Book 3 — A Safety Spring for Porch Swings
Reading edition
It is often necessary to hang swinging porch seats fairly close to surrounding woodwork, which is marred by their swinging too far. To overcome this, procure a coil screen-door spring and cut it in two. Bend a hook on each cut end, and fasten one of the springs to the center of each end of the swing, and to the floor. This permits only gentle swinging.—F. C. Hayes, Niagara Falls, Canada.
¶Proper ventilation of cellars makes it desirable to provide a screen door on the cellar entrance.