Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-04-04
Farm. Water Heating
= System. !.
Simple Plant That viii Save
Much Time and Labor In
the House.

+ ++++++ + !: + + t4..s $3.50.
A watertack or front in the stove
or range is the usual means Of heat
Ing the. water in a farmhouse system,
or water coil can be substituted
and when properly installed will do
good work. The waterfront is pre-
ferred In . cook stove because there
It does not affect the oven. "A heater.
however. shows no signs OF injury
after such installment, provided the
coil 10 properly placed and the cast
Ing not broken In drilling holes nee.
essarily made for the pipes which
must be connected with the range
boiler. A range boiler is q necessary
part Of such an apparatus, and the
ends of the water coils: in the stove
must protrude 90 that they can be
connected with the range boiler: as
the water storage tank is called.
Range boilers are made Of steel, are
galvanized inside and out to prevent
rust, and vary In size from twenty
gallons in capacity to 200 gallons.
The size most commonly installed is
about thirty gallons, when intended
for family use The pipe which con-
vcys water from the attic tank to the
range boiler. II Of iron, should be gal
vanized in the same manner as the
tank, and for the same reasons. The
cost OF installation Is about all that
need be considered in case soft water
IL used. bee ause when properly cared
for such system deteriorates very
slowly. When hard water, Is used.
plumbers bills are usually frequent.
because hard water P'ways forms in
crustations or scales. or both. and
these must be removed to secure
good service aud prevent accidents,
for the pipes become filled and the
waterback or coil is liable 10 burst II
cleaning is delayed too long. Soft
water gives no such trouble. and no
one need fear to install system Of
this kind. because Of stories he has
heard regarding disasters. The city
housewife carries greater responsible
ity. because the supply comes from the
city main and the safety devices are
different and more liable to need at
tentiOn than with an attic tank. When
, an attic tank system is properly in
stalled there liz practically no danger
except from demonstrations and freez-
ing. and the use OF aoft water reduces
| it to- one-treexirs. When pipes are
frozen. 4 fire should never be made
before thnwing them. whether they
| be- the ones leading into the stove or
the tank. There la no room for de-
tails, hut the wsterback will burst II
heat is applied when pipes arc
stopped: hence. thaw before building
. FIRE.
/ Precautions necessary are to have
| pipes we'll covered with insulating
/ material. and avoid having the fire 90
! out in cold weather. In case the
house ia left for u few days in winter
the water should be shut OF from the
attic tank to the range boiler. and the
boiler and weterback or coil drained
! The water must never be shut or
| from the boiler when the fire is burn
! ing and there is water in the heating
coil or waterback. but water must al
ways be connected from the water
back or coil to the attic tank.
For full information on installation
and care of water heating apparatus.
see Hot Water for Domestic Uses.
by John X. Allen: and Household
Mechanics" by E. S. Keene. Both
should be in all libraries accessible
to farmers.