The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-24

| heat as 10 inches Of iron and dirt has
similar effect. If hot-ar plant is used,
any cracks should be filled with cement or
| a new section shold be installed III order
that the fire-box shall be absolutely gas
| tight See that the eold-a box does not
admit too much outside air, especially
| on very cold days and take care to have
| the water container in the air jacket al
| ways filed with clean water; moist air
| heats more readily and is more hygienic
than dry air!
| With a hot-water- plant, see that the
| glass guage of the expansion tank, which
viii be found usually at the top of the
house, above the level of the radiators,
shows the tank to be half full at all times.
| Open the radiator valves when the fire
| is started for the season and keep them
| open until. water begins to flow out OF
them This permits full efficiency OF the
radiators by expellng dead air and should
be repeated at intervals during the WIN
| ter a hotrwater plants success depends
upon the radiators being kept full of wat
| or and free from air. Before you start
the fire for the season draw off the water
| in the furnace and renew it.
| DO this also with steam-heating plant
| and twice week during the cold wealth
er draw off a bucketful through the out
| let pipe and let similar quantity of
| fresh water run in through the inlet pipe.
/ The water gauge should show the boiler
| to be half full at all times Too much
| water wastes steam space and coal, while
| too little will result in damaging the
| plant See that the boiler Is absolutely
clean and don't fool with the radiator air
valves If these do not work, have a
| steam-ftter put ON new ones at once.
Neglect is expensive.
| Read very carefully and follow just as
carefully the printed directions which ev-
cry furnace manufacturer furnishes. tie
knows more about his own make than you
| do aud his advice is good. These in
stIuctions will give full information con-
corning the proper handling of hampers
and this Is the most important knowledge
You can acquire in connection with the
economical handling of a furnace.
| The care of the fire differs according
to the kind of coal used Where hitumi-
nous, or soft coal is sued, it has been dem
onstrated that a mixture of quarterback
/ to three-inch coal is best suited to the
average household furnace With hard
coal the sizes known as egg and stove are
the most popular, although good results
have been obtained with a mixture OF
/ stove and buckwheat coal The latter
] is small size and is cheaper, but not toe
great proportion should be used Your
coal dealer can advise you about this, IL
1 fact, he can give YOU good deal of very
valuable information, if YOU ask him anC
it may surprise YOU to find out how fan
removed he is from the popular concop
i ton of the coal man Do not keep youl
coal pile near hot surface; do not mi1
ashes with the coal i'll the bins-ashes dc
not burn If You use soft coal, dampel
it slightly before firing the furnace "a
this aids in obtaining perfect combustion
/ Too much shaking spoils your fire anc
, wastes coal If the fire. is low, put OF
little coal and give it time to star
burning before shaking In very cole
, weather shake the fire only until a glow
appears in the ash-pit. When the wealth
CT is mild, leave some ashes on the CRATE
as this makes a slow fire and saves coal
Under no circumstances shake the fire un
til live Goals appear in the ash-pit Clear
out the 'ash-pit every day and sprinkle thu
ashes slightly Before removing them!iit Z.
If soft coal is used, the bed OF the fiji,
|
the gases will then be given off taste
than they can be consumed and grea
deal of smoke and SCOT win result On
of the best methods is to push back tn
live Goals almost down to the CRATES ant
put the fresh coal in the space left Th
gases will then pass over the fire ant
be burned. If the furnace has rounc
tre-pot the fresh coal may be piled in tn,
center, leaving live Goals around the edge
Use plenty Of wood and allow it to burr
MP freely before starting a hard coal fire
Put on the coal in small quantities at frs
and give it time to burn brightly befor
adding more Keep the fire-p filed t,
the level OF the FIRE door at all times il
order to obtain economical results Thu
applies to both hard and soft coal \ low
FIRE wastes coal Do not put on too mucl
coal at ono time or the fire will be smoth
cred
III When YOU fix the furnace for the night
no matter what kind of coal YOU use. fiji
the fire-pot with fresh coal to the leve
of the fire door and allow the gases t,
burn off. Then close the damper in tn
Hsh-nt door and open the check damper
In the morning, shake down the fire AM
proceed as on the day before
Use clean coal keep the furnace clean
keep the fre-pot filed, keep the ash-pi
empty, follow the printed rules concern
ing hampers and you will save money.