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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 25 Apr 1990, p. 42

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3. b) Annual servicing prior to the heating season is the best way to ensure safe and efficient‘ pperaâ€" tion of your heating system. 4. a) This will help the furnace deliver heated air to all the rooms in your house. 5. e) If untreated, large amounts of condensation can result in all of these problems. 6. b) Simple measures such as cooking with lids on your pots and avoiding hanging wet clothes to dry indoors will reduce moisture production in your house. Openâ€" ing windows can help reduce condensation, but this isn‘t a practical solution because of the vast amount of heated air it aesthetics of a room tremendous~ ly. However, they cannot serve as d‘eetivewilnrycnmnmu- g.hanmlnd cause primary heating system to work harder than if the fireplace wasn‘t operating. 8. d) Concrete basement walls with moisture problems should be insulated only after the problem largest portion of your energy consumption. In fact, water heatâ€" ing uses more energy than all of your lights and appliances comâ€" 7. a) Fireplaces can enhance the 2. c) After spaceâ€" Score one point for each correct answer. More importantly, reâ€" member that each question you have answered incorrectly may be costing you money! 16) If weatherstripping is properâ€" ly applied to doors and windows, the unit cannot be opened. 17) For each degree you set your thermostat above 20°C (on a 24â€" hour basis), your fuel consumpâ€" tion will increase an average of five per cent. because this area can be responsiâ€" bie for a large part of the total air leakage in a house. ent joints in your house as well as another, so it makes sense to buy the least costly product. 15) It is important to seal the sill plate (the joint where the house frame meets the foundation wall) P 1 PPH MORRUCT 220. MOIT TY 6â€"20° Green Maples . . from $14 2â€"6‘ Cedars .... ... from $5.95 Test your 510‘ Birch .. . . from $26 219 uns :.‘ fomng Come and visit HOME & GARDEN @ * "Remai & Whemeatt ~Fody Gemanted " â€" whaiy * «*\ JyOHN‘S NURSERY > Tree & Shrub Sal Over 20,000 Trees from 2‘â€"20‘. 50 Acres of Shade Trees, Blue Spruce, Shrubs, Seedlings and Fruit Trees. _ of hardy, cimatized, should always be covered with a moisture barrier. Otherwise, moisture from the earth will make its way into the living space of the home where it can lead to condensation problems. 13. True. The good news is that you can reduce this heat loss by increujng'thela_yo_tsd_glazing_in a window, and by tl‘irqxgilly caulking and weatherstripping 16. False. Weatherstripping is designed to be installed at any movableâ€"joint. Applied properly, i:‘:ouldmhthmumunir- i hile allowing them to open and close freely. 17. True. And the reverse is also true: for each degree you set your honrhds,finlmmm@.rn drop by about five per cent. designed for special applications, so choose the appropriate materiâ€" al for the job. Don‘t base your decision on price alone: inexpenâ€" sive materials may not be very durable or effective. 15. True. The sill plate should be one of your top airâ€"sealing prioriâ€" Fruit wees, Blue direction, as long as it‘s moving from a warm spot to a colder one. Attic insulation will help but it will not, by itself, m{.e your home energy efficient. 12. False. Earth craw! spaces thm:zd‘lirl-hpfrun your home, existing levels of insulation, and the condition of appropriate in every case. Before resist heat flow, is measured in RSI (metric) or R (imperial). The higher the RSI or R value, the better the material insulates. In some cases, one millimetre of one type of insulation can have a higher thermal resistance value than two millimetres of another 10. False. No si 9. False. A material‘s thermal has been eliminated and the wall (Continued on page 86) o Ts thomk . t 2e XH4C* CLOSED FR Now until the End of May KITCHENER SHOWROOM WILL BE 51H ANNUAL CLOSED DOOR SALE _ IN PREPARATION FOR OUR AT OUR KITCHENER SHOWROOM ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY 20 UNIVERSITY AVE. EAST 7. , WATERLOO |

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