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Inspecting your
“home can save

you money

PREVENTIVE MAINTE-
NANCE will help you protect
your..investment.” in... your
home. 0 oe

“AS the (emperature outside

- dips, the greater Vancouver Home |

‘ Builders’ Association .offers these
tips on home care,
o ‘Check. your roof insulation:
How: much roof insulation do you
i have? Hot air rises, so your home’s
" most. likely: urea.to release heat is
_ the roofs
The most efficient. way to stop
that Joss: is by ceiling and roof
insulation with an R-value of

approximately 40, as mandated for.”
new homes by the B.C. Building’

Code. R-value is the ability of any
material to resist the passage of
_ heat’

a) Fill the gaps: Heated air can
also escape from gaps that develop

where building ‘ materials ~ mect.
Look for “signs “where . materials

pave pulled apart and caulk or seal
. the gaps. Check ‘areas where exte-
~ rior siding: meets window's and

doors, along the‘roof and founda- :

tion lines,. and around chimneys
-and where pipes protrude . through
walis or roofs.

- @ Inspect your heating ne system::

Consider replacing an older‘ or

cand low-emissivity
Both these product i increase your

inefficient heating unit with a gas _

furnace or a heat pump with a
high-efficiency rating. If you cur-
tently have an efficient system,
inspect and clean it now. Be sure

“that your filters are clean and that

you change™ inexpensive throw-
away filters monthly.

-® Grab a sweater: Keep your

thermostat at 69°F (20 C) during
the. winter, Consider replacing an

existing thermostat witha pro-
grammable model that can turn
down the heat while you sleep or

when you are not at home.

‘> Check your windows: Be sure

you have good windows and doors.
If you don’t, this should be'a high

‘priority. Also. look:-for any cracks

around glass, sashes and window

frames that could be leaking air

Apply adhesive foam weatherstrips

to top and bottom window rails or:
nail feit’ weatherstripping where -
make

window sashes and frames:
contact.

If you live in a home built after
1991, you are likely to have dou-
ble-or even triple-paned windows
(Low- E) glass.

energy cfficiency. and can lower
your energy bills. :

@ Clean gutters . and ‘down-
speuts: Even though gutters and ~

downspouts don’t affect your ener- :

gy bills directly: they should be

“ checked twice : year. Gutters and
“downspouts: ure traps for falling

leaves and pine needles, and squir- ;

“Tels can use, them as:pantries. for“

storing winter. fuod.

WHATEVER: THE. Weather, | it will, be sunshine. flowers und :

“color at VanDusen Botanical *
Sunday, Dee.3.

Garden, on, Saturday. Dec. 2 and ”

“On both’ “days the four women of Watercolors West will hold their 31st
exhibition of floral and jandscape paintings. _
-:W/est Vancouver resident Lyn Noble will display. her botanical paint-"

interready

Be ‘sure to clean gutters thor:
oughly, and. pay special attention

to elbows and bends in the down-

. With paint specially formulated for

that application. ;
For more information on new

ings, for which she. has received an award: from the. Royal Botanical

Society.: stay v
The other three ‘members’ of Watercolors West are Val: Pfeiffer, who
. paints, flowers-and birds, Belle Taylor, a landscape: and marine artist, ind |

Barbara ‘Conder, who paints.B.C.’s native” flowers, animals and land-

;, iscapes.

Guest artist Gillian Sim, son, of West Varicouver, will show her water- | ‘

_colors, oils and acrylics painted following 2, trip to Tuscany.”
‘The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5'p.m. on "Saturday and from 10 aun. to
4 p. m. on Sunday, Parking and admission are e free,
; sen Botanical Garden’ i
. Vanealiier a

AY ° FREE ‘estimates

Showroom hours:
eG Fireplaces: Mon- Fri 8am- “Spr.
urming hones ‘since 1890 ‘

non eae & Sheet Metal Ltd.

Warming homes for over. SO | years

homes or renovation, contact the’
Greater Vancouver. -Home
Builders’ Association. toll- free. al
(604) 590- 5256," .

Spouts.

Keep hangers fastened securely.
Plug any holes and cracks, Repaint,
rusting components inside and oul

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