Annual Checkup Tips for Heating System Cleaning
Engineers from Coleman Heating Institute urge an annual inspection for heat systems, detailing safe steps. They advise cleaning air ducts with a hose vacuum, changing filters, tapping dirt off, and using vacuum tools on the burner area after extinguishing the pilot. Have a service man inspect controls, burner alignment, and chimney flue, repairing cracks or damaged bricks as needed.
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Coleman Heating Institute
WiehTta
Roof Deck Damage Check After Heavy Rains
After heavy rain inspect the roof starting with the deck and underside, focusing on chimney and soil areas for moisture. Hire a reliable roofing contractor for a thorough assessment to decide if reroofing is needed and avoid the false economy of patching leaks.
Buffers Used To Cut Down Noise In Homes
The May issue of Sunset offers tips to absorb or reduce household noise. It discusses the hum from radios and appliances and suggests methods to lower ambient disturbance for sensitive readers.
Practical Ideas for a Small Back Yard Garden Plan
A compact yard plan by Golda Colloot adapts an international Flower Show design to maximize space. It features an oblique terrace, elevated redwood beds, a circular lawn, a screened service yard, and a playful area with a sandbox. The scheme uses decomposed granite paths and decorative rock accents to protect beds and control weeds while offering seating and entertaining space.
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Gawne, Loge
Tam
New Zealand
Be broadcasts on begonia care and iris bloom notes
Tubers and seedlings boost begonia bedding with seedling availability by late July planting into November. Guidance covers soil mix and feeding, transplanting, watering, and a trench method with fishmeal for late season vigor. Also highlights iris varieties in bloom and new colors like Flamingo Pink and Great Lakes blue.
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Elmohr
Great Lakes
Garden Club Teas Spring Show Plans in Hayward
Eden Garden club of Hayward schedules a Spring Tea and Flower Show next Saturday from 11 to 3 in the rear room of the Methodist Church on B street. Exhibits include flower arrangements, miniatures, and a dozen amateur oil paintings. A flower arrangement demonstration by Mae Suttle is set for 3 p.m. Refreshments go 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free according to chairwoman Blanche Tornquist.
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Eden Garden Club
Heyward
Pam
Methodistenhuren
Lottia Webster
Maxine Tornquist
Harvey Manning
EB. Ith Street
Beatrice Ash
Alameda
Mae Suttle
Hayward
Blanche Tornquist
Sportsoreing Club
Hanging a Screen Door How to Install Weaker Steps
Sunset magazine offers practical tricks for hanging a wood screen door. Plane oversized stock to fit swelling space, bevel the bottom if the sill leans, align the door, then attach hinges to jamb first and then to the door. Full directions appear in May Sunset.
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Sunset Magazine
Amazer Handy
Cassia Bark Trade Term Quills Used for Rolls
The spice trade uses the designation quills for rolled bark of cassia. Traders note the term applies to compact, cylindrical chunks prepared for shipment and sale in spice markets. This historic usage highlights how commodity names shape early global commerce.
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Cassia
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