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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980
Make Sure
Wood Stove
Burns Safely
A wood burning stove
can lie a charming addition
to your living room decor.
However, Royal-Globe
Insurance Companies and
their independent agents re
mind you to consider these
suggestions before you glow
with the anticipated energy
savings and added warmth
from your new investment.
Fire hazard is a leading
.drawback to providing heal
as in the "good old days.”
Most fires are caused by
improper installation of the 1
stove or its use
Some Do's and Don’ts to
keep in mind
• When installing the
Stove, allow enough clear
ance, generally 3G inches,
between the stove and com
bustible walls and ceilings.
• Place a non-combusti
ble base under the stove.
A quarter-inch asbestos
millboard covered with
sheet metal is most com
monly used. The base should
extend at least IH inches
bgyond the ash removal
cjoor and six inches on all ,
other sides.
• Hire a trained person,
perhaps a mason, to inspect
the chimney. Ask your local
building inspector to check
the stove once it is installed.
• Burn only dry, well
Reasoned wood. Never use
“green” wood.
• If your house is tightly
insulated, consider opening
a window a crack to allow
ventilation
• Dispose of ashes in a
closed metal container and !
place it outside, away from L
tin* house.
• Seal off the fireplace
before connecting a wood
,-u.ove to its chimney If you
do not have a suitable
chimney, a factory - built
i»ne listed by Underwriters
'Laboratories (UL) or other
recognized testing labora
tories, is a good solution.
.Be sure to follow manufac
turer’s recommendations
regarding clearance to com
bustible materials.
• Never use flammable
liquids to start a stove fire
or burn trash in it, which
can start a chimney fire.
• Never let a wood
■ fire burn unattended or
overnight.
Your stove should be
made of sturdy material,
such ns cast iron or steel
It is a good idea to purchase
a stove listed by UL or
other recognized testing
laboratories, If you buy a
used stove, inspect carefully ,
for cracks or other defects. .
The hinges, grates and draft
louvers should be checked
also to see that they work
properly
Your best types of wood
for stove fires are apple,
red oak, sugar maple, beech
and ironwood, according to
the University of Maine
Extension Service. If the
wood is split before storing,
it dries in less time and
burns more evenly.
When building a fire, use
a shallow bed of ashes and
,i small amount of crumpled
paper covered with a few
•.mall sticks of wood fuel. r
When the draft is started
up the chimney flue, larger
pieces of wood may be
added. »
Never throw gasoline,
kerosene or other flamma
ble fluid on tin l wood to
gel a quick fire. If in spite
of all your precautions, you
have a chimney fire, call the
fire department first and (
then take steps to fight the 5
blaze while waiting for help, S
Close the stove’s
louvers and the solid damper
in the stovepipe and throw
a liberal amount of coarse
salt into the fire chamber.
Y our chi mn e y and
stovepipe should be checked
annually and needed repairs
made before the heating sea
son. You may want to hire
•R professional to clean the
chimney to prevent a pos
sible fire hazard.
Royal-Globe and its inde- ,
pendent agents want you to '
be both safe and warm this ,'
winter season.
facts and fancies
Among the earliest uses
>f gold were the sculpted
i(hi res of rams, frogs and
pies worn by ancient
li by lonia ns some 4.000
ears ago to ward off illness
rtd evil.
• * *
One of the least-known
uses of gold is in radio
jbtive isotopes in biological
research and the treatment
of cancer.
♦ ♦ ♦
One of the most unusual
qualities of gold is that
neither hydrochloric nor
sulfuric acid alone can dis
solve it
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