Pleasant Grove Review | 1937-01-08 | Page 6 | Home Heating Hints

J1 itas Elsatlsis ZJ Ifbiraf-Q By John Barclay A' ISIZbL Heating Export Getting Tire to Burn Briskly U Produce Ouick Heat on Cold IWornings XXT'IIAT a joy and comfort it is to get your home heated quickly on cold mornings! And how easily it can be done! Shake the grates gently. When a red glow appears in the ashpit, ash-pit, stop shaking. Next, open the .ishpit damper and close the cher.c (Jumper until the fire burns briskly. Should fresh fuel be nec-er.r.ary, nec-er.r.ary, feed it on the fire in a turn thin layer. Cive it time to burn well and heat the house, then add a full charge of coal. When the gases have burned off, reset the dampers for normal burning. This same rule applies should the fire get very low and almost burn itself out at any time. Be careful not to smother it with too much coal. Open the ashpit damper dam-per and close the check damper. When the fire again is burning brightly, shake the grates gently until the first red glow appears in the ashpit, add a full charge of fuel, allow the gases to burn off, reverse the dampers close the ashpit damper and open the check damper. That's the way to save fuel and cut down trips to the cellar.