Draft Points
To Faulty
Weatherstrip
If you feel a draft when the
windows are closed, the prob
lem may be faulty weather
stripping.
Poor weatherstripping causes
more than discomfort. It can
also be responsible for an inor
dinate amount of heat loss.
It’s reported that windows
with-insufficient weatherstrip
ping (or none at all) let in as
much air (or let out as much
heat) as a hole irj, the wall the
size of two btillding blocks.
Because hand-applied weath
erstrlpping cannot duplicate
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ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE
factory application, quality
wood windows 'such as ponder
osa pine units come with
weatherstripping already in
stalled. Tight weatherstrip
ping, plus precisely fitted sash
and frame and efficient sash
latches, assure snug window
closure. This prevents air infil
tration, drafts and heat “leak
age."
Efficient weatherstrip
ping can also plug leaks In
your heating and cooling budg
ets. Tests show that, by reduc
ing, heat loss, weatherstripped
wood sash windows can cut
fuel costs for an average five
room house by almost one
fourth. In the bargain, fuel is
conserved—an important con
slderation for ecological
ly-minded homeowners.
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FHA Ups Insulation Standards
Savings In Fuel Bills
Would Amortize Costs
Insulating standards have
been upgraded for multi-fam
ily buildings constructed with
federal financing. A primary
reason is President Nixon’s en
vironmental directive that ef
forts be made to control air
pollution and conserve the
country’s fuel and energy sup
plies.
The upgraded insulation
standards apply to both blgh
and low-rise apartments. They
are contained in recently-re
leased revisions of FHA’s min
imum property standards for
multi-family housing. Upgrad
ed standards for better insula
tion in one- and two-family
living units built with PHA
insured loans were issued a
year earlier.
The President’s directive not
ed that savings in fuel costs
expected to result from up
graded insulation would, over
the next five years, “on the av
erage more than offset the ad
ditional construction costs.’’
While insulation needs vary
with house size and geographic
location, proper insulation In
any housing unit Involves
floors, walls, ceilings and win
dows—all potential sources of
heat loss and gain.
Windows, for example, can
occupy as much as 40 or 50% -
of, exterior wall space. If they
do not insulate properly, they
can account for half a home’s
heat loss. Windows with good
Insulating qualities, such as
weatherstripped wood sash
units with insulating glass, can
reduce heat loss by from 15 to
35%. Less fuel and energy are
used, and costs are lower.
To show the correlation be
tween good insulating windows
and savings in fuel costs, Pon
derosaPhieWoodworkUnas-
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sociation of manufacturers of
wood windows and doors) has
reported results of a recent
heating cost study. The study
was based on data from the
American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Condi
tioning Engineers Guide.
The study estimated heating
costs for the same type of
home in four different geo
graphic locations. Construction
standards were those recom
mended for electrically-heated
structures with one variable.
One-home in each area had
'single - glazed windows. The
other had windows with insu
lating glass (double-glazing).
These were the results:
Chicago; yearly costs for
home with single-glazed win
dows—s32s; with Insulating
glass—s23o; savings—s9s.
Philadelphia: single - glazing
—5277; Insulating gla&s—s2oB;
savings—s 69.
Minneapolis: single - glazing,
—s4lB; insulating glass—s 266;
savings—sls2.
Louisville: single-glazing
$290; insulating glass—s2ls;
savings—s7s.
The economy of better insu
lation was Indicated by the
short time in which the addi
tional cost of wood windows
with insulating glass was
amortized. In Minneapolis, the
cost was recouped in the first
year; in Louisville, less than
three years; in Chicago, three
years; in Philadelphia, four
years. Annual savings in heat
ing costs continue after amor
tization.
In the FHA’s revised stand
ards for insulation in multi
family housing, requirements
for double-glazing depend on
a building’s glass area and the
weather of a geographic area.
The standards state: “Where
more than 25# of the exposed
exterior wall is glass, at least
one-fourth of all glass surfaces
shall be insulating glass or
storm sash in areas with de
gree days between 4500 and
5200.” Philadelphia and Louis
ville fall within this category.
Where degree days range be
tween 5201 and 8000, at least
50% of all glass surfaces must
be double-glazed. In areas
where degree days exceed
6000, such as Chicago and
Minneapolis, double glazing is
required for all glass surfaces.
JOHN Z. MARTIN
New Holland RDI
Phone 717-354-5848
Study Says
Patios Help
Sell Home
Builders know the worth of
a patio. Two-thirds of their
best-selling model homes have
one.
A study by the Bureau of
Building Marketing Research
reports that patios continue to
be one of the most popular
features available in new
homes. Their use has been in
creasing steadily over a five
year period.
Purpose of the study was to
analyze single-family home
design, construction and mate
rial usage. It queried builders
nationwide. Since almost 80%
of single-family homes are sold
from models, survey findings
were seen as an indication of
overall market preferences.
The popularity of patios was
highest in the West, where
82% of the model homes had
them. The South was next with
75%, and the Northcentral
area had 60%. In the North
east, where weather drives resi
dents indoors a good portion
of the year, 51% of the most
popular houses had patios. Na
tionally, patio popularity had
risen 13% in the five years
since a similar survey was
made.
The appeal of patios is psy
chological as well as practical.
Most Americans like the out
doors, and patios give them a
taste of outdoor living right in
their own backyards.
Practical advantages accrue
with the availability of modem
gliding glass patio doors. For
example, vinyl-clad Perma-
Shleld patio doors, by Andersen
Windowalls, require no exterior
painting. Insulating glass (tem
pered for safety) reduces heat
loss through the large glass
areas and assures year-round
room comfort.
Strip tests prove it: Cattle
prefer Pioneer brand sor
ghum-sudangrass hybrid over
other brands. That means
they’ll eat more . . . .
make mote meat or milk.
Unbeatable hot-weather pas
ture or green-chop. Can be
planted on diverted acres
and grazed after September
1. Treat your cattle to the
pasture hybrid they like best!
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