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Show Dry Fillers Improve Walls of Old Home Nearly all builders of new homes are now Installing some one of the many materials which will Insulate their homes against excessive heat and cold. They are doing this both to make their homes more comfortable, In summer nnd winter, nnd to cut down fuel bills. In these homes which are being built the types of Insulators that can be used vary from the rigid or semirigid semi-rigid boards of cane-waste, wood fiber, cork or gypsum rock to the dry fillers of wood, mineral wool, cork or gypsum. But for the owner of the home already built who wants to Install In-stall a material which will give him as much protection from weather as his Deighbor who Is building a new home, one of the dry fillers Is the most practical material. The standing house can be Insulated by pouring a dry filler between the side walls. And If the rooms under the roof are used for living quarters, by Installing an Insulativc material between the roof-rafters. If, however, the attic Is used for storage space the living quarters can be made comfortable comfort-able by simply pouring the nialerial between the Joists of the attic Hour, over the piaster of the ceilings below |