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or a slat floor to keep the crates, boxes and baskets off the ground, 

 to insure a free circulation of air and to prevent the containers from 

 harboring mice, rats, and other vermin. The shelves for canned 

 goods along one side of the room need not be more than six inches 

 wide." 



The house in which I now reside has a room 6x9 feet 

 separated from the main cellar by the foundation wall and an ordinary 

 tongue-and-groove single door. Though small it is adequate for 

 the needs of my family, now reduced to three. A double, insulated door 



Fig. 75. Details of construction for the ventilation of a storage room in a 

 basement. The air duct may be made of wood, terra cotta, or metal and in- 

 stalled in place of a pane of glass, thus avoiding cutting through the cellar 

 wall. A hinged door the size of another pane of glass may serve as an 

 outlet for warm air 



would greatly improve it as the hot water heater is located in the main 

 cellar. 



One of my neighbors has partitioned off a part of the north 

 side of his main cellar room with wooden walls filled with sawdust or 

 planer shavings. To regulate the temperature he admits cold air 

 through a stovepipe, which, unlike the chute shown in Figure 75, dis- 

 charges near the floor on the warmest side of the room near his hot- 

 water house heater. An ordinary smoke damper regulates the inflow 

 of air. This is a good plan, especially where the partition wall is 

 large and the balance of the cellar warm. 



