Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-19
Firing a Furnace in the Cold

man when they have placed a trunk
over the cold air register and thev
they wonder why the warm air viii
not come into that room. Opening a
door into the hall IN the case OF bed
rooms often let's the cold air flow over
the floor and down tho stairway. Some
people will allow cold air pipes 10 be
choked up with old rags and people
have been known to set fire to their
houses by clogging up a warm air pipe
with old shirts. The tin pipe becomes
orerheated where 1t is choked and the
wooden joists ignite.
Mover Close Registers on Hot FRS.
This danger is always present when
people close their warm air registers
and overhead their furnaces Never
close a warm air register when there
is a very hot fire in a furnace Turn
the damper in the pipe down near the
furnace Or open a window. 1t is dam
gerous to hold intense heat in tin pipes
that have to pass thru the floors of a
frame building. See to 1t, too, that the
screens placed in either cold air or
warm air pipes are not clogged up with
lint. They can gather dirt enough to
choke the flow Of air thru the pipe
and unless the air flows freely the cold
air in room can not be replaced with
warm air from over the furnace.
Moisture Your Heat With Water.
Most furnaces nowadays have water
pans in the sides OF their castings for
| the evaporation of moisture into the
warm air to give moist heat. Whether
| a house be heated by steam. hot wa
| ter or warm air 1t must have moisture
| added to take the place Of the moisture
! dried by the heat. Furniture will
| shrink, pianos will crack and threats
become sore without moisture. People
with their skin dried by dry heat will
| take cold easier when they go out o.
doors SO look to your water pans. Have
them placed half way UP from the floor
in the side Of the furnace casing and
! fill them twice each week. In the case
| OF steam or hot water radiators hang
cans of water over behind them mex.
! to the wall. Moist heat at IS degrees Ii
more comfortable than dry heat at Il
| degrees and 120 degrees in Arizona IL
| less severe than 100 degrees in lowe
! out of doors.
| II you have water radiators in tn,
! rooms see that the water comes to thu
! top in them. Let the air out of tbs
! vents in the radiators frequently OF
/ else they will become air bound which
i will keep the water down half way
4 Unless the hot water can fill the entire
4 radiator only part Of the radiator vii
be heated to warm the room.
| Water in hot water tanks or water
| radiators is heated in hollow castings
/ In the furnace. See to 1t that there
is always plenty Of water in the pipe.
! or else a small amount Of water viii
generate steam and cause damage. II
the hot water tank rumbles 1t Il
/ steaming SO let the hot water run un-
I til the cold water can come in and re-
duce the temperature Of the tank be
i low the boiling point or cool dowr
your fire by closing drafts and throw
Il ing ashes over the fire. II you are go
ing to have plenty Of hot water to use
in mild weather when fires are Low
4 there is bound to be exceedingly no
i water when the fire is strong SO i
must be used frequently to keep i
i from overheating.
i No Brains in Thermostats.
Il Thermostats are convenient but iik'
i the best OF automobiles they sometime.
4 need adjusting. People too often throw
them out of gear with the switch while
firing and then forget to put them e
/ work again. The furnace is eithe'
Il overheated or the thermostat Is ac-
4 cused Of not working. Nothing is 100
proof in this world, not even heat.
Ing plant. Study your furnace. Get :
i picture OF 1t from the dealer. know nov
i It does its work and then handle It q!
Il tho 1t were a machine, but Whateve
I you do fill it up full with fuel ant
I burn that fuel as slow as you can
Light firing and strong draft either un
-, <stSf Sv1vl y
. responsible for one third OF the aver
. age fuel bill.