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Show HOUSE SHOULD BE INSULATED From the Standpoint of -Health and Comfort, Proceeding Ought to Be Considered Imperative. Besides being a most effective insulation, insu-lation, some materials act as a substitute substi-tute for lumber In outside sheathing, as a plaster base and as an interior finish fin-ish for rooms. Taking into account the materials displaced, eliminated and reduced, re-duced, there are many cases in which the cost of Insulation Is fully offset and the home with insulation can be built as cheaply as one without It. An Important advantage of Insulating Insulat-ing houses, not expressed In dollars and cents, Is the uniformity of temperature temper-ature they maintain. Obviously, If the walls and roof offer effective resistance re-sistance to the escape of heat, the temperature tem-perature of the room must remain more nearly constant than when heat Is rapidly passing through the walls. Uniform temperature means comfort In every part of the room without the necessity of "hugging" the radiator. Uniform temperature prevents Illness Ill-ness and gives comfort. It Is obvious that properly insulated buildings providing pro-viding such economies and comforts during the winter months will prove exceptionally cool In the hot months of the year, as insulation effects a more evenly regulated temperature, keeping the heat out in summer as it keeps the heat inside in the winter. Failure to insulate a house, built at this time, Is wasteful and inefficient. |