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VOLUME 2 DEC. 1997
Radiance™ for a Hot Tin Roof
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Radiance™ helps keep
Randy Toman's home looking - and feeling - good. |
From eating less to saving more, New Year's resolutions
range from the improbable to the impossible. Last January, Randy Toman resolved to
stop wasting money by cutting energy costs. It was time to try Radiance™.
So Randy and his wife applied Radiance to all of the walls
and ceilings on the second floor of his small cottage home in Wyomissing, Pa. It
didn't take long for the Tomans to feel the results.
"I'm a skeptic, no doubt about it," Toman says.
"I've seen it all. I'll believe things when I see them."
"Our TV room is on the second floor and my wife
immediately noticed a difference," Toman continues. "She said it felt more
comfortable."
But Toman was still skeptical. He wanted to see some
proof on his energy bills. And much to his surprise, the findings were
unbelievable.
"I have a cast-iron radiator with baseboard hot water
heat that typically uses 700 gallon of fuel oil a year", Toman says. "By the end
of this year I will have used only 580 gallons at most. That's a substantial
difference."
But that was just one part of the story. A steamy
Pennsylvania summer and a hot tin roof covering the upstairs usually kept two window unit
air conditioners working hard against the pressing heat. But this summer was
different.
"This year we only used one window unit and the
upstairs stayed comfortably cool."
So is Randy Toman a believer?
"Absolutely. Even if you save five percent on your
energy bills, you're saving a heck of a lot," Toman says. "I can definitely say
that this stuff works."
When in Doubt, try Radiance™
Mowing the lawn, shoveling the driveway, painting the
walls. While these tasks keep some people from owning a home, others, like Kathy
Haworth of New Haven, Ind., enjoy working around the house. That's why she bought a
new home in 1995, rather than a condominium or townhouse.
"I looked at condos in the area, but I really wanted
to live in a small home," Haworth says. "The house is only 1600 square
feet, but with my new sun room addition, it looks great." |
