Evening star., 1936-11-21
THR0NGS PAY VISIT.
TO ALL-GAS HOUSE.
General Electric Equipment
Highest Example Of En-
qineering Skill.

Hosts OF interested visitors have In
speeted the unique Phillips g. Candy
all-gas house at Foxhall road and
Edmonds street, which will remain
open to the public for this week end
only. The General Electric gas air
conditioning equipment installed there
by the Hudson Air Conditioning Corp.
possesses features which represent
about the highest outcome Of engi-
neering skill as applied to that field of
gas utilization.
Weather Is made to order by simply
adjusted temperature and moisture
regulators, clock controlled. This is
q warm-air system which employs
steam for indirect heating. The Gen
eral Electric gas-f1red boiler is the
same type used for direct radiation
systems, and in this house standing
radiators installed in certain sectors
are also supplied from the boiler. T\e
bulk Of the heat, however, passes ~
way of steam-pipe coils into a cabi-
net, where Is raises the temperature
Of air coursing from there into .
series Of ducts which reach all parts
Of the house.
Room Atmosphere Change.
The warm air moving freely through
stream-lined passages, furnishes a
continuous change of room atmos-
phere. The moisture content is auto
matically controlled through an in
eenious "humidistat." This not only
makes for comfort, but likewise for
health, colds and other infections OF
the respiratory tract being reduced.
An air liberation process removes
dust, pollen and other impurities, a
system of return ducts carrying ex-
haust air from all parts Of the house.
A specially destined turbine causes
the air to move at q smooth, steady
velocity sufilcient to insure rapid dis
tribution but moderated to avoid
drafts and sounds.
Summer air conditioning will be
made available by the installation OF
cooling unit. Filtered air drawn
from outdoors will be circulated
through the same ducts utilized fol
heating.
One feature of the system note
worthy in this particular house is the
tnconspicuous nature Of the registers
within the rooms. The authentic
period treatment of the interior is
therefore unmarried.
The Georgian Colonial motif, easily
distinguished in the pleasant exterior,
Is faithfully observed within, from the
charming reception hall to the cozy
dormered rooms of the third story.
Ample Living Room.
The ground floor provides an ample
living room, library and dining room
which opens to an inviting terrace.
A feature of the spacious kitchen is
double Monel metal sink with drain
boards Of generous length; smaller
unit of the same kind serves the but
1er's pantry. The gas range is fully
insulated, with automatic heat con-
troll and self-lighting burners, de-
signed by Norman Bel Geddes The
refrigerator is an Electrolux gas unit
manufactured by Servel.
OF satisfying proportions is the
recreation room. The center of in
terest Is a spacious fireplace bordered
by huge rough hewn ttmbers. Walls
are of knotty pine similar to the in
terror finish Of the library, the latter
being a ponderosa variety Of straight
grain. A wine cellar within easy
reach defies rodents with walls of
glazed tile. Boiler room and laundry
walls likewise are tiled. Elsewhere in
the basement are o maids room and
bath.
Baths abound in this house, ade-
quate for the six bed chambers. All
the rooms are comfortably large, but
the house gives no impression of vast
ness.
In its construction and setting, its
equipment and finish, this home Of
fers many delightful surprises. The
architect is Elmer Cappelman. As
sociated with Philips & Candy in the
construction was william Keller.