The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
MUCH ATTENTION
IS NOW GIVEN To
PROPER HEATING
Building Experts Have Re-
duced This Matter to a
Science in Recent
Years

AS recently as four or five hundred
years ago. houses and even large build
ings were built in such manner that
no provision was made for warming other
than a large stone laid In the floor,
where an open fire was made and hole
left in the roof through which the smoke
was allowed to find its way out after
driving most of the inhabitants out first.
Minor rooms were warmed by means of
the charcoal pan or brazier.. Such make
shifts are employed in the eastern coun-
tries today. o
However, today our own country leads
in the heating science, as in other things.
Proper heating has not become luxury
to be enjoyed by the rich, but it has
become a necessity for everyone. With
the advent of the crowded communities
and the large buildings has come the
necessity of providing adequate means
of heating the home, the office and the
factory.
The antiquated crate fire with its ac-
companying dirt and smoke, its laborious
Juggling of coal and it's enormous expense
has almost disappeared. Its place has
been more than filled by the steam or
hot water heating apparatus with all the
dirt and attention confined to one central
point. Heat may now be had in all
rooms, no matter how isolated, by plac-
ing in them an inconspicuous radiator,
with no dirt odor or unpleasantness of
any kind. The heat may be generated
at one point and distributed about the
building, no matter how large.
Cost Is Minimum
The cost of maintenance is cut to the
minimum, the labor of operating is small,
while the inconvenience of ashes and SCOT
is done away with entirely. While this
is necessary in the home, in the high Of
fee building or factory. it is absolutely
imperative.
The next step has been the meeting of
the necessity of proper ventilation. The
large number of occupants in one room
relatively small, has, made necessary the
proper means for supplying clean fresh
air of the right temperature and quantity.
This must be done not only for comfort,
but for the health and efficiency of the
occupants. Greater efficiency means more
output at no increase in the number en-
ployed. None can be efficient unless they
are healthy and comfortable.
Up to within a few years ago, the
people of the southern climate overlooked
or doubted these facts. But the time
came when It was realized that modern
heating and ventilating facilities were
needed here as badly as in the more
rigorous climates. Cold weather when it
does come, is very penetrating and during
mild weather the central plant is much
easier of moduation than the older meth
DDS. Systems are now in vogue whereby
one-quarter, one-half, or in fact any
fraction of radiator may be heated SO
that one may run the whole gamut from
very mild, to extreme heat, with one ra-
diator.
Heating Modern Buildings
With the complicated arrangements of
modern building construction. the heating
industry has grown to be an important
branch of exact engineering. The heat
ing OF a large office building cannot be
accomplished by the haphazard running
here and there. of few pipes and ra-
diators. as often too large as too small,
and often causing noises and hammering
sounds heard throughout the building.
Each square foot Of floor space in an