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New Kits Spruce Up Showers, Save Water

Q. I'm tired of my old shower and I want to install one of the new solid-state, four-head shower/body spray massage kits. Are these easy to install and are there any other new low- cost bathroom water savers ? - A.K. A. Bathrooms (flushing toilets and showering) are the major water consumers in most homes. There are many new low-cost, do-it-yourself bathroom water - saver products that quickly pay back their cost and improve convenience. The solid-state, multi-head shower/massage kit is a tall thin unit that mounts against the shower wall. All of the plumbing and controls are self-contained for simple installation. A 10 push- button control panel is built in. The shower/massage kit includes one overhead waterfall, two (high and low) oscillating and pulsating body spray nozzles and one three-way adjustable pulsating hydro - massage shower head . Push buttons instantly switch among the heads and nozzles. The buttons provide all combinations of the spray heads. There are many ...

Excerpt from 'How Clean is Your House'

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Excerpt from 'How Clean is Your House' By Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie Getting started Kim and Aggie's essential cleaning kit A glance at the shelves of cleaning materials in any large store will tell you that there is a breathtaking array of cleaning creams, powders, polishes, liquids, cloths, mops and tablets available. Of course you don't need them all! Some are time-saving, but buying so many products is hardly economical—we'll show you other cleaning methods that avoid buying a special product that does only one job. However, every home should have a basic cleaning kit . All the homes we visited contained cleaning materials —they just weren't being used. Their purchase was a sign of the best intentions, but then they had been buried at the back of a cupboard—often covered in grease or dust! Name a product and you can be sure that we have tried it. Here is a list of the supplies we never ...

Two Latin-American Aviators, The Current Supplement

THE names of Chavez and Moissan are still household words in Peru ant Central America , respectively, though foi somewhat different reasons. A writer ii the Deutsche Zeitschrift fUr Luftschif fahrt tells of the diverse way in whicl the career of these martyrs of aviatioi have impressed themselves upon thi imagination of Latin-America. All Peru takes pride in the heroic an disastrous feat of Chavez. The remain: of his aeroplane have been transportet to Lima, and placed in a prominent placi in the National Museum, in the hal where hang the portraits of the 39 Span ish viceroys , Pizarro and his successors In the enthusiasm evoked by his trans alpine flight an aviatioh league wa founded in Peru, and a Peruvian·bor employee of the BIeriot works-on WOOD- WORKIN4 MACHINERY For ripping, cross· (utting, mitering, grooving. boring 8<1011-sawing, edg-e moulding. mortising; for working wood in any miner. Spnr! for Catalogne A. SENECA FALLS MFG . CO. 695 Water Street j Seneca Falls. N. Y....

The best vacuum sealers to keep your food fresh

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The   Insider Picks   team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. FoodSaver/ Business Insider The Insider Pick: The best vacuum sealers have a small footprint in your kitchen, last for many years, and, most importantly, keep your food fresh for months. Our pick for the best vacuum sealer you can buy is the FoodSaver V4840 2-in-1 Vacuum Sealing System with Starter Kit because it ticks all the boxes and helps you preserve any kind of food. One of the cardinal rules of frugal grocery shopping is to buy in bulk. However, all of the savings you experience from buying in large quantities is lost if your food spoils before you have a chance to eat it. This is where a quality vacuum sealer can save the day. Commonly referred to as vacuum packers , vacuum sealers have grown in popularity in recent years because of their affordability, ability to keep your food fresh for up to five times l...