December, 1912 
All have been improved from time to time 
till.one can get satisfaction out of a good 
system of either kind. 
The main claims for the furnace are: 
The first cost is cheaper ; it gives a good air 
circulation through the house, and thus aids 
ventilation; you can get the house heated 
up in the morning in less time, and it is 
simpler to handle. The claims for hot 
water are based largely on fuel economy, 
even temperature, and that it will hold 
its heat better through the night. The 
vapor system is the most expensive to in- 
stall and claims many of the merits of 
both the other. It consists essentially of 
a hot water system all encased down in 
the cellar, with the heat from the radia- 
tors carried from there through the house 
by a piping system and registers similar 
to those used with the hot air furnace. 
If fuel is expensive and a big item in 
the consideration, the hot water system 
will probably give the best satisfaction. 
But with this you should remember that 
the fuel estimates are based on a new, 
clean heater, and that to save fuel as you 
should, it is important to keep the flues 
and inner water-lined walls free from 
soot. This may not amount to so much 
if you are burning wood, but if it is coal 
that gives off considerable gas in burning 
the soot will form rapidly. This is be- 
cause the water keeps the temperature 
down in the furnace so much lower than 
the natural temperature of the fire that 
the gases condense and form soot on the 
interior. 
Whether you use a hot air or hot water 
furnace, there are certain points about the 
installation that apply just the same. One 
is to get your furnace near the center of 
the house, especially if you have a chim- 
ney near there, too. Get to a good central 
point for the sake of short and easy dis- 
tribution of heat through the different 
rooms. The object in getting near the 
chimney is to make the smoke-pipe short. 
This pipe must be renewed practically 
every Fall, especially if it is left standing 
in place through the Summer, for the soot 
in it, moistened by the rains, eats out the 
metal. The shorter this pipe is, then, the 
less it will cost to renew it. Also the 
short pipe makes for a better draft, and 
less danger of fire through defects, or 
through it falling down. 
The chimney should be preferably 
straight, with an inner flue not less than 
seven by eleven inches, with nothing else 
tapped into it but the furnace. A splen- 
did idea is to build one big chimney, all 
enclosed inside the house. big enough to 
carry three flues; one for the furnace, one 
for the fireplace and one for the kitchen 
range. This makes a well-balanced chim- 
ney, and if the flues are lined with the 
regulation fireproof clay lining it will not 
fail to draw. The reason for putting it 
inside the house is to protect the chimney 
from the outside cold, which will make it 
draw better, and then the chimney itself 
will help heat the house and economize 
in fuel. The outside chimney is more 
picturesque, but it loses lots of heat 
through radiation and does not draw so 
well, so if that type of chimney is desired, 
make the walls extra thick. 
In placing the registers or radiators 
you can better insure keeping the entire 
room warm by having them near the 
outer walls, but you can get more heat 
economy by having them near the inner 
walls. When the heat enters the room 
near an outer wall it loses some through 
wall radiation while it is warming the 
room, and if placed near the inner wall 
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