Washington County News | 1927-07-28 | Page 5 | Now Understand and Demand Insulation

Now Understand and Demand Insulation During the past few years home buyers are paying more attention to Insulation and It will be but a short time until this Item will be as Important Im-portant as the exterior finish and architectural design of the home. With a general rise In heating cost the home owner becomes more and more Interested In the conservation of fuel and Is becoming educated In ways and means for reducing this cost. He has come to the conclusion that It Is very expensive to try and heat the entire outdoors and any means offered which will prevent this condition Is being seized upon. It used to be that we believed the only protection was In wind-proofing j the home, weatherstrips having been ( In use as far back as this generation can remember. There was a slight understanding of insulation, but that only pertained to the walls of the house and was to ny the least crude and unsatisfactory. The greatent heat loss In a building is through the roof and it Is this stoppage stop-page which is the most Important Item in the saving of fuel. The loss of heat through the roof is evidenced by the rapidity by which the snow melts and the difficulty found In heating the second sec-ond floor of a two-story house. Insulation necessary to stop at least 8-" per cent of this loss Is simple and Inexpensive, In fact the cost would be little more than the actual saving In one season's fuel. The best method to prevent this loss of heat is by applying the insulation directly above the lath and between the studs above the se. .nd floor.