For cost-effective home heating think el! IF YOU plan to add a room to your home this year, one of your biggest problems will be heating it. It doesn't matter whether that extra space is in your basement, attic or solarium, the simplest and most cost effective solution is clec- tric heating, says Ted Ford, a spokesman for the Electric and Electronic Manufacturers Associa- tion. With a forced air system, he adds, it’s practically impossible to heat that room in the basement or attic to an acceptable comfort level without over-heating the main floor, The reason — that’s where the thermostat for the forced air system is usually located. So if you want your basement at 20 degrees, your living room thermostat may have to be set at 25 degrees and it still may not be enough to raise the temperature to a comfortable level in your basement. “The beauty of electric heating, particularly zonal control or baseboard heating systems, is that with a thermostat in every room, you control the heat of that room, not the entire house.” Electric, gas or oil, a solarium is going to require a great deal of ‘heat. . Glass, says Ford, has tremen- dous heat joss — so if you want all glass, be prepared to spend more on heating. ‘As long as the sun is shining, a glass-enclosed solarium will pro- duce a bright, radiant heat. In summer, it could produce the exact opposite problem but in the dark of winter, the heat demands will be significant. | : “If you have your heart set on a solarium, the ideal would be to in- . ; stall double glass two inches apart. - But what you’!! wind up with is thermopane with # small air space between, “Glass is cold. Put your hand against a window pane in winter and you'll see immediately where the drafts come from, With a baseboard heater with an elec- tronic thermostat under a window, you can keep a curtain of warm air across the glass and you won't fecl the draft the way you will with a forced air furnace." With an electronic thermostat , the baseboard will always feel as though it’s on because it’s swit- ching on and off about 200 times an hour. [In comparison, a baseboard with a normal thermo- stat switches on and off four or ectric five times an hour. “Electronic thermostats are a bit more expensive but they are also more economic on the other end. They car be set to come on or turn off at certain times of the day. You can, for example, set the thermostat to come on in your bedroom a couple of hours before you get up. “You get the. best of both worlds,*’ says Ford. ‘‘You are able to save by turning down the heat at night and yet gel up to a warm bedroom or kitchen."” Adding new space has introduc- ed a number of homeowners to electric heat and has led many to change their heating systems. “J. Collins Spring Brochure Corrections Inadvertently, the following errors have appeared in our Spring brochure. {Distributed in the March 4th North Shore News). Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 China is a siraight front, not canted as shown. Triple dresser is a drawer dresser, not a door dresser as shown. American Oak entertainment wail unit is incorrectly priced: regular price should be $4199.95 and sale price $3199.95 Page 5 Bedroom Storage Systern includes a plain plate glass mirror, not a functional mirror as shown. We sincerely regret any inconvenience or confusion to our customers. lCotlins THOMASVILLE GALLERY 4240 Manor Street Burnaby, B.C. (‘4 block West of Villa Sheraton Hotel) HOURS: Monday to Saturday 9-5 p.m. Sunday Noon to 5 p.m. f} interior NOW OPEN! * Delectable Chintz ., © Tasteful Interior Design * High Quality Creative Sewing «Neat Staff. 7 *CHINTZY prices You'll Love Us! * 4180 Marine Drive North Vancouver 985-8011 textiles ltd. —_ 14 GRAND OPENING SAL 23 - briday, March 4. 198 - North Shore News eat “Persian & Oriental Carpets 22368 West dist Avenue Vancouver, B.C. (604) 261-3555 March 2 - 12, 1988 SAVE UP TO 40% We are pleased to announce the opening of KERRISDALE'S first exclusive store of hand made PERSIAN, RUSSIAN, ORIENTAL RUGS, & KILIMS. We guarantee authenticity and value. We aiso have a collection of valuable antique and semi-antique Persian and Russian Rugs and Runners. Siva eee eee eee ot a tie ee FF me Oriental Carpets have been our business for 25 years in W. Germany ty we SSeS SN =i 4 Now, for the first time, the North Shore News has extra GARAGE SALE Signs for sale when you place your garage sale Classified ad. If your garage sale location is hard to find, or if you want to gain peoples’ attention from further away, these signs are the answer. Come into the News office — The signs are available at the front desk. And — don’t forget to get your free garage sale kit with any garage sale ad you place in the News. Liasts Classified 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver OF HTT AMD WEST WRNCOUVER north shore’