HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-05-11, Page 31Closet with
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Just because a closet is so
useful, its decorative pos-
sibilities are often over-
looked. Yet wood louver
closet doors are a quick, easy
and affordable way to enliven
the looks of any area—from
casual kitchen to luxurious
living room.
What makes louver doors
decorative is their slats. Or-
dinary flush doors are bland,
but wood slats create a rich-
ness of detail that raises
closets above the utilitarian
class.
At the same time, louver
doors let closets do a better
storage job. The open -slat
design allows ventilation of
the closet interior. Air flow
helps keep what's in the
closet fresh and dry which, in
turn, eliminates musty odors
and prevents mildew.
Wood louvers enhance a
closet's use and beauty in
other ways as well.
Because they are available
in folding or sliding
styles—which require little
or no floor clearance—
louver doors permit closet
installation in places too nar-
row for an outward -swinging
door. Handy storage thus be-
comes possible in foyers,
hallways and small baths.
Because wood takes any
finish with ease, louver doors
can be painted any color, or
stained to emphasize the nat-
ural color and design of the
grain. Folding and sliding
styles can be purchased
either fully -louvered, or with
louvers in the top half and
deeply -sculptured closed
wood panels at the bottom.
Louver doors, together
with tracks, hardware and in-
stallation instructions, can be
obtained at local lumber
dealers and building supply
stores. They can usually be
installed by do-it-
yourselfers.
The doors can be used as
single units or in series. In
fact, a wall -long sweep of
closets with louver doors
provides a hard -to -beat
double -feature: an abun-
dance of storage space and a
dramatic visual highlight for
any room or corridor.
Basic energy
terminology
• BTU (British -thermal
Unit)—The amount of heat
required to raise the tempera-
ture of one pound of water
one degree Fahrenheit. In
homeowner's terms, BTU's
are used to describe the ca-
pacity of both heating and
cooling equipment and are
expressed in the number of
BTU's per hour.
• Degree Day—The nu-
merical difference between
the average temperature for a
particular region and 65 de-
grees as the measure of cold-
ness during a heating season.
If the average temperature
for the day is 30 degrees, for
example, the Degree Day for
that particular day is 65
minus 30, or 35. The more
Degree Days per year, the
higher the annual fuel bill.
• "R-Value"—The mea-
sure of a material's resis-
tance to heat flow. This is
how the efficiency of insula-
tion is measured. The higher
the R -Value, the more effec-
tive the insulation. It's been
estimated that a fully -
insulated home can reduce
by 50 percent the amount of
fuel required to heat a home.
Lifestyle is moderation and
alcoholism - it's knowing
when to get treatment f9,r
your alcoholic habits.
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