Evening star., 1941-05-03
New Gas Heater
Warns Two Rooms
Effectively
Redwood Tree Bark
Made Into Material
For Insulation
By LAWRENCE CROLIUs.


A new gas heater for small homes
has been introduced recently which
does away with the need for warm
air-carrying ducts, and yet will heat
effectively adjoining rooms. NO
longer is it necessary for one room
to be heated to oven temperature
to provide heat for nearby rooms.
since this new unit is so arranged
that it opens into two rooms at
the same time, with no additional
equipment required.
elf-contained and compact. this
new heater is simple to install. 1t
is placed in floor opening ex-
tended below partition between
rooms. One slanting register face
opens into one room, and another
register of the same type opens
into the other room. The heating
unit itself hangs down into the
basement, and needs only to be
connected to a convenient flue and
gas connection.
The heater is we'll made OF gall
vnized steel with sturdy, welded
steel heat exchanging element in
side the casing. The unit is made
so that air circulated back from
the room passes down through an
outside passageWay, and thus keeps
the metal sides of the heater we'll
insulated and prevents overheated
walls. This air is returned through
a lower section of the same register
through which the heated air is
passed out into the house
The gas burner is located at the
bottom. and uses air from the base
ment for combustion, hence no air
up in the house is burned up" the
way it is in heaters located in up
stairs rooms. We are advised that
the gas burner was especially de-
signed for this unit, resulting in
economical operation and trouble
free service. One size unit is being
made now with an A G. A. input
rating of $4,000 B. r us per hour,
and an output rating of $4,000 B.
T. US, in other words, large enough
to heat effectively two rooms of
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Both steel grilles which are located
up in the rooms are of attractive
design, and are arranged so it is
easy to control the heater by re-
moving only a small section of the
grille, and turning an accessible
handle. An adjustable damper is
provided to send heat to either, or
both rooms, as desired. The overall
height is 4612 inches and the width,
1712 inches.
This is a good time to install in
sulation in home to assure pro-
lection against the next cold season,
far in advance of the usual rush,
and also against summer heat You
will be able to enjoy a really COM
Portable house when hot weather
comes, if you install good insula-
ton to prevent the sun from heat
ing up the interior.
An interesting new product made
from the bark of redwood trees Of
fers an excellent way to insulate
your house by the "filling-in" meth
od-that is, the blowing in of fluffy
fibers into the walls without having
to disturb the construction work.
This new insulation is shredded into
wool, and while the fibers are in
herently fire-resistant they are also
processed by a new method which
makes the flbers actually flame
proof. Hence, when these hbers are
blown into walls and packed be-
tween the studs and ceiling joists
you not only cut down heating losses,
but also help reduce the hazard of
fires to a considerable extent.
This new material is packed in
balls compressed to about four times
the normal density. When it is
blown into walls by new type of
machine, it is expanded so it fills
every nook and Granny with no lit
tering of the premises. We are told
that the fibers will not lose their
f1ufiness, but will stay in place and
not settle or shrink with resultant
loss of insulating effect. The max
ers claim this product is basically
moisture resistant, odorproof, and
a poor material for vermin TO try
to make their homes in.
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Note: For further information
about any Of the products de-
scribed above write MIR. Crolius,
In care of The Star, and inclose
a stamped, self addressed enve-
I0pe.