Show current building trends tr end Is toward small home there is every indication today that the swing toward the smaller less expensive home is a permanent one says the plumbing and heating industries bureau the preference today is for the compact type of house even among the income group which in former years built larger houses paralleling the trend toward the small house incorporating the maximum compactness and convenience in its design and furnishings is the steady progress made by the plumbing and heating industries in the development of space saving features radiators have been redesigned in modern slenderized lines and have lost 40 per cent of their bull AtIQ size in the reducing process its handsome streamlined design de the new radiator looks smaller the factors have made it possible for heating contractors to design steam or hot water heating beatin plants with all essential parts such as radiators boilers and piping considerably smaller than the sizes it was formerly necessary to use the advent of insulation for instance has decreased the heating load so that a smaller beating plant will do the work |