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Show Gutters, Roof Main Points In Check-Up Once upon a time, it was pretty simple to winterproof the ordinary ordi-nary house. Leaves cornstalks, or manure ere piled against the foundation to keep the wind from getting under un-der the floor. Then, the family boaidod up all rooms but the e ?r lour that were easiest to heat. Today, winterproofing is much more complicated. ijuimers say the best place to s, n waterproofing is the roof. A flashlight check of the underside under-side of the roof deck most times will disclose any tell-tale leak spot. One leak often foretells additional addi-tional difficulty. Different parts of the roof wear out at about the same rate, so a reroofing job is probably the only remedy for a leak in an old roof. Asphalt roofing roof-ing is a many-year investment. It is easy to have done while the weather is warm. In older houses, air leaks around the door and window frames are worth checking. Calking is an antidote for this. The cornices are another trouble spot where calking can help. Driving winter storms often force water into cornice cracks, causing paint failures fail-ures and wallpaper stains. In wooded areas, fallen leaves present pre-sent a gutter problem. A clogged gutter, a heavy snowfall, and a fast thaw are likely to cause water wa-ter back-up. That can mean trouble. Windows and doors need to be weatherstripped to prevent air leakage. New ponderosa pine window win-dow units, assembled at the factory, fac-tory, come' completely weather-stripped. weather-stripped. Mineral wool insulation, three inches in the wall and four inches in the ceiling, is essential to economical heating. |