Milford chronicle., 1944-02-04
Fuel Piles Lessen
AS Cold Increases
Continued from First Page,

Therefore, the Milford home own.
ers and renters have had only &c
per cent of their cold weather this
season, and if they have used more
than 43 per cent of their winters
allotment of fuel. they have over
drawn their fuel-consumption ac-
count This would be unfortunate
for the owner or renter in peace
times, and would foreshadow an
increase in the fuel dealers busil
ness. However, in war times, with
both oil and coal rationed, 1t means
| that the owner or renter must
get along on less fuel for the re-
mainder of the winter. The only
choice before the owner or renter
who has overconsumed his fuel al
lotment is to keep his house
enough cooler to save the neces-
sary amount or to keep his house
comfortable with less fuel through
cutting down loss of heat.
The pleasantest and most profit
able way to combine home COM
fort and fuel economy is through
the use of Mineral Wool insulation,
which can be applied in sufficient
thicknesses to make really sub
stantial savings in fuel, Mr.. Mack
lin said. While the savings of the
fuel itself is of the greatest i'm
portance right now, when oil and
coal are war materials and cannot
be easily replaced if wasted. the
cash savings effected by insulation
make it a most attractive invest
ment in peace times, and it also
insures a comfortable home in war
or peace.
A house insulated in both walls
and ceilings with thick Mineral
Wool will probably save 40 per
cent of its winter fuel bill as COM
pared with a neighboring house.
identical in design and construc-
tion, but uninsulated.
There is a further great advan-
tage in living in an insulated house. !
The Fuel Oil Rationing Boards will |
supply supplementary oil if the |
owner or renter will show that he |
has done everything necessary to
conserve fuel. including insulation.
and the boards give large amount
of fuel oil as basic ration TO those 1
whose records through insulation
show that they have been economi-
cal.
The value of Mineral Wool in in
sulating homes and saving fuel has
long been recognized in Washing
ton. ID. c. Nearly four years ago,
the Bureau of Mines issued a state
ment that if all homes were in
the country would save
A billion dollars a year. At that
time. the Bureau was principally
in improving the nation
al economy. Now that the country
is at war, many agencies of the
are urging the use of
Insulation to save fuel, not merely
TO avoid the waste of money, but to
actually save the fuel itself and
he unnecessary transportation and
labor of producing wasted oil and
coal
Because of the urgency of the
Tuel saving program, the produc-
ion of Mineral Wool insulation
Ids Detu uttldIGu all CSoChLial III | ,
lustry by the War ManpOwer Com
mission. This classification applies
lot only to the factories in which
he insulation is made, but also
o the men who apply it in homes.
The savings possible through
complete insulation naturally are
If most urgent interest at pres !
mt to the owner or renter who has !
burned more of his winters fuel 5
alton, propOrtiOnately than our
present fraction of winter weather
Mr. Macklin concluded, I
,ut insulation also should be of
interest to all residents who wish
o guard themselves against ex-
remes of weather, discomfort from
old walls. and hazards to health III
rom unforeseen Interruptions to
heir fuel supplies. u