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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1995-10-04, Page 15ENHANCE YOUR LANDSCAPE WITH FLOWERING BULBS Holland's Spring Flowering bulbs have now arrived at Howson's. We have a large selection of top quality bulbs includirtg: • Tulip • Hyacinth • Iris • Crocus • Daffodil • Lily HOWSON & HOWSON LTD. * Garden Centre* Feed * Pond Supplies 185 Josephine St., Wingham (519) 357-2700 c— CARPET SALE For Outstanding Results... Carpets - Canadiana m n Collection • hard twist '1995 square yard • Saxony 51495 square yard • Berber '1595 square yard - 15 colours to choose from - extensive guarantees - professional installation available Sale ends in December O Paint and Decorating store r›.41Wr/..) We'are a FULL SERVI('E .•=1 Lel us see you .rh yaw Oecorranng on-riven., we can save you lime ano money Blyth Decorating Centre Has everything you'll need for home decorating * Selling Benjamin Moore Paints & Stains. - Benjamin Moore, making quality products for over One Hundred Years. * "You Only Get What You Pay For", paints are no different. See us for quality paints at competitive prices. * Building or renovating your home, ask us about volume discounts on all our paints & stains. * We offer complete installation of floor coverings, tile, wallcoverings, paints and drywall. * Wallpaper Sale now in progress until November 10. Blyth Decorating Centre Ltd. Queen St. Blyth 523-4930 ariiry's Vac Shop • SPECIALIZING IN REPAIRS TO RAINBOW VACUUMS • Get ready for winter - have your vacuum cleaned & serviced Plus - We now service all major brands: • Kirby • Filter Queen • Tri-Star Etc. We Stock • Bags • Belts • Shampoos • Etc. 350 Morris St. Blyth, ON NOM 1H0 519-523-4205 1-800-830-3294 LARRY T. BOLGER (Prop.) Trees, Shrubs, and Flowering Plants. NURSERY STOCK CLEAR-OUT All Shade Trees - Flowering Shrubs, Evergreens - Fruit Trees and Shrubs BUY ONE AT OUR REGULAR PRICE - GET SECOND ONE (of equal or lesser value) Over 135 varieties & colours of Fall Bulbs, crocuses, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths 8 much more e r Fl E (while present inventory lasts) 22 Isaac St., Clinton THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1995. PAGE 15. Vinyl windows a top choice With all the options available today for window frames, glazing and styles, selecting windows for your home is no easy decision. Windows can be responsible for more than a third of a home's heat loss, so they are being viewed with much more scrutiny than in the past by realtors, home owners and prospective home buyers. There are a variety of window framing materials used today. The three types of window frames most widely available are vinyl, wood and aluminum. Aluminum frames, introduced in the 1950s, were the most widely used type until the soaring fuel prices and inflation of the 1970s resulted in a need to conserve energy and more stringent building codes. Home owners were encouraged to replace old, inefficient windows with more, energy-efficient windows. Vinyl windows easily met the requirements for improved energy efficiency. Of the three materials, vinyl is the best insulator and the only material with the unique combination of thermal efficiency, attractive looks, ease of maintenance and a moderate price. Vinyl is an efficient window frame material because it is not a conductor of heat and cold. Thus, heat loss and condensation in cold winter months are minimized. Additionally, vinyl windows are designed with hollow chambers inside the frame that provide air pockets for enhanced thermal performance, and also help reduce outside noise. Vinyl is ideal for windows because it will not rust, corrode, rot, shrink or swell, and is unaffected by water, salt spray or industrial pollution. This durability ensures a constant, tight seal against air and water leakage and a window that remains easy to open and close. Because the colour in vinyl is part of the material itself, instead of paint or a surface coating, scuffs and scratches will not show. Puttying, painting and staining are never required. Vinyl windows are cleaned simply with soap and water, without the need for messy solvents and chemicals. Also contributing to the rising popularity of vinyl windows and doors are enhancements in technology and manufacturing methods over the past two decades. One of the most recent advances has been the introduction of a process called "fusion welding," which fuses corners of the sash and frame to form a seamless, one- piece unit. Because gaps at the corners are eliminated, there is no seam for water and air leakage to occur. In addition to adding strength at Give Your dome that Country Lookwith... Mennonite traditional chairs & children's rocking chairs in oak, finished or unfinished. Now available across from Johnnymores Hwy. 8 West Ray Lambers (519) 482-3305 or (519) 482-3689 the corners of vinyl windows, fusion welding can enhance a window's weather performance, durability and appearance as well. Today, vinyl windows offer a variety of glazing options that can also help achieve increased energy- efficiency. Insulated glass is usually the standard in vinyl windows, and optional low emissivity (low-E) glass helps keep heat on the inside during winter and on the outside in the summer, making today's double glazing (double-pane) the same thermal efficiency of older triple pane windows, without the additional weight. Other options include the replacement of trapped air between the panes of glass with clear, insulating Argon gas, and the use of high-performance, non- conductive spacer strips between the panes of glass ("warm-edge" technology) to eliminate heat conduction at the edge of the insulated glass. In addition to the many practical concerns in selecting the right windows for your home, it is important to consider aesthetic appeal, too. Vinyl offers an ex- tremely clean, smooth appearance, and is available in a variety of colours, including white, almond and brown. Statistics say oil-fired water heaters safest Recent statistics from the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal reveal that household water heaters fired with oil are the safest of all popular heating fuels, while gas-fired water heaters are responsible for most home fires in that category. Of 59 home fires caused by water heaters in 1994, just five - or seven per cent - were caused by fuel oil. Natural gas accounted for the largest number of fires, with 81 per cent or 48 fires, and electric water heaters were responsible for six fires, or 10 per cent. One home fire was caused by a wood-fired water heater. Overall, wood-heated homes, wood fireplaces and electric space heaters account for most of the 1,273 home fires caused by heating equipment last year, representing 75 per cent.