. Health in home and town. o the air. The Smoke-Pipe. — Opening out of the back of thefire-box is a pipe connecting with a flue in the chimney,to carry off the smokeand the gases of theburning coal. Thispipe is fitted with adamper for regulatingthe draught. The Hot-Air Pipes. Smoke-Pipe and Damper — From the upper part of the air-chamber, tin pipesextend to all of the rooms of the house. Those to thefirst floor open directly into registers in the floor. Thepipes to the rooms on the second and third floors passup in the partitions to their corresponding floors, andopen into registers. The regis
. Health in home and town. o the air. The Smoke-Pipe. — Opening out of the back of thefire-box is a pipe connecting with a flue in the chimney,to carry off the smokeand the gases of theburning coal. Thispipe is fitted with adamper for regulatingthe draught. The Hot-Air Pipes. Smoke-Pipe and Damper — From the upper part of the air-chamber, tin pipesextend to all of the rooms of the house. Those to thefirst floor open directly into registers in the floor. Thepipes to the rooms on the second and third floors passup in the partitions to their corresponding floors, andopen into registers. The register can be closed, or adamper in the pipe in the cellar turned, when it isnecessary to shut off the heat from any room. Some-times the hot-air pipes are double, or are wrapped inasbestos paper to save the heat. The Care of a Furnace. — The work that a furnacecan do depends largely upon the way in which it is well run, a house should be continuously suppliedwith fresh, warm air. Less cold air should be admitted. 48 HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN in very cold and windy weather than on mild —once a year—the cold-air box should bedusted out, so that dust will not be carried up into therooms. This part of house-cleaning is usually slow, steady, deep fire is the most economical in burn-ing fuel. A small fire is more easily kept with smallcoal than with furnace coal. The ashes should beremoved daily, and the pit kept clear to obtain a gooddraught, and to prevent burning out the grate. The Advantage of Heating with a Furnace. — Betterventilation may be obtained with a furnace than withhot-water or steam-heating. The first cost of setting upa furnace is less, and it requires less skill to run, thaneither a hot-water heater or a steam-boiler. The Disadvantages. — There is dust from the pipesand cold-air box, — and sometimes ashes, smoke, and coalgases from the fire, if all the seams are not fitted per-fectly tight. The amount of heat varies. W
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