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Toxan Newspaper _
May 16, 1990 /
(FURNITURE RESTORATION^
REUPHOLSTERING
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ABLE
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Unrepaired Leaks Can Be Costly
During droughts or other emergen-
cies, you may be asked to help by
conserving water. You’ll be suiprised
at how much you can save without
hardship right in your own home.
Some of the economies you can prac-
tice at such times are:
Take showers instead of bath - the
usual bath requires 36 gal., the usual
shower 25 gal.; 20 gal is enough for a
bath. 10 gal. is enough for a shower if
your turn it off while you lather.
Turn the water off while you’re
shaving - a running tap shave uses
about 20 gal., and besides it will steam
up your mirror.
Have flushomctcr toilets reset to use
3 1/2 instead of the normal 5 to 8 gal.
per flush.
Reset the float in your Lank toilet to
turn the water off at a lower level.
Don’t flush the toilet to dispose of
cigarette ashes, soiled tissues, etc.
Stopper your sink or use a dishpan
when washing dishes; a running water
wash uses about 30 gal. per meal.
Don’t leave the water running when
you brush your teeth - turn it on only
when you’re actually using it
Use the basin instead of the shower
for your shampoo.
Keep a bottle of drinking water in
the refrigerator - running it until cold
will waste a gallon.
Use only 1/4 bottlcful to rinse your
milk bottles; the dairy washes them
anyway.
Wait until you have a full nine-
pound wash before you m your wash-
ing machine.
Keep your water heater at an even
setting - running water until hot is
wasteful.
Think before you turn the tap.
Foundation Repair
From page 6
making the soil shrink., i.c. the
shrunken soil can’t support your foun-
dation.
The other extreme is improper
drainage causing one part of your
subsoil to stay wet and another part of
h the sub soil to dry out. By having these
different levels of moisture, you also
. have different levels of support, so one
part of your foundation may be up and
* another part may be down.
Trying to do-it-yourself or install a
“irrigation watering system” that
» doesn’t take all the factors in to ac-
count in its design will result in the
*■ same situation as with improper drain-
age. Parts will be wet and parts will be
dry. The key to an effective moisture
; . stabilization system for your founda-
tion is that all the pieces and parts are
* considered. When this happens, foun-
dation can be lifted as much as 3" and
cracks can disappear.
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