CENTRAL HEATING

Evening Star, Issue 20151, 16 April 1929, Page 2

CENTRAL HEATING

HOT AIR AND WATER With ilie variety of indeperideiil boilers now on llii' market central boating is fast becoming an accepted tact in modern building. and nothing cflects Midi a reduction in the work ot a house, perhaps, > much as some lorm ol central healing, whereby id I the work ol laying anti cleaning lire' is dune aaa\ with (eonnnenls ‘Practical Building ). Though there are advantages attendant upon a house specially designed loi central beating, this is not an essential point. An efficient system ran he installed in any house, new or old. with comparative ease. There are systems based on the principle ot hot air rising and cold am tailing. The healer situated in the basement is a simply constructed stove, which warms the air and sends it up through a single copper grid into bint limiter The warm air is diffused h'om the most central position, imnally in the hall, near the stairway, and travels through all the. room', heating the walls, Moors, and ceilings on its way. Another system, based on the same principle, is operated by a large;)’ sioxc in the basement, which difluse- warm air through agild in the Moor above. In this system Ihe warm air rises through the middle ol the grating an.d the cold air passes down round the edges. In this way a constant circulation ol ail through the house is dlecled which ensures every portion ol the house being tvarmed. Where the house possesses no basement or cellar the stove may be placed in tt room ol the ground Moor, and the grid through which the warm air passes inserted in the wall. Stoves lor heating the house by hot water can be suited to supply any size house, and art; made to consume gns coke, coal, ami anthracite. Of course, it is possible to beat the'water by electricity. though this is a more expensive method. .For a sum 11 house, or where only partial central heating is desired, a good method is the use ol a central heating anthracite’ stove. 'I his is like an ordinary anthracite model, with a water jacket attached instead ol the usual 'firebricks. Pipes lead to other rooms from the back of the stove, and beat is applied by radiators. A domestic supply of hot water can also be obtained it ilc,sired. , , Another stove is designed to fit into an existing fireplace. It lias a mica panelled and enamelled Iront, supplied in six different colours.’ it burns anthracite, and will keep alight without attention for ten hours.