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Show Insulation Saves Fuel Bills In Utah Homes Utah has a w.'de range of tenip'r-aturj. tenip'r-aturj. There are many phic1.- in the stats where, for long periods, th temperature is: below freezing, and the xtr mr temperatures m ght bg 10, 15, 20 or 30 degrees below zero. In th.es? same Realities the temp r- in' nra v b 1 80 or 99 dieg'rlei s above zero in the heat of the summer. These, varying bemp:ratures indicate j ; h:at cur buildings hould bs so constructed con-structed as tc met a temperature range of at least 100 djgreor. F.vej-y house should bs properly insulated in-sulated from intense h iat and intense in-tense cold. By insulation h meant thai the house should b constructed from some material so that the walls are not read ly perj trbe:l by intcn e heat or intense cold but will maintain main-tain an even aT.nd plea. ant temperature temper-ature no mattea- wha; tho whethet conditions may he without. The ordinary frarn house whose walls are mide of two-by-four studs, building pap r and sliding, lain and plaster on the in ids, lath and plastctr on the ceiling, and po:sibly no upp:r cohering on the ceiling jo ce is not adaptel to the rigorous weather cf this looality. Still there' are hundreds of houses built under thi plain of coiistructicn, with the result that in the- summer the hcuse is hot and in, the cold'st weather of winter the hcuse is kept at a livable temperature only with great (Jiff culty and with the. the ccn-sumpt'on ccn-sumpt'on of large1 amount; of fu-T. On-; man .has said thai the fuel bill for heating the houses, of Utah might be cut at leiast a quarter of a million dollars (ash year if the houses h' d be' n constructed to meet the low teemperatures of the winters. wint-ers. The cost of giving the hcuse a. new insmlat'icm would cften be paid fcr ini the saving of fuel for a single year. This is giv'ng no cons'der-ation cons'der-ation to the increasing comfoi'i and health that would come to its occupants. oc-cupants. Genrally all earthy material such a-, brick, adobes and oement arei good insulators. Often tine1 walls are well insulat'd and the? ceiling and rcf are neglrcted. This i-i indicated in the summer by the Intense heat in low bungalow huoses or upper rooms of two story hcusrs, and in wintier by ths rapid mielting of snow ov.r the living rooms. Wh'n snow is rapidly melting on the1 rcof after each n'v fall thLre is the best in-dicaticn in-dicaticn cf pocr insulation. A well insu'ated reef will v'.-jovi no immediate imme-diate melting cf enow as a result cf the heat emenating from the house ;t':M. A double cover'mg of shingles will help in this insulation, but Better Bet-ter still there should be an insula -I tic tru over true c:iling. In mlaticn material might include kieuelguhr (diatomaccous earth), tolwnic Eh, rock wool, sawdust, insulaiticm beards made from wood refuse, refuse from sugar cane, straw and many other orgajrc materials Uia:tJ are sold 00 the market. Ths kienslguhr is cut standing. it was iounu m trie aan .c ranciscu' fi.t- that the vaults lir.ed with brick ircm keiselguhr did not scorch pa- per en th" ins de wh'n such material as brass, bronze, etc. wa i melting cn the outside, although the wall had a thickness of about four inches. ,Ki'S"lguhr is very light and most ceiling? would readily .stand a layer if two inch's cr more' without endangering en-dangering any part of the common cc:?;.truction. This material is pro-d'ued pro-d'ued in Tooele coun:y and is available avail-able on the market. I, is made :p of thie skeletons of animals known as diatcmn, which is an excellent insulation because of numerous aar chamber?. Volcaindc ash, available in c'i"ta,in localities, is very light, although it weighs much more than does the diatamaceoun tarth, and is an excellent ex-cellent insulator. Rock wool is an artificially prepared material but is a h gh grab: insulator. Asbestos fragments arei a-S3 high grade insulator.:! insu-lator.:! but rather expensive. Sawdust Saw-dust is not satisfactory alcne but whan mixed with sevcin to ten per cent by weight of dry quick lime, it may be used to cover ceilings. This materjal will not harbor insects. in-sects. Many of the fcrulation boards that can be purchased at lumlb'r mills are very satisfactory and cften will lit better into old houses, especially for insulating walls than any o the unfabricated material. Any one living in a house poorly ineulafar'd should investigate Schedule Sched-ule I of the Housing Act which permits per-mits a loan to insulate either an old cr a new house. and hf r daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Beck cf Sandy visited with Fa'.rviDw friends the past week end. Mr. Alvin Day, who spent the past 2 ye&rs in Oregon and Washington, returned heme last week. |