REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK We4ncdiy October Check your home now for these fire hazards A Tew minutes checking your home for fire hazards and gel ting to ihcm could save your family lives Fire hazards in the form of and flammable materials such as paint thinner can accumulate in the cleanest of homes andean be lethal Electrical wiring can wear out and become dangerous heating equipment particularly wood stoves requires regular safety checks Fire officials the Ministry of Solicitor General recommend regular checks of your home for fire hazards Stan in the kitchen kitchen fires arc the most frequent type of home fires Can window curuuns graze your stove top toaster or other hoi surface Is the stove and the hood above collecting grease Do you store paper pro ducts close to the stove Do you keep a pan of fat on the back burner Don i iryoutumon the wrong burner by mistake you could have a bad fire The kitchen is an excellent place 10 keep a mulu purpose fire extinguisher Be sure us bracket cd to the wall an exit and make sure everyone in the family knows how 10 use il Read the label it tells everything you need to know Faulty wiring and electrical equipment are the second major cause of fatal home fires Frayed or damaged electrical cords ex tension cords used as permanent wiring or draped over nails or hidden under ihc rug damaged or spliced appliance cords ban wires appliance plugs that heat up these arc of fires waiting to happen if you regularly use octopus plugs sockets which multiply the use of one or cords or if you frequently blow fuses or the lights dim when the fndgc kicks in your household wiring may bo over loaded Ifs time have it checked and upgraded by a quail fled electrician The cost is minor compared to ihc damage a fire can cause Check basement Early around the furnace for clut tcr and flammables such as floor wax paint thinner tins of va nish and so forth Do store combustibles under ihc stairs Be especially vigilant about oily rags which can ignite by them selves and start a fire Have ihc serviced regularly by an expert and keep ihc air filter clean you have a woodstovc or fire place make sure the chimney is cleaned frequently at least once a year Creosote the gummy tar like material that builds up in chimneys can be set on fire by heat Make sure thai all the doors arc free from obstructions and that the windows open easily If you need to escape during a fire that i the lime unstick trie win you painted last sum mcr Children must be taught dial it is OK to a window or screen with a suitable object if the window is stuck During your inspection lour check the smoke alarms make sure they arc free of dust and test them by holding a lighted in cense stick or a of smoldering string under ihcm Invite your children to join you as you check for fire hazards and take some time to make sure ihcy understand what to do in case of Regular fire inspections don l take long but if a fire kills you you re dead for a long lime We work together for you Halton Hills Milton Areas BARBARA GLENN MOton Ret 1 B53 0923 ALEX GLENN Georgetown 877 Ret 853 AFFORDABLE HEAR SCHOOLS CHURCHILL NORTH ACTON Super clean home with separate dining room eat In kitchen and finished room It worth he drive Acton Reduced tc Nicely landscaped lot fruit trees Call Alex or Barb for GORGEOUS 11 ACRES 614 FT FRONTAGE 265 Nearly square acres trend and dry lot area on Una Town Milton No 7 and Sdrd Attract open laths mam room Small barn at bock Barb Glenn al 1 or LOOK LOOK SOLID COMFORT Tastolully decorator throughout I rig room and tenon In Luqc room lor and pool Good nor Ask no SI 76 more 8532074 ZENAS ADAMS HOUSE Southeast comer Main and Church Sta surviving dwelling In Acton this house was bull about In took up the arm lot at the southeast corner present day Mill and Main Sta Having replaced a primitive log cabin the house was framed In Esquestng pine The clap board structure was much larger than il presently appears as It was stretched to lit a family of eleven and the two gran dparents The Adams kept a spare room known as the prophet chamber where visiting ministers were accommodated The Reverend Adams preached the first sermon ever In the locality opposite Worden farm Note Worden View Rd off Highway 7 at Line He died In 1847 and a few years later his widow and the balance family moved to For much the real Its years has boon rented as many as seven I am Hies at one time In this century the property was purchased by a local contractor who reduced the size of the house remodeled the Interior and ton verted It Into a duplex The siding is of a recent dale CALL MORGAN FOR YOUR MOVE THIS YEAR DILIGENT SERVICE AND COMPREHENSIVE MARKET PLAN 9344 J Ontario 175J dp Jim REMAX SUBURBAN REALTY INC REALTOR CONTACT ARRANGF AN APPOINTM NT associate broker RES 877