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When the chiling winds of the season mp the air outside many homeowners make sure they have an adequate stock pile of wood for cozy evenings by the fireplace during the long winter months While enjoying the comfort and coliness fire prtnlfits some horneow her today can re fy on their prefabricated fireplace to add heat to the home and to help conserye fur nace fuel used for home heating This reassurnce come as result of tests on pretahricatwf wood burning fireplaces These tests were witnessed by Pitt shurgli lesting laboratory llli an indeixndeiit testing laboratory The revolutionary fireplaces that help heal the home are called energy saving fireplaces lhey are designed to put significantly more heated an into the home than they take from the home In the past homeowners were told that conventional masonry wood burning fireplaces lose more heat then they priiduce lhese recent test reults deiiioiistralcd that pre fabricated energy saving fireplaces can deliyer more heated air to the interior of home than they take from the home That means redui lion in the amount of conventional heating ttiel needed while an average Sllt fire is burning in an energy saving fireplace Such figures are iverages according to one fireplace lllilnlliittlllltl and generally apply when outside temper atiires are near it at and when about twologs 12 lbs per hour are being huriiHl At higher otitside ltllltXfilfltltS the savmgs can he greater of course and at colr iler teiiiperaturss the savings are not as great The larger the fire the more heat is provided to the home For safety reasons fire should not be any larger than that recommended by the iiiaiiiitacturer Heated Screens should always be closed for safety while fire is burning but glass doors should he left open iii order to benefit from the full radiant heat of the fire Only when fire fades to embers should glass doors be shut to preieiii room air from going up the chimney through the open tlue prefabricatmf energy saving fireplace has separate air space behind the walls surrounding the fire ool air from the room enters the air space flows around the heated stainles steel walls of the firebox and reenters the room as warmed air More air is heated and sent into the room than the fireplace takes from the room Standard prefab fireplace which do not have provisions for Circulating heated air into the home do not save as much home heating fuel as do energy saving fireplaces Such fireplaces will provide about as much heat to home as is lost from the home of outside temiwrature tn really cold day its ahoiit hreakeven proposi tioii says Dick l1 Shoemaker president of The Majestic om pany fireplace manufac turer in reference to the stan dard prefab fireplace When it is warmer than tt°l outside even standard pre fah fireplace will provide more heat lhaii it loses but the sav ings are not as great as with an energyrsaver according to the test results Such figures are not true of most typical masonry fireplaces which do not have the sophisticated engineering and manufacturing precision of many prefabricated energy saving fireplaces Masonry fireplaces often have oversized flues which allow excess room air to escape up the chimney hut factory built energysaving fireplaces are engineered to produce maximum heat with minimum of air loss Fletan Cool Room Air Intake Shown here is the flow of room air around an energysoving fireplace Cool room air is warmed by the tire and returned to the room to provide supplemental home heat Heat pump reduces home fuel useoge Record cold winters three years in row coupled with the possibility of recurrence in limit fiiid many homeowners seeking alternate methods of keeping their homes comfortable next it iiitcr The addition of an allaeleclric eathertroii heat pump from General Electric to torceduur fossilrfiicl heating system can help to solve this problem This alternate syteiii called lliisttiie can reduce the homeowiiers dependence upon short supply and or expensiie fossil fuels When adding heat pump to ftISSllflltl heating ShYSftllli itlltlitl Electric recommends operating heat pump as long as it can keep the indoor teniixratiire at the desired lcel without the use of the fur iiace It then automatically switches over to the ithllllltl system when the heat pump can no longer handle the complete heatingieiiuiriiiciits The idea is to provide economical heat pump opera tioii and reduce home use of shortsupply and or epeiisic fossil fuels The heat pinup principle may be new to many consumers even though its not new in the hating and air conditioning in dustry Basicilly it is central www is WV air conditioning system that can both heat and cool in summer it extracts heat from the air aside home and pumps it to the outside and in winter elracts heat from the outside air raises the temperature and distributes it inside the house The heat pump isnt magic lint it its the capability to pull eiiotigh heat from the outdoor air during much of the heating season to keep the indoor air coiiilortable This is possible because even at cooler femixraturcs there is still heat in the outdoor air and the heat pump takes advantage of that heat lloiiieouuers with existing electric furnaces may also benefit by adding ahaat pump to their system The can save considerably when compared with forced air electric resistance heating costs ctuil savings vary of course accord iig to it here it iid how you live tsers can take liilllllgt of heat pump economy in mild weather and use their electric furnace only during low Itltltklflllllt periods when the thermostat iititiiiiiiitiiilly swit ches on the electric furnace lhtis annual electric heating hills can he cut substantially depending on climatic coiidi tioiis and geographic location Heat pump gives yearround comfort An ln creasineg attractive answer to the mounting energy problem is the allelectric Weathertron heat pump from General Electric By cooling in the summer and heating in the Winter heat pumps like the 36 0008TU model shown are providing reliable operation in thousands of in stallations from coast to coast Kee cozy this winter Prefob fiep Keeping excess snow off house roots is one chore youll be fociEthisrwinter Keeping house warm inside is another There are ways to keep the heat up and costs down laces cut home fuel costs Keep chimneys clean and safe In 1978 there were more than moon chimney fires in North America causing on estimated 2t million dollars of damage and number of fatalities clean chimney however helps protect life and property In addition creosotelrce chimney will increase heating efficiency By paying attention to the cleanliness of the chimney homeowner will be rewarded with reduced heating loss and minimal risk of chimney fire Like most home maintenance tasks there are two wys to get the Job done You can either call professional or do it yourself professional sweep will charge $3540 per job The woodburners alternative is to clean the chimney hinisetiherself The safest easiest and most economical method is to use the bolt Yourself Kit developed by Black Magic himney Sweeps lntl professional chimney sweep company in Store Ver mont The all inclusne kit consists of rugged wire flu bmsh which is ordered to fit the buyers flue stxcifications feet of fleXible fibreglass rods in seven threefoot lengths Isuitahlc or 2story homest to attach to the brush wire bench brush for cleaning the in sides of stove or fireplace couplings and an illustrated instructionmantial The cost is $4570 or little more than the cost of hiring professional once For further information on the Dolliourself Kit write KlT Black Magic himney Sweeps Mountain Road Stowe 05672 or call um t231t74867 Take two before driving today Winter driving headaches are here But you can ease the discomfort by taking two Atlas Weathcrgard Mark winter radials The Mark goes to work two ways aggressively in snow quietly on pavement Its premium steel radial construction means long tire life And each Mark winter radial contains unique ingredient the same care and concern for quality that made the Mark summer tire performance champion Best of all the lcathcrgard Mark wont upset your budget its on sale and priced lower than most other topofthelinc winter radials Youll find the Mark and full range of premium quality Atlas tires at lcssthanpremium prices at your Esso dealer Ask him for the right winter tire for your car or light truck Atlas winter tires For fast relief from the pain of winter driving Sale prices from $3843 each or less at participating Esso dealers Rims not included ATLASAT E880 atvrlti