Pellet stoves keep a stock of compressed wood or recycled pellets in a hopper. The hopper continually adds new pellets to the combustion chamber as the stove burns. This a real but clean-burning flame with concentrated heat. Pellet stoves can be very efficient, but low-frequency noises are common in most units.
Gas fireplaces have the versatility of being purely decorative or adding charm to the room as well as providing a heat source. They can be set to display realistic flames with no heat or adjusted to add warmth to the room with radiant doors and fans.
A manometer is an instrument for measuring pressure. Plumbers use it to check the pressure in pipes, as low pressure may indicate an undesirable leak. At its most simple a manometer consists of a U-shape tube filled with water or mercury.
Creating a waterproof seal between two materials, such as metal and thin plastic, requires using the correct bonding compound. When selecting an appropriate sealer, decide how flexible you need the two materials to be once you join them.
Thermal binding is the process of binding a book using a heat-activated glue. Typically, you would buy commercial glue strips or thermal covers, and press them onto your book's spine in a binding machine. You can make your own glue strips by using a hot glue gun.
Wood-burning stoves keep your home warm and provide the added charm of flickering flames in the hearth. Today's wood stoves burn efficiently and pollute less, but any heat source can be a fire hazard if it isn't installed properly.
If part of the electricity shuts off in your home, chances are a breaker tripped. Tripping a breaker occurs when a circuit is overloaded with too much electricity and it turns off. Only that circuit is affected, not the entire house. That one circuit can include several outlets, lights and appliances in your home.
Roof battens are strips of wood or plastic that form the base to which you connect roof tiles. Because the battens raise the tiles up by a small amount, they provide some ventilation. Battens also may help with drainage when water leaks under the roof if they are not made of a material that will absorb water.
Cold-weather electrical tape is a type of insulating tape used to wrap piping and electrical wire. The two main types of cold-weather electrical tape are PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and vinyl. While both types of tapes serve similar purposes, they have differences that may help you choose between the two.
A tailor is an individual who alters the structure of an article of clothing, such as a shirt. The normal altering process to reduce the size of the shirt involves alterations in the neck, shoulders, chest, stomach area and arms of the individual.