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Post by genesis273 on Feb 4, 2021 6:34:26 GMT -5
What's everyone doing for the cold weather coming in?
I don't really do a whole lot. A few years back I boxed in my water supply under the house and insulated it. Added a heat lamp to help keep it warm. But still, on nights when we have subzero temps, I'll leave on faucet on with a tiny stream. I'll be sure to have a clear path in the snow from my woodshed to the house as well.
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 4, 2021 7:21:36 GMT -5
I'm going to put a cover over our outside faucet. It's supposed to be freeze proof. I might throw something over our water shut off pit too. Besides that, I brought in supplies to do some leather work and fletch 15 arrows. That should keep my my hands and mind occupied for a while.
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 4, 2021 8:09:13 GMT -5
We have hay bails by the yard hydrants.
And a small heater in the well pit set at 32°.
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Post by beermaker on Feb 4, 2021 8:38:27 GMT -5
I have yet to figure out how to plan for the weather around here. Just two days ago the forecast for Monday was near zero in the morning and high in the teens for the day. Now it's 22 in the morning and 45 for the high.
It must be John Kerry's private jet that is screwing things up.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 4, 2021 9:09:18 GMT -5
I've got some electric heaters set out to supplement the gas furnace, otherwise we would probably burn through the remaining fuel in the tank pretty quickly.
We insulated the crawlspace and two attics in this 120+ old house this past summer. Still need to do one more attic and most exterior walls, and replace the windows. Hopefully that will be done before next winter.
The animals require a little more attention in the cold, but otherwise it's pretty much business as usual.
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Post by deadeer on Feb 4, 2021 10:12:35 GMT -5
I will have my Carhartts on when I am outside turning wrenches. 🙄
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Post by budd on Feb 4, 2021 11:38:59 GMT -5
We have hay bails by the yard hydrants. And a small heater in the well pit set at 32°. Yard hydrants should be fine. Mine goes down 7 ft and dont freeze at 30 below...as long as I dont use it until it warms up to above 0. Relay switch for pump used to be finicky in winter months, I routed my wood boiler line close to it and left a 2 ft section uninsulated, that is just enough to keep the switch from freezing up. Also ran our dryer vent down into the crawl space then out, installed a heat catcher in the line to blow into the crawl space. |
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 4, 2021 11:55:43 GMT -5
We have hay bails by the yard hydrants. And a small heater in the well pit set at 32°. Yard hydrants should be fine. Mine goes down 7 ft and dont freeze at 30 below...as long as I dont use it until it warms up to above 0. Relay switch for pump used to be finicky in winter months, I routed my wood boiler line close to it and left a 2 ft section uninsulated, that is just enough to keep the switch from freezing up. Also ran our dryer vent down into the crawl space then out, installed a heat catcher in the line to blow into the crawl space. Our hydrants get used every day watering the animals. |
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Post by steiny on Feb 4, 2021 14:10:46 GMT -5
This thread reminded me to go down in the basement and shut off the water line that runs out to garden. It's only buried about 18" deep. Got a couple big boxes of firewood on the back porch to keep the wood stove going.
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 4, 2021 14:22:40 GMT -5
Gigantic flakes coming down in Valpl
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Post by budd on Feb 6, 2021 10:15:35 GMT -5
What temps did you all end up with down there? -20 with -40 wind chill at 9am today here. All is well, wood boiler is pumping out the smoke. Heading back to work on property line shooting lanes in a bit.
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 6, 2021 10:25:14 GMT -5
What temps did you all end up with down there? -20 with -40 wind chill at 9am today here. All is well, wood boiler is pumping out the smoke. Heading back to work on property line shooting lanes in a bit. 3° in La Porte on my way to work |
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Post by beermaker on Feb 6, 2021 12:06:14 GMT -5
The cold blast keeps getting pushed for my area. Now the worst is supposed to be next Saturday. As far as I am concerned, fishing season keeps getting pushed as well.
I've started taking a screen shot of the 10 day forecast every morning just to observe how much it changes by the day.
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Post by budd on Feb 6, 2021 16:45:13 GMT -5
Rite now they are saying the next day that it gets above 0 is NEXT Monday.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 7, 2021 7:56:21 GMT -5
Yikes...  |
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Post by duff on Feb 7, 2021 8:09:29 GMT -5
Heatwave compared to Greg's place  |
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Post by medic22 on Feb 7, 2021 8:43:48 GMT -5
I ordered another battery charger. I keep a trickle charger on my truck but ill be home with the kids when it gets really cold, so Ill need another charger on the car.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 7, 2021 8:51:56 GMT -5
The charger that I like the best is made by a company called CTEK The 7002 is the model series that I would recommend Put it in the snowflake ❄️ Mode ... it never over charges www.amazon.com/dp/B000FRLO9Y/ref=tsm_1_tp_tc |
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Post by genesis273 on Feb 7, 2021 9:13:22 GMT -5
Chilly this morning.  |
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Post by budd on Feb 7, 2021 9:30:12 GMT -5
Got the vehicles block heaters plugged in, may need to warm the battery if I go out back to cut wood.  |
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