Evening star., 1940-10-26
New Storm Windows
For Winter Become
Screens in Summer
Mesh Is Placed From
Inside Of House; Boilers
Cleaned by Home Treoter
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

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Dual purpose storm windows are
the latest thing in protection
against the cold winds of winter. If
you have been contemplating the
installation of this very efficient
method of keeping your home warm
and comfortable, you will be inter-
ested to know that the same VIM
dows that protect your fuel bills in
cold weather will also furnish excel
lent screens against insects in the
summer time.
They provide means OF easily
substituting a screen for the lower
glass storm sash when that happy
time of year rolls around again.
Made of aluminium members the
new storm windows have slim
width thus providing sash and
frame which will not warp, rust or
swell but still permit a maximum
amount Of window area for clear,
unobstructed looking out.
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dows also seal rooms from the usual
influx of SCOT and dirt which costs
so much to remove from both furnl-
ture and decorations. In the spring
the aluminium screen can be put IN
place from inside the house, we are
advised bv the makers, and each
one shouldn't take more than a
minute TO install.
Fit on Outside Woodwork.
It isn't difficult to put the storm
windows in place, since they mt
right on top of the outside wood
work surrounding the windows In
the home Furthermore, they may
be removed if necessary and REIN
stalled on other windows If you
should move to new location.
Did YOU ever stop to think OF the
amount of sludge and scale which
has been deposited on the inside OF
your heating boiler during its years
Of service? 1t would seem like
good idea to remove it if possible,
and it is possible All that scale
and rust acts as an all too efficient
insulator and prevents a large
amount of valuable heat from get
ting into the water OF the boiler
from the fire chamber.
Water Treater Devised.
A concern which for some time
has been in the business of treat
ing water so that it will not deposit
scale has now brought out a water
treater for the home, which should
do a real job if you are troubled
in this way. The company claims
one should not add anything to the
water already in the boiler because
hat material will only be added to
the general mess which already ex-
lists. Instead, the firm has brought
out little machine which is placed
near the boiler and contains the
water treating compound.
BY connecting the treatment ma
chine to the water supply of the
main boiler by means of a simple
arrangement of pipes, it is possible
to keep the interior of the heater
in perfect shape with very small
amount of time and expense. The
treatment used is a vegetable COM
pound, strange as that may sound,
and it effectively softens all rust.
scale and corrosion so that it falls
apart and floats around in the water.
1t is removed by flushing and drain
Ing the boiler, and we are told that
If the water supply is treated with
this material from time to time the
formation of any new deposits can
be prevented. Thus it is possible
to keep the plant in tip-top shape
and the home owner doesn't have
to shut it down for minute to
perform this valuable operation.
II you would like to know the
names of the makers of the prod
ucts mentioned in this column. send
a stamped, f-addressed envelope
with a clipping of the column tt
Lawrence Crolius, SO East Sixty.
seventh street, New York, N. I.