The Omaha morning bee., 1925-02-22
Heating System in
Fireproof Home Is
Now All Planned
One More Worry Out of
Way; Progress Being Made
at Site, Despite
Weather.
By WILL NJ. MAUPIN.

Well the heating system OF the
new home Is arranged for. Natural
ly enough, heating has been worry.
ing me. One man asked me II
wanted an automatic furnace-one
that fed itself. Whereupon I shrek
ed in loud voice: Indeed. no!
want one | can feed with a spoon"
or course that Is impossible, but
feel that I have come as near to
| 1t as Is humanity possible. After
looking over a lot OF heating sys-
TENS my mind is made UP. So is
the contract, all sealed. signed and
delivered.
c. II. Sommer will install II. I'm
satisfied he'll do good Job. too. He
will install Thrush pressure system
also. The fact that no has In.
stalled over 900 OF them In fine Oma-
ha homes satisfies me that I am do.
ing the right thing. OF course some
OF those homes are bigger than mine.
and cost more than mine will. There
will be s63 feet of radiation, which
will be amply sufficient. Going TO
have color scheme, too. The radi-
ators are going TO be tinted TO con-
form to the general color scheme OF
the rooms. and will be placed just
where l know they will look the best
and do the best work.
I'm glad I've got the heating sys-
tenn all arranged for. That takes
one big worry off my mind.
First Floor Worries.
Another worry I've discarded Is
the first floor. Had hard time with
that problem. but that Is all settled.
The Concrete Engineering company
will do the work. II will be what Is
known as the Meyer form concrete
floor. with concrete beams and steel
reinforcement. That will insure
rigidity and stability. The company
IL going to get right at the work.
too. The foundation walls are up.
the steel windows in the basement
are set. and Just as soon as the floor
is poured-thats what they call It. /
reckonA-we'll begin running up the
concrete walls.
L
cheaper heating system. and a
cheaper concrete floor. but ia have
you understand this home Is going TO
be the best money can build. every
thing considered.-~ A whole lot more
than concrete and steel and glass
and pipes are being built into this
firesafe home. There Is going TO be
- -.
there IL in sight.
Concrete, Top 10 Bottom.
This new firesafe home IL being
built OF concrete from top 10 bottom,
except the roof and that's going TO
be about the same thing, tile. VIII
tell you about that later. The out
side will be succeed. and the roof
will have ALL the subdued colors YOU
see In the old Spanish houses OF the
southwest.
Expect Dave Johnson, the contrac'
tor. and Charley Rosenberg. the
architect to mutter TO themselves
when they see mo coming. They
have designed and erected lot Of
homes. but | would have them keep
In mind TINT this time they are erect.
ing my home
I've already told You about the
Kernerator. or garbage burner FIX.
cuse me. incinerator. Also about the
concrete blocks. and now about the
heating system and the concrete
floor. Pretty soon I'm going to tell
YOU about the plumbing. and then
tho electrical equipment, tho hard
ware and a few other things.
Weather Not Ideal.
The weather hasn't been what
would like to have IT, hence the
builders are being sadly delayed But
the home Is progressing F'iresafe
III tell the world I'll have things