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• Tiled planters and win-
dow boxes are good-look- Both AC wired-in and DC
ing and carefree. battery-operated models of
the •Home Sentry have a
button which allows your
• Choose tile's good-earth family to become familiar
colors for large surfaces, with the horn, and to prac-
such as walks, pool decks' tice' what to do when it
and patios. For accents, sounds. After all, the most
such as planters, window important thing is to escape
boxes and tables, you might quickly and safely when fire
well want to use flower hues strikes your home.
.. to give you bright, out-
door color spots even after Do your family a life-
saving favor, and install a
nature has packed it in for smoke alarm on every floor
the winter. of your home. t
14 — HOME & GARDEN IMF!ROVEMENTIWEEK OF MAY 7, 1979
Your best home improvement
could be a fire extinguisher
Each year more tnan
12,000 people die in fires
and more than 300,000 ate
injured, many critically. The
;4nnual loss in property
damage from residential
fires is three billion dollars.
Extinguishers should al-
ways be mounted where they
are easily accessible, in plain
(view, and near an exit that
will provide a quick escape electrical fires. materials in the cellar, gar-
Killing a fire in the home According to Walter against age or attic? Accumulation
can be easy to do if you act j Kidde & Company, the Fire protection and fire 'of waste paper is also
. your It's time to install a smoke alarm home
dangerous
from top
Chec k
to bottom
now and eliminate potential
It's always time to think householders will be buying According to the Na- dangers to your lives and
about home improvements. .residential smoke alarms [tonal Fire Protection Asso- property. Don't think a fire
An estimated 9,000,000 ,this year,
,
ciation, after a fire begins to can only happen to some-
One of the most impor- quickly. But, a fire ex- world's largest manufac-
tant home improvements tinguisher should be used to turer of fire extinguishers,
you may ever make is the in- prevent a fire from getting the best extinguisher for
stallation of fire extinguish-, big. Today, there are pro- home use is the Multi-Pur-
ers. It could. be much more fessional fire extinguishers pose extinguisher. It lives up
than an improvement. It designed for home use that
could save your home as are as easy to handle as a
well as your life, garden hose with a nozzle,
only a thousand times safer
and more effective.
Cool ceramic tile
tops for summer.
flame, occupants may have .one else. It can happen to
only seconds to escape. you. If you?re prepared, FIRE
Studies .of fire characteris- you're protected.' You can They
tics show that smoke indi- start today to reduce
cates the presence of a fire unnecessary national
much earlier than heat, and tistics. t
therefore, smoke detectors
provide an early warning
pond for lilies Or carps. Tile system that gives life-saving
it for easy upkeep and good minutes.
looks. If you plan to install a
smoke detector in your
home this year (and it's a
very good idea), look for the
UL approval label, to show
that rigid specifications and
reliability requirements have
been met.;
prevention go hand in hand.
Even if you invest today in
smoke detectors and fire ex-
tinguishers for your home,
an ounce of prevention is, as
to its name because it is ef- they say, also necessary,
fective against oil fiies, -That means checking
grease fires, live electrical around your home periodi-
fires, wood, cloth and paper cally to see if you have fire
fires, even gasoline fires. hazards. For example, how
You would • not, for ex- about frayed lamp and ap-
ample, spray water on a pliance cords? Broken elec-
blazing, electric wallsocket: trical outlets in the wall?
only a dry chemical ex- 'What about oily rags, paint
tinguisher is safe to use cans and other flammable
those
sta-
EXTINGUISHERS should be located near, but not over kitchen stoves.
should also be located in or near bedrooms. i•
Plan ahead for the sweet-
est summer ever. Improve
yard and garden to elimi-
nate last summer's mainte-
nance problems, and if you
don't have a cool-shaded,
summer space,, make this
the year to add one. •
To help you plan for a
lazy, sweet summer, the Tile
Council of America offers
some ideas:
• Is family traffic wearing
out the grass in paths? Can't
get grass to grow in the
shade of that huge maple?
Then go nature one better
and pave paths and shaded
area with handsome cer-
amic tile. Now, you've got
fuss-free and clearly de-
fined walks plus a cool-
shaded patio area.
•Tile the picnic table and
benches to avoid annual
paint jobs.
•Painted decks and porch
floors are terrific mainte-
nance headaches. Tile them
once and for all.
'Those small plastic
tables are great for patio
and pool. But, they fade in.
the sun. Rescue them with
ceramic tile. Think of giv-,
ing them a checkerboard-I
tiled top for outdoor chess
games.
• Build a tiled barbecue.
Soot, grease, sauce ands
marinade ,stains will wipe
right off, and heat and flying
sparks can't hurt the tilet
either.
•Thinking of enclosing
the porch so you'll have an,
informal summer room? Or,
planning a lean-to green-
house? Either way, you can
incorporate a ceramic tile
• floor. It's cool underfoot_
and can withstand the .mist-
i rig and watering that's,
necessary for thriving green-
ery.
• No area represents nas-
tier upkeep problems than
the garbage shed. Treat it to
a tile floor. Now, you can
just hose it down.
*WaterCo
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idea geaforth 527-1880 your sumtiner life. Add a