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the surface of the ground. For a riser 

 use 4-inch pipe for the first thirty feet 

 and 3-inch the rest of the way. Place a 

 tee in the main flow, so as to allow for 

 carrying a branch flow in each direction 

 from the main flow under each bench. 

 If there are eight benches and l^^-inch 

 pipe is used for radiation, a 2-inch 

 secondary flow or riser and two 1%-inch 

 returns should be provided under each 

 of the eight benches. It is possible that 

 you can successfully heat the house with 

 the ten horse-power boiler, but it is risky 

 and I should prefer at least a fifteen 

 horse-power boiler for the work. 



L. C. C. 



POOR CIRCULATION. 



I have a carnation house 16x100 feet 

 that does not heat well. It has 4-foot 

 side walls and glass in the south end 

 above the wall, nine feet to ridge. The 

 west side, south end and one-half of the 

 east wall are exposed. At first the house 

 was only fifty feet long and had one 

 flow and three returns on each side. A 

 few years ago it was extended fifty feet 

 more and without disturbing the piping 

 already in, they put in another flow the 

 entire length and six returns back to the 

 center of the house, where they all 

 entered one pipe, and back to the boiler 

 through it. Both sides of the house are 

 piped alike and all of 2-inch pipe. The 

 local plumber did the work for us, and 

 it has a rise of twenty-five inches in the 

 100 feet. What can I do? S. M. 



If you are to modify the piping in 

 your carnation house I would suggest 

 the following: That the present douWe 

 system be replaced by a single 3-inch 

 riser and that eight 2-inch returns be 

 provided the length of the house. The 

 present piping is inadequate for the 

 house and not well arranged. The cir- 

 culation is too much impeded by the 

 present arrangement of pipes. Place the 

 expansion tank as high up as possible 

 and make the connection to the expan- 

 sion tank on the main return close to 

 the boiler. L. C. C. 



BURNER FOR GAS. 



The inquiry of B. & S. in the Ee- 

 viEW of September 20 attracted my at- 

 tention. I have a good thing, and having 

 in the past had lots of bad luck with 

 my heating apparatus, have a desire to 

 render anyone any aid in my power, 

 toward the right road. In 1903 my 

 plant froze twice in one month on ac- 

 count of a defective heater, and there- 

 fore know what such things mean. 



As gas has been my fuel for the last 

 five years, am pretty well posted in re- 

 gard to it, and as B. & S. say they can 

 get gas for 15 cents per thousand feet, 

 I would advise them to use it. While 

 the burner suggested by L. C. C. would, 

 in all probability, give them good sat- 

 isfaction, the one I am using at pres- 

 ent is probably most economical, in fact 

 it has proved so in my place, I having 

 heated two houses, each 24x125 feet, the 

 last two years, at an average cost of 

 $150, gas costing 18 cents per thousand, 

 using hot water, open system. The pres- 

 ent season I have my system closed, and 

 from what it has shown on the two 

 nights used so far, am satisfied it will 

 be much less the coming season than 

 heretofore. I have one burner of four 

 jets and one of three, seven in all. 

 Now to make this burner, take a piece 

 of 2-inch pipe, the desired length, and 



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cap one end; then tap your holes 1-16- 

 inch, putting them far enough apart to 

 allow a space of say three inches. Put 

 a flat piece of iron one and one-half 

 inches above this pipe, with holes tapped 

 for 2-inch pipe, and cut so that 

 the pipe fits snug and will not drop 

 down nearer the supply pipe than one 

 inch, so as to allow a free circulation 

 of air. Then cut your nipples to 2- 

 inch and, if you wish, you can send part 

 of the flame up to the crown sheet, and 

 by putting elbows on, you can drive it 

 against the side. This flame will be blue 

 to the end, and can be regulated to 

 suit. There is no mixer with this 

 burner, except the mixer caused by the 

 space between your supply pipe and 

 where the flame goes into the pipes to 

 be carried from the ash pit into the 

 boiler. I use, for the support of my 

 pipes, a cast-iron plate, bolted at each 

 end, holding the pipes always in place. 

 Should this not be plain, I will, upon re- 

 quest, make a diagram showing just how 

 it is made. I might add that I was con- 

 stantly experimenting with gas burners, 

 but when I got this one, could see no 

 place for any improvement, and take 

 pleasure in helping anyone to solve the 

 heating problem. I see B. & S. can get 



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lump coal at $2.50; we pay $4.50 for 

 soft, and $6.25 for hard coal, so that 

 my gas at 18 cents per thousand is much 

 cheaper than coal, when I take into con- 

 sideration the labor involved in putting 

 in the latter, and removing the ashes. 



