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Chippendale
Style
Mahogany
Dining Chairs
"Portrait of
Victorian Woman"
- Oil Painting,
signed L. Mason,
Bronze Figure
of Boy on
Snail - G.
Cappelletia
Queen Anne Style Burl Walnut
Double Dome Secretary-
Bookcase'
40" x 35"
Open between
Auctions by
chance or
appointment
for Private
Selling.
(1 of Pr.)
Chinese Rose
Medallion
Palace Vase
3 Pc. Louis XV Style Gilt
Bronze Garniture Clock Set
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Matsel's
Galleries, Inc.
815 Woodward Ave. • Pontiac, Mi 48053 • (313) 338.9040
(1 mile N. of Sq. Lake Rd.)
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HOME
EDENS
dition to the Victorian-style formal
conservatory.
Says Joe Garvey, a representative
for Machin Conservatories and fran-
chise dealer for Four Seasons
Greenhouses, "As I define the term in
1990, a conservatory is a sunny room
to be used by both people and plants,
whereas a solarium is a sunny room for
people, and a greenhouse is a sunny
room used for plant production."
Conservatories demand priority set-
ting, a clear idea of the desired result,
and caution in choosing a dealer and
contractor.
"Everybody comes to me wanting a
glassed-in room," says Morris Ellins, a
Maryland builder. "I tell them to look
at the problems. In the summer, with
a southern exposure, those rooms can
reach 130° F. They are known to leak;
in winter the aluminum frame gets ice-
cold and drips condensation; you can't
clean them; and what if the kids hit a
fly ball right through the wall one day?
For the same price, they can get a nice
sunroom that they can use all year
round."
Sunrooms like his, built and roofed
with wood, with walls of windows and
skylights overhead, cost $10,000 to
$15,000 on the average (about $80 to
$100 per square foot). Insulated, with
baseboard heating and ceiling fans,
they can be built directly on the
ground, on decks or on stilts, depen-
ding on the customer's needs and
desires.
The problems Ellins lists can be re-
solved, but their resolution demands
an average investment of $15,000 to
$25,000 (for solaria) or $25,000 to
$35,000 (for conservatories), say local
dealers.
For a solarium or conservatory to be
comfortable year-round, a number of
factors are necessary: a thermally-
broken (double-layered) aluminum
skeleton to prevent condensation and
reduce maintenance demands; ther-
mal (double-paned), tinted, low-
emissivity glass to reflect the sun's rays
and save heating or cooling energy; a
shading system; ventilation; and a heat
pump for supplemental temperature
control. All of these are individually
priced as options, resulting in the