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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-10-25, Page 33AROUND A domiitwyourself project How to add character to your home Now you can add charm and character to your fancily room, living room, recreation room or bedroom by installing a zero clearance pre -fabricated' metal fireplace and finishing it with attractive facing brick or stone. This is.a project any do-it- yourselfer can accomplish in a .couple of weekends with a few common household tools, a pre- fabricated metal firebox, wood framing and Z -Brick brand fac- ing brick. Dress up your fireplace Z -Brick is lightweight and fireproof, so it allows you to dress up a fireplace and cover the hearth and/or sidewalis. By following the cast' four - step installation method, you can create a brick fireplace without thc.weight, mess or ex- pense of traditional masonry: Corners simple • Corners are 'a snap with Z - Brick! They can be done a num, ber of ways, Either "butt" them together, overlap them and rasp off excess . . or miter them and fill in with a mixture of sealer and brick dust. Another handy way to do cor ners is to frame your Z -Brick corner in battens. Bricks can also be tapered along their 4ongth for use in arches. Tile cutter saves work , Z -Brick can be easily cut with a hacksaw. However, a tile cut- ter is a real labor saver and will allow you to make small intri- cate cuts in the bricks, .. Not only will your prefabri- cated fireplace look like a warm addition to your home but marry -of -today 1 -pre fabricated fireplaces feature circulation methods which allow the beat, radiated by the fireplace, to pass through ducts, re -distributing the heat into the room—instead of traveling up the chimney. Thus, this project will also serve as an energy-'saver.Framing for the fireplace and hearth may be constructed en- tirely from 2 by 4's and 2 by 2's. The firebox is then set in place, „ •Page3 YOU CAN ADD AN EFFICIENT AND ATI'RA(TIV E fireplace to al tatty room in your home with a pre -fabricated metal firebox, wood fr. ' g and Z -Brick brand faring brick. A fireplace such as this is 2'/z to 4 tines n►ore efficient than ordinary -masonry. fireplaces. L -Brick faring brick is fireproof and weatherproof, and adds the finishing: touch in four easy steps. tramed and the plywood or par- ticle board walls installed. Framing for the Flue must be finished before the particle board walls•are. erected. Once the framing is completed, the firebox. flue and chimney as- semblies in placejdirections for flue and chimney' are included in the manufacturer's installa- tion instructions), you are ready to apply Z-Bric,k or Fieldstone. • An almost endless variety of moods and decorating styles can be achieved with the design flexibility of Z -Brick Brand Facing Brick. • Because Z -Brick is applied one brick at. a time- not_in elver sized paneled sheets --herring- bone, basketweave, stack. bond • patterns and other decorating options can be created by today's do-it-yourselfer. Many"effects.pgissible • • A Z -Brick application can he enhanced with rustic beams to ere-ate-an-o-144a'th ie,fed-cfrect. • Get a jump on winter! — ,t5 WRAP A BLANKET YOUR HOUSE We have a large stock of Fiberglass Insulation in stock WISEWAY Home & Building Centre FRED J. HUDIE LIMITED BAYFIELD RD,, CLINTON 482-3441 Or, use,.a smooth, tight oak and combine it with a softer. more earth -toned Z -Brick for a con- temporary decor. Dark stained beams will give that old-world, or English Tu- dor,.iook. And,' you can en- hance your •fireplace project with ii'wet bar, wine cellar, or bookcase units on either side'. Multitude of variations There are nine different brick styles and three colors of adhe- sive mortar—white, natural and trhrck -which give, a-virt Unlimited number of design possibilities. • • For the warm antique turn -of - the -century look, red or used style bricks can be combined with a small quantity of 4 -Brick 'against a black or natural mortar. Keeping it clean Fueling all the people all the time... We're turning Clown thermostats and turning off lights. The new spirit is energy consciousness -- and people won't be the only benefactors. In the northern lumber town of Hearst, energy consciousness is fueling a .plan in which a cleaner environment is a built-in asset. The focal point of a feasibility study recently completed is an energy„. complex designed to convert 180,000 tons of wood waste produced each year by the six area sawmills and plywood plant into valuable energy resources. The complex, now under joint study by several Ontario Ministries in- cluding Environment. Ontario as well as local private groups, could provide enough electricity for all the town's 5,000 residents with an equival- ent surplus capacity available to.Ontario Hydro. ufl—Buti tl—at's only part the benefits. natural gas, eliminating a disposal problem. thereby serious Also, Environment Ontario spokesmen say the proposed waste -powered boiler would eliminate the odor and smoke problems caused by the uncontrolled burning of wood waste, the current disposal method. "The continuing partic- ipation of the Hearst Lumbermen's Association and the Town of Hearst in the development of this wood waste energy com- plex is a good example of industry and government co-operating to find ways to reduce energy needs and help the environment at the same time," said Environ- ment Minister George Kerr. And the Hearst study is only one of several "dual- purpose" projects under Ontario's extensive Energy Management Program which will help reach the goal of a 81 billion.. reduction per year in total. energy exenditures by X19R0. with a built-in : ' ded- ° bonus: The town's wood waste and municipal refuse could generate steam for local industry , currently using As the natural environ- ment becomes our partner we reap the fruits of our energy. WOOD STOVES OLD TIMER Wood Stoves heat approximately 1,500 square feet. 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