinets and tables, surface interest in decorative con trasts continues strong. This is achieved with use of contrasting woods, metal or wood inlays, band ings marquetry or parquetry with soft finishes worked close to the grain. Where styling is influenced by traditional designs, carving, scor ing and grooving will be applied to legs and aprons but those mark ings are simpler than they were neretotore. Walnut is still high in popularity and is shown in medium to sable- brown finishes. Cherry, mahogany birch, pine, maple and elm are also used. More exotic woods such as teak and ebony show up in inlavs and parquetry. Metal ac cents include brass, pewter, alu minum and stainless steel. Dining tables promise greater usefulness, thanks to ingenious de signs and improvements in exten sion glides. Small, circular tables 44 or 45 inches in diameter extend to seat a crowd. One type pulls out to 110 inches, but takes up little space when not needed. Another table doubles as a desk, and a narrow, drop-leaf table with an anodized aluminum frame and a printed plastic top 5s both sophisticated in appearance and practical. Storage pieces are receiving ex tra attention from designers. A va riety of cabinets for housing hi-fi sets in living room elegance ap peared in the market. Bedroom' blanket chests in mod ern designs are back. Other chests have been taken off high legs and a couple extra drawers have been added, to supply extra storage and the solid look many new chests have. Additions of new stacking units to older, correlated chest and cab inet collections turns them into storage walls as large as you want to make them. Upholstered sofas and chairs play up comfort without sloppiness by use of deep seats, trim lines, loose pillow backs and well-padded but disciplined curves. Fabrics will have the right look, but they'll have practical qualities, too. Many, for example, will be nylon or nylon blends. omninnGi BUSINESS FORMS Designed Especially to Fit Your Neds Letterheads Envclopei Cards Invoices Statements Checks All types of Snap Out Forms GUIDE PRINTING CO. 1205 Klamath Ave. Phone TU 4-5373
