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Keep your fire hot and safe

(NC) Woodburning
stoves have become increas-
ingly popular over the past
few years primarily because
of their ability to heat far
more efficiently (at efficien-
cy rates of up to 70%) com-
pared to most fireplaces
(which can carry rates as

low as minus 5), Wood
energy is also used as a
source of heat to offset
increases in oil, gas and
electricity costs.

Vital to safe and efficient
stove operation is the burn-
ing of small, hot fires advis-
es Christopher Ives of

Canada Mortgage and Hous-
ing Corporation in Ottawa.
From a safety perspective,
Ives says: “If the fire isn't
hot enough, it just smoul-
ders (is without flames) and
the wood is only half

the outside and in addition,
much of it goes to coat the
chimney pipe. The creosote
build-up can narrow the
pipe and catch fire.” Ives
advises that a small, hot fire
is best to prevent creosote

b d. The unb d wood
will create smoke to pollute

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deposits in the ch y.
In the case of well insulat-
ed homes with conventional
woodbuming stoves, the fire
may have to burn through
the night. But won’t an
unattended fire pose a safety
risk? Ives says not if the fire
is burned properly. “Don’t
let the fire smoulder.
Instead, give it enough air to
keep the flames going and to
die down on their own.”
Creosote can also be
avoided by regular cleaning
but Ives recommends the
job be done by a profession-
al chimney sweep who has
been certified by a recog-
nized association. “Certified
sweeps often use very
sophisticated equipment,
including TV cameras, to
spot and correct problems.”

Window options surely as
important as bathroom tile

In the last five years, win-

ber of household areas.
Mi hile, most are given

dow energy efficiency has
risen dramatically. By a
combination of design
hanges and impr

in materials, the art of build-
ing good windows has now
reached the point where the
world’s best dual-pane units
cost less than $30 more to
manufacture than typical
run-of-the-mill products.

These wonderfully effi-
cient window, in which the
glass is specially treated with
heat. lo i-
ty (low-e) glass, the air space
filled with argon gas to
reduce conduction and the
perimeter edge separated by
a high performance insulat-
ing spacer instead of a metal
one, are becoming the con-
sumer’s choice in today’s
replacement window market.

Unfortunately, a penny-
pinching inertia at the home
builder end of things threat-
ens to leave many new home
buyers out in the cold.

The vast majority of those
seeking to buy a new home
are given the choice of
numerous trim and accessory
options relating to any num-

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no choice, and virtually no

fe ion either, regardi
one of the really big decisions
they are about to make, that
being what kind of windows
this house is going to have for
a good deal of its life.

“And an important deci-
sion it truly is,” says federal-
5 ind ly ,
Roger Henry of Natural
Resources Canada. “With a
good window, you can easily
double the R-Value,” he says,
“so right there you’ve dou-
bled the performance of your
windows, which are the
worst heat loss components
in a house.”

In the vast majority of
cases, it’s a decision that gets
made for the consumer by the
building contractor, who, in
order to save a few hundred

The Castlegar Sun

leading high-performance
insulating spacer, Super
Spacer. “And its going to
be much bigger than the
few hundred dollars extra
it would have cost to get
the job done right during
the home's original con-
struction.”

Not only will these ener-
8y-efficient windows save
hundreds of dollars in heat-
ing costs, these high perfor-
mance products are much
more cost effective than
installing extra wall and ceil-
ing insulation.

“On top of that,” says
Glover, “there is also the
likelihood of significant
condensation problems
which even in the first year
can result in staining of inte-
rior wall finishes. Window
condensation also accentu-
ates unit-seal failures and
this can create a great big
bill for installation of

of many homeowners who
are having to replace these
windows after only 5-10
years because they're fail-
ing, not because of the $30
extra in energy conserva-
tion features that could and
should have built into
them, but instead because
of the $5 per window saved
by the manufacturer using
single-seal instead of a
dual-seal fabrication.”
Henry points to the new
window energy labeling
program of the Canadian
Window and Door Manu-
facturers Association as one
solution. “Consumers will
become educated on perfor-
mance standards and the
difference between good
windows and really bad
ones,” he says, “but unless
they stand their ground
when buying a new home,
then their own window of
opportunity to enjoy the

“I agree,” adds Roger
Henry, “the problem with a
new home-builder’s choice
of poor windows is not just
an energy problem. I know

t and energy benefits
of these improved products
will have to wait until they
can afford the $10,000 or
more needed to replace
them someday.”

Record-low Woodstove Emis-

Sions Have Environmental
and Health Benefits

A new generation of low-

dollars on each house, opts
forlow-performance double
pane, or even single glazing.

Now home construction,
especially multiple-unit
efforts, are notorious for cut-
ting costs wherever possible,
and while it may be the
1990’s as far as improved
technology goes, it’s also the
1990's as far as tight-money
is concemed.

Most  home-builders,
therefore, are quick to recog-
nize that in a 100-home sub-
division, the $20-$30 dollars
per window saved by select-
ing low performance instead
of energy-efficient products
can amount to $20,000 -
$30,000 or more in addition-
al profits.

“Installing energy -effi-
cient windows during house
construction is not a visible
improvement,” says Henry,
“sO most contractors don’t
feel they can charge for the
extra. It may be that the only
way we'll get new-home
window performance up is
through building code
requirements.”

“This is not just a Canadi-
an phenomenon, either,”
says Tony Clark, marketing
director for Libby-Owens-
Ford of Toledo, Ohio, one of
America’s largest manufac-
turers of low-e glass.

“Here in the U.S., if a
home-buyer asks for low-e
glass and insulating spacers
in his windows, the contrac-
tor’s probably gOing to say,
That’s going to cost you sev-
eral hundred dollars more.
Instead of that, for the same
amount of money, I'll give
you marble counter tops in
your kitchen and powder
room, and he'll sell it.”

“What’s important for
consumers to recognize here
is that they are the ones, who
are eventually going to pay
the price,” says Michael
Glover, technical director of
Edgetech IG in Ottawa, man-
ufacturers of the world’s

d: is making

pelletized wood usually made
from lumber mill waste. The

wood an lly favor-
able and healthier energy choice
for consumers again, after it was
discovered that woodburning
stoves emit a harmful pollutant.
The Environmental Protection.
Agency (EPA) reported in 1989
a harmful pollutant called particu-
late matter that can contribute to
increased health problems and
poor air quality. The EPA’s stan-
dard for certified woodstove
emissions today is 75 grams per
hour, a rate which produces little
visible smoke.
“Energy-conscious consumers
who originally turned to wood-
stoves for heating because wood
is a renewable resource, can
again make the same environ-
mentally responsible choice with
the new generation of clean-
burning, efficient stoves,” says
Alan Trusler, president of
Aladdin Steel Products.
Unfortunately, many older
stoves currently in use emit
more than 50 grams of particu-
late matter per hour. However,
in response to the EPA’s emis-
sions standards, and even

benefits of pellet-stoves include
their ease of operation and
increased efficiency, as well as

‘When Push
Comes to Shovel’

A bent shovel handle
can mean less bending -
and less fatigue - when
clearing driveways,
proches and sidewalks of
snow in the months ahead.
The new line of poly snow
pushers and shovels from
Ames Lawn & Garden
Tools features a new
ErogConcept™ contoured
handle design that mini-
mizes bending, stooping
and muscle stress with a
one-piece tubular steel
handle. Some models fea-
ture the exclusive Ames
nylon wear strip to protect

the blade. The poly snow
tools also have strong,
durable poly blades and a
waterproof cushion grip
for comfort.

2517 - Sth Ave., (bench)
Castlegar, B.C.

GREAT VIEW!

4/5 bdrm * 3000 sq. ft. « Post &
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Up & Down * Wet Bar * Games &
Family Room » Heated Inground
Pool * Sauna * 2 Masonary
Fireplaces Fireplace Insert * New
Deck © Very Large Lot

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clean-b 4 levels
less than 1 gram. According to
a recent survey conducted by a
national association, pellet
stoves sales increased 30 per-
cent in 1993 compared to 1992.

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HOBBY FARM
5.92 acres of secluded land in the valley of
robins & roses. 2200 sq. ft. five bedroom
home with all amenties. Call Harry 365-
5634 (res.) or Russ 365-5222 (res.).

Castlegar. Call Rick 365-2374 (res.)
$114,500

NURSERY FOR SALE

Do not miss this opportunity to start
your family business. Very sensible
investment in South Castlegar. Call
Harry 365-5634 (res.).

JUST 5 MINUTES
FROM DOWNTOWN!
Enjoy this well maintained 3 bedroom home in
family oriented Robson. Comes with a built-in
vacuum, new furnace, hot water tank and much
more. Call Rick 365-2374 (res.).
$93,900

This R2000 constructed viceroy home
offers the highest home efficiency. Wired
for security, intercom, video, computer,
audio and telephone. Also features vauited
ceilings, open floor plans, oak flooring and
cabinetry and 2 gas fireplaces. Call Brian
559: 7019 (res)

$229,000

CEFUL
RESIDENTIAL RASPBERRY
Move into this well maintained split level home
situated on nearly 1/2 acre on the top of sunny
Raspberry. Call Rick 365-2374 (res.)
$150,000

of heat. As a result, stove man-

ufacturers are now creating

cleaner-burning products.
Trusler sees the industry as

LAND IN THE
SLOCAN VALLEY
2.6 acres of sunny land in
Winlaw. Very private, excellent
building site. Call Harry 365-

driven: “C s
today demand not only greater
competitive price in their
wood-burning appliances, but
also the most advanced tech-
nology available.”

For example, Aladdin created a
woodstove line called Quadra-
Fire. These cordwood-burning
stoves emit as little as 2.1 grams
of particulate matter per hour.

tion leads to a cleaner, more
complete burn.

The pellet stove is another
technological improvement.
Unlike traditional wood-burn-
ing stoves, pellet stoves burn

5634 (res.).
$38,000

11.68 acre lot in Vallican. Good
sunny exposure and great view
South and West. Call David 354-
4342 (res.).

$41,000

COUNTRY LIVING

A neat home situated on a huge lot
in Blueberry. Double carport, built-
in vacuume and fully landscaped
Call harry 365-5634(res.)
$115,000

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Next To B.C. Gas

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SHEEP CREEK
Approx 50 acres with some
pulpwood timber. Propeity disected
forestry road and has 2 crecks.
Man any home sites on gradual sloping
land. Call Brian 359-7019 (res.)
$137,000

GLAD SITE

1.369 acre building site in quiet
Glade. short walk to the Kootenay
River. Community water available
Call David 354-4342 (res )
$37,000

Brian
Euerby

359-7019 (res.)

y,

LAND - LAND - LAND

COUNTRY LIVING

2 parcels of land of an approximate size of 4 acres. Each parcel has
its own well producing 20 gallons per minute. Partially treed. The
view is one of its kind, overlooking the Kootenay River. Location is
only 10 min. from Castlegar. Reasonable prices.

ZONED FOR APARTMENT

And with water frontage to the Columbia River. Approximately one
acre at the end of a street with a view of the new bridge and entire
valley. Asking $110,000.

BLUEBERRY CREEK
OH, WHAT A HOME
Finished up and down. Two
bathrooms, new carpeting, and yes
there are new oak floors. A garage,
‘oh yes, and the lot is humongus.

Asking $130's.

Almost 7 acres of flat treed land ,
with a dedicated road alongside.
Plus, thie 3 bdrm modular home with
double garage and much more.

DISTRESS SALE
— THRUMS —

New oak kitchen, new flooring,
vinyl siding. There is a fully
finished basement, inc}. a self-
contained suite with separate
entrance.

1410 HIGHLAND DRIVE
SOUTH CASTLEGAR

Almost 1,400 sq. ft. on main
floor, plus most of the basement
finished. Vaulted wood finished
ceilings. Fireplace. 21/2 baths.
Deck. Airtight

Asking $155,000

ROBSON
RANCHER WITH VIEW
AND ACREAGE
What a home. Almost new with
1,500 sq. ft. on main floor, plus
fully contained suite. The

grounds are immaculate

Price reduced by $20,000.

KINBERRY
SOUTH
CASTL

A fully, ren
finished up

KOOTENAY RIVER
ONE OF A KIND WATERFRONT

acres of beautiful
Kootenay River nestled in a
natural river bay. Flat useable
land with excellent building
sites. Fantastic view.

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Walter Tymofievich * 365-3250
Sten Matell ¢ 365-8012