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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 2001
Page
49
WD-40 announces 300 000 plus submissions in its 2000 Uses Sweepstakes ended in January. Grand prize goes to Helen Flaaen of Dickinson North Dakota for using WD-40 to remove adhesive from picture frames. Other entries include gum removal from hair lubricating prosthetic limbs and polishing glass eyes.
Wagner Corp. markets three home wallpaper steamers priced 49.99 to 69.99. Fill water, heat twenty minutes, score with tool, then apply steam for about fifteen seconds to loosen sections for easy scraping. Call 1 800 328 8251 or visit wagnerspraytech.com.
The Department of Energy will require residential refrigerators and freezers to be about 30 percent more efficient starting July 1. The standards also assume CFCs will be banned by 2003, guiding future refrigerant choices.
Nemesia fruticans is a spring blooming plant producing hundreds of blue white or peach flowers with a sweet perfume. Blooming from mid March to late May cultivars Bluebird Compact Innocence and Peach Sachet offer color in containers borders or hanging gardens at Powell Gardens Kansas City with prices 1.50 to 3 per plant.
The Gazette asks area window and door centers about winter replacements. Key guidance includes EnergyStar labeling, R value, U value, and air infiltration rate. Costs range from 129 to 160 dollars for vinyl pocket windows and about 250 dollars per vinyl double hung with 30 dollars more for a casement plus installation.
Alliant Corp offers a 20 dollar per window rebate for homeowners replacing at least three EnergyStar compliant windows larger than eight square feet. The program requires Alliant to supply the home's primary heating or cooling energy. John Ruff calls it very popular while Corey Miller at Menards North notes strong customer interest.
A consumer guidance item cites Energy Star labeling and energy efficiency metrics for replacement windows. It mentions a program through December 31 and notes some customers replace entire houses’ worth of windows.
The 22nd annual Greater Cedar Rapids Area Home and Builders Show features a 45 minute session titled Replacement Windows What Are the Options. It runs Friday to Sunday February 18 at the U.S. Cellular Center Cedar Rapids with sessions at 11 45 a m and 5 p m Saturday. A full seminar schedule appears in the Home Building special section of today's Gazette.
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