Evening star., 1942-12-12
Godgets
Asphalt
Material Offered
For Insulation
BY HILSON MuNSEY.

By HILSON MUNSEY.
The Government strongly advo.
Gates the insulation of homes to
save fuel. Apart from this very
immediate and necessary considera-
ton. the insulation of the home Of
fers many advantages-bothi in win
ter and in summer. During the
summer the blanket of insulation
gives protection against the heat OF
the sun by reducing the transfer OF
heat from the outside walls of the
house to the interior, and in the
winter the reverse is true.
Heat in the house is less able to
escape to the outside air when there
Is protecting blanket of insulating
material between it and the outer
walls.
There are many types of insu-
lating material on the market. One.
IN particular. is made from chem
1cally treated wood fiber impreg-
mated with asphalt and faced with
q waterproofing cover. 1t is flex-
ible and easy to handle when it is
being installed.
1t is made in three thicknesses-
commercial, standard and double
thlck-and the one that should be
used must be determined by the
local conditions.
In selecting the thickness of in
sulation to be used, it must be re-
membered that the insulating value
OF the material does not increase in
proportion to its thickness. In the
commercial thickness, the amount
OF heat loss is reduced by 46 per
cent when applied to the walls.
while the standard saves so per
cent.
Double thickness, which will fill
the entire space between the stud
ding OF a frame house, only will
add another II per cent. When in
sulation is applied to the ceiling the
saving IN heat loss at that point is
much greater. Windows account for
. very considerable amount of heat
loss, and to get the full value out
OF insulation, storm windows should
be installed.
Variety In Lighting.
The fluorescent lights that are
coming into so much favor these
days, and rightly so. do not always
give the color of light that is most
agreeable to the owner This is no
criticism Of fuorescent lighting,
which has proved to be such an i'm
provement. 1t is a suggestion that
there is a way to change the color
OF the light to suit the taste of the
owner and to fit into the color
scheme of the room, whether it be
the kitchen or the living room.
The arrangement is a simple one.
1t consists of coil of a plastic ma
terial that is colored to change the
coldness of the fluorescent light.
The coils simply are slipped over the
bulb. They are unbreakable, easily
put over the bulbs and just as easily
cleaned
They cannot collect dust between
the coil and the bulb because they
flt tightly They are made in ivory. |
yellow gold, green, blue or red. The
assortment also includes a clear
plastic.
For variety, any two or three Of
these colored coils can be striped
together to produce an unusual ef-
feet. These coils are very effective,
also, In stores and window displays
for color correction.
Non-rusting bronze nails no long
er are procurable because of Gov
rtir,,a frio
ordinary nail exposed to the weather
will rust. Hitherto, asbestos shin
giles needed the assistance of two
nails on the lower edge of the shin
gle to hold it in place.
To overcome this. an asbestos
shingle has been developed that
avoids the necessity for the two
lower nails and can be held in place
by three nails near the top of the
shlngle in such position that they
are covered by the shingle above and
so protected from the weather.
This gives better appearance to
the house, which is still further
improved by the narrower exposure
Of these shingles to the weather.
The new shingle shows only nine
inches of its surface. instead of the
former ten and half inches. The
overlap also has been increased by
an additional half inch to make it
three inches. This gives better pro-
lection against the weather.
1t also emphasizes the shadow line
of the shingle butts and makes the
joints between shingles less con-
spicuous. The shingles are easy to
apply and can be put in place
quickly. Nail holes are punched at
the factory. There is a strip sup
piled to back the joints to keep out
the rain. The shingles can be used
either for new work or to apply over
old shingles.
Rejecting House Numbers.
In these blackout and dimout
days some means of house identi-
fication, particularly in the country,
is desirable Special signs can be
bought which are based on the same
idea as the road signs that show up
so plainly at dangerous turns in the
road when the headlights of the car
SIllile OH llle1ll. 1 Ile SdIlle W pc re-
flecting lens is used in both cases.
The signs for private homes are
made in practically any color, but
moss green in natural-stained
wood probably is the favorite The
rejecting buttons are set in cutout
letters. will respond to any light
beam, and during the day will give
the same information as to your
name or house number.
There are various designs for the
frames of these reflectors, and they
can be placed at about ground level
or hung up as sign on a metal
bracket.
The same idea also Is used in
making markers to outline the edge
of the driveway or the garden bed
so that the flowers don't suffer from
a visitor inadvertently stepping on
them. There are seven types of
markers from which to choose.
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