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Show Home Improvement, Safety And Economy THINK INSULATION NOW Summer may teem a strange time to think about home insulation, but it w a wise time. White last winter's cold drafts and shivers are fresh in mind, and knowing they can be back in just a few short months, a work plan now to insure against their return makes good sense. In a handful of hours spread over this warm season, you can make preparations for January's chill, greater in. home comfort, and tower fuel bills. In case the incoming cold and heat loss spots have escaped your memory, it's best to begin with a general inspection tour. Here are tome areas to check and, while at it, to measure for ne-ded insulating materials. Lufkin makes a handy ca&e Up that clips to the belt to free your hands for note making, and it even reads Icft-to-nght and riKht-to left so that numberi are never upside down or backward Start with dixin and window! win-dow! Where framrs are loo fitting, seal them with an adhesive backed foam weather stripping Eliminate under-door draft by closing any gap with a rubber, multi blade door sweep. Don't overlook doors to un- heated attics or basements. Double check the fit of storm windows and doors and make them airtight by caulking all edges with a long lasting butyl or latex compound. Is there an adequate thickness of insulation in the attic floor'' Last year's scarcity of batt and blanket insulation has eased, so now's the time to discuss what's needed with a building build-ing supplies dealer On the outside, caulk up the cracks where masonry and wood join, around window win-dow and door frames, at corner seams where sid mg and trim meet w herever two differe.it parl" come torelher. These "Mints" certainly don't cover all possible protective pro-tective measures, and every home's needs will b differ en I The hint is to "think insula! ion now " w nil it i warm and be warm later |