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Show Inspect House To Be Ready For Winter One of the home-owner's, nual duties is to inspect his hu every fall to make sure it js';, shape to withstand cold and stormy weather. If repairs are needed, thev should be made while the weath er is suitable for working out doors. Working on the exterior of a house is more difficult durins cold weather, and results might be less satisfactory. A home inspection should be made even if nothing apparently is wrong. This will insure early detection of structural defects enabling repairs to be made be' fore an emergency rises. The roof of a house and its heating plant are two items to check closely If a relatively new roof has been damaged in a specific spot-for spot-for example, by a falling tree branch or by lightning repair might be possible. However, if the roof is old and weatherbeat-en, weatherbeat-en, one slight leak can be taken as a sign that the entire roof is about to fail. Complete reroofins with asphalt shingles is the usual remedy. The National Bureau of Stand, ards says: "Leaks that are caused by normal weathering of the roofing material are in a different category from those in new roofs A single apparent leak in a badly weathered roof is probable evidence evi-dence of other similar leaks that have not been noticed, and is usti-ally usti-ally the forerunner of other larger leaks that will appear in I a relatively short time. Under normal conditions a roof does not 1 wear out one unit at a time, but, i instead, all similar units that are , subject to the same conditions are : affected to approximately the same degree on long exposure." The obvious time for a heating plant inspection is before the weather becomes cold enough for the heating plant to be in use. The furnace also should be cleaned. Cleaning facilitates easy inspection and is necessary for ; proper operation of the equip-. equip-. ment. Inspection of a heating plani should be done by a professions: service man. In addition to look-: look-: ing for faults, he will be qualifiec ' to make repairs and to adjust automatic heating plants so thai they will give their best perform-: perform-: ance. |