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The Huron Expositor, 1978-09-14, Page 11$p0061.-. Canned Pop. 4.69.. .c "e Camida Dry 'Gingerole 7-up Pepsi C' Plus Mountain Dew Hires Root Beer ' Quirst Case of 26, bottles 3.89 or less Coke - Pepsi Kist Archie's Sunoco Seaforth - Winterize now by tackling those projects that will pay you 'dividends now and keep the chill but later. SOLAR-HEATED • HOME An artist on ' last 'Saturday's Energy . Alternatives Tour of homes in HUron County sketches the McQuail's solar heated home outside Lucknow . The McQuails spend less than $100 a year on their energFieeds. (Expositor Photo) FREE GATE PRIZES Gold Sovereign Coins Gate prizet will be drawn on Sunday, , Sept. 17th at 9:30 p.m. on Stage Ten, from all admission ticket stubs deposited during the ten-day Western Fair. , • .the following awards will be made to lutky Fair-goers whose ticket stubs are drawn: ADULT *RECENT PURCHASE AWARDS AMOUNT PRICE lst Prize 7§ Gold Soverolgns $5,250 Approx. Vid Prize 30 Gold Sovereigns $2,250 Approx. 3rd Prize 15 Gold Sovereigns $1,050 Approx.- CHILD AWARDS 6 Prizes ors Gold Sovereigns each ., 1350 Approk.(lech prize) WHEN YOU ENTER THE GATE AT WESTERN FAIR, BE SURE TO DEPOSIT ONE HALF OF YOUR ADMISSION TICKET IN THE PROPER COLOR•CODED RECEPTACLE. ALL TICKET STUBS DEPOSITED WILL BE ACCUMULATED . FOR THE GATE PRIZE DRAW ON • .,SUNDAY, SEPT. 17TH, 2rB •NovE: Each British Gold Sovereign "'Elizabeth" coin contains almost quieter ounce of. pure gold, the preciout metal considered to be bridge against inhatiOn. The meiket price of the Sovereign fluetueles with the price of gold bullion In addition to the value of its gold content, the coin has a numismatic premium, which also varies accord. Mg to dentand by collectors and others for king term Westmont, The "Rodent. Purchase Price" quoted above is the aPprokimale once in Canadian Dollars paid by western Fair tor these mites Pal-O-Pak Insulation 6.6. en. ft. $ 3 , 45 FIBERGLAS R8x15" 12' R12x15"._ 18` R20x1 5" 30' R28x24" 40' R20x23" 30' FIBERGLAS CANADA LTD INSULATION per square foot p.er square foot per sqare foot per square foot per ,square foot General Admission: $250 0200 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon. that Fil.1 Childreti • 5 to 12 yrs. $1.00, trader 5 free BUILDING SUP1311ES . Clinton 482-3405' Seaforth 527-0910 Herisali 262.2418 r IlUILDIII4G CEINMIE ( Be energy conscious By Alice Glbb mean drafty hallways, high fuel bills and Owning an older home doesn't have to escalating heating costs, This was one point which was amply demonstrated during, §aturday's energy alternatives tour around 15 homes and farm buildings in Huron County. One of the older homes included in the tour was the. Paul Carroll home, 131 Goderich Street, in Seaforth. Paul Carroll told visitors ,that last year the family heatiiig bill for September to June was approximately $550, a bargain considee ing the two storey brick heritage home has large, high-ceilinged rooms and lots of windows and doors which can let in drafts. Since the, Carrells purchused the form& Scott home two years age, they have been able to cut their space heating requirements in half. , First, the Carrot's have, re-insulated their home with foam insulation,' at a cost of _between $1800 and $2000, k • They also use two furnaces to heat their home, and,have had minor duct work &One to ensure they're receiving the maximum. heat from the furnace. ?t1 During the day, Mr. Carroll said they heat with one furnace to keep the downstairs warm. At night, they turn this furnace: , and heat with the second furnace which keeps the upstairs, wheret he bedrooms are, heated during the night. In the, future, the Carrolls plan to Use-a MeCiary Kootenay wood cooking stove in their closed-off porch adjacent to the kitchen, both for cooking and to supply more heat to' the lower floor of the house. Since windows are always a, prithary source of heat loss, particularly in older homes, the Carrolls have caulked' and weather-stripped around all the windows and doors in the house. Mrs. Carroll had added window blinds to all .the windows, with sheer curtains and drapes. The drapes and blinds are pulled as soon as the sun sets in the evening to keep the day's warmth in the house. Mr..Carroli told visitors the couple are still considefing styrofoam sheets for the +op half of the windows, since these would allow the day's light in without letting the heat out. The Carrells have also installed double-glazed storm windows in their 'home. To increase the heat from the large fireplace in the Carroll living room, Mr, Carroll installed homemade heatilators ---which.-ke-ep-the-heat-in the house, instead of letting it escape up the chimney. When the family are _using their fireplace, they turn their furnace down Eventually the Carrells plan to add vertical solar panels to the south wall of their home. Since the wall is shaded by 'a tree in summer, the panels would be used to collect heat only during the winter months. Mr. Carroll said he plarts to insulate the wall and use the south wall itself as the heat storage unit when he installs the - solar collectors. , Also, the family will eyentually lower their hall ceiling, to retain more heat and add double insulation to the ceiling to bring it to the It 40 level of insulation. Although the Carroll home has approx- Imately 2,300 square feet to be heated, both the Carrolls assured visitors "it's not an expensive-'home to live in." VAN ogN ASSEM HOME A second' home included on the energy alternatives tour was' the John Van Den Assem honte, RR 4, Brussels. The Van Den Assems bought their.frame -.— farm house in 1967, and over the years,,they • have completely modernized the home, added a sizeable addition and incorporated - . various sonservation measures. Shortly after buying the home, the couple installed thermo pane windows and double - glazed windows, as well as hanging :new storm doors to keep the beat in the house. Mr. Van Den Assem said when.the family added the. new wing to their home, they 41.,ya insulated under the floor of the addition and added 12 inches of insulation to the ceiling and eight inches to the walls. A large fireplace in the living room _supplies a good part of the heat for the home. Mr. Van Den Assem installed a heatilator and the family leave the fireplace burning all night, to supply a good part' of the home's heat. Mr. Van Den Assert) warned wood isn't a ' good investment for people who have to buy it precut by the cord, but hiS family uses wood from trees in their own woodlot. Other ,practical heat-saving measures implemented in the Van Den Assem hotne include keeping.the water heater'in a. large storage closet off the living room,. The heat retained inside the heater adds additional heat to the living room. Also, the" Van Den Assems keep their freezer in a general ptirpoge room between ',the living room and garage. Again, the heat ghaerated by the appliance cuts down the furnace heat required to keep the new addition warm. Mr. 'Van Den Assem said the biggest thing in conserving energy in the home "is to keep the drafts out." The couple have installed most of their energy saving devices themselves gradually over, the years, as they modified the original frame house. The couple first covered the insul brick oil" the exterior of the home with asbestos siding -and-later stilt, with a brick veneer wall. — Their renovations and conservation con- sciousness has,„.- paid off—Mr. Van Den Assem said they use little more dollarwise in fuel than they did years ago, when they first started living in the frame farm home. , SOLAR—HEATED DOME The third home visited during 'Saturday's energy alternatives tour was the passive solar home built bj Tony McQuail and'his wife outside Lucknow. The McQttails spent less than $100 annually, on their energy bill, for both heating and lighting costs. The couple heat their home both With•the solar panels and a backup Ashley wood heating system for cloudy days and nights when the sun's rays aren't available. When the McQuails first purchased their farm on Con. 3, east of Lucknow,' they decided to build a Solar-heated hoine. For the first two years while they worked on the hohie, the couple lived in the loft of the barn, which Tony McQbail assured visitors, was a "cold" experience. With their home completed, the McQuails recently added a solar heated greenhouse to the lower storey of the house. The next additiOn planned for the home is a synchronous inverter wind generator, to costapproximately $4,000, •which will supply the electricity needs of the hem. 'The generator will net only supply the energy needs of the McQuails, but Tony McQuail hopes , 'to sell the excess. enexsy produced by the generator to Ontario Hydrb.., Mr. McQuail said the highest wind speeds . in the area occun,in the winter, the period when Hydro finds itself facing the highest energy demands. Mr, McQuail is. presently trying to complete an arrangement with the company so they will purchase the excess energy produced by his Wind gen6rator.' Until the generator is installed, the ' McQuails will continue to use their hattery=poweied radio arid-kerosene lamps rather than electric lights. Other energy-saving. practices ',instituted by the McQuails include a bucket shower, which uses exactly one pail of water per shower and styrofoam panels which they • install in their east, west and north wiudqws during the winter months. • The south windows afe• exposed during the day and have styrofoam shutters which are closed at night. ' A NEW OLD SIOVE MarV,Carroll stands beside the family's McClary kootenary wood stove which Mrs. Carroll plans to use both for baking' and to provide .additional heat in the 'lower floor of the' Carroll home, (Expositor Photo) AN EARLY WIND GENERATOR =— One of the visitors to the Tony (*Quail farm out aide Lucknow on Saturday's Energy , Alternatives Tour examines a six volt wind generator used in East Wawanosh Township in the '1930's to power a radio and charge batteries. The McQails will soon be' installing a modern wind generator on their farm which can produce 2,000 watts of electricity: (Expositor Phgtol Ted Johns' THE SCHOOL SCANDAL Returns Biyth Memorial Sept. 26-30 8 p.m. Matinee 2 p.m. Sept. 28 Reserve by calling • 523-9300 TICKETS AVAILABLE • at the Huron Expositor •