Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

HA....my musical taste has always been a little odd.
My always been all over the place too. Heavy Metal, Jazz, Classical, R & B from the 60s/70s,Bluegrass Blues, Folk & lately a lot of Red Dirt. Drove to New Mexico to see Ray Wylie Hubbard & going to see Iron Maiden for the 4th next fall.

Between my CDs, records that both of us have plus we he ave both our parent’s vinyl records we have probably 1500 albums here. My kids I teach ask what I listen to and say “good music.”
 
I just finished plowing my driveway after two more inches last night.

......almost makes me homesick, but when we got back to MN in mid-March a few years ago, and found myself doing this, is when we decided to start staying in AZ a little longer.;)
 

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I love the winter snow although I can do without the -33F temperatures and wind. At least it’s finally above zero.

This year has been absolutely brutal for me personally. I think the fact I went to Texas in December where I was re-exposed to 60 and 70's for a couple weeks probably reset by internal expect-o-meter too high. I"m looking for an excuse to go back down there for a few weeks, but my friends are telling me things have slowed down and there's isn't quite enough meat on the bone to justify the expense of getting there and back.

I am still not sure how I could have been so stupid. But figuring out that my furnace was suffocating on a "high quality" furnace filters recommended by my former HVAC guy, it would take 3-4 hours to get the house to its 'cool but acceptable' range never making it to warm. At least now even on cold days I can easily get the home to 72 in just an hour or two --- turn on the pellet stove and it goes even faster.

Today, I will be reinstalling a furnace that I repaired over the weekend - this fella has been using space heaters and 'fireplaces' I don't know how he's been surviving - but a family member took pity on him and paid for a furnace repair. Considering the cold his camper was remarkably cozy. I think it is safe to say that skirting around the bottom surely improved the overall living conditions remarkably well.

Coffee's gone - its 20 degree outside -- and I'm glad I told the customer I'd be there late morning....hoping for a few more degrees!!

Youtube find! I'm always looking for good content - especially in this time of the year when there's no place for me to go. So many content providers have stopped producing content, format changed to stationary, or simply stopping. Come on youtube you can do better than this -- Pay your creators!

I don't necessarily require 'teardrop' but I have a special place for them in my sub list. I found this guy. 3 year old channel, that really does deserve some more attention.

Nowhere Bound
 
This year has been absolutely brutal for me personally. I think the fact I went to Texas in December where I was re-exposed to 60 and 70's for a couple weeks probably reset by internal expect-o-meter too high. I"m looking for an excuse to go back down there for a few weeks, but my friends are telling me things have slowed down and there's isn't quite enough meat on the bone to justify the expense of getting there and back.

I am still not sure how I could have been so stupid. But figuring out that my furnace was suffocating on a "high quality" furnace filters recommended by my former HVAC guy, it would take 3-4 hours to get the house to its 'cool but acceptable' range never making it to warm. At least now even on cold days I can easily get the home to 72 in just an hour or two --- turn on the pellet stove and it goes even faster.

Today, I will be reinstalling a furnace that I repaired over the weekend - this fella has been using space heaters and 'fireplaces' I don't know how he's been surviving - but a family member took pity on him and paid for a furnace repair. Considering the cold his camper was remarkably cozy. I think it is safe to say that skirting around the bottom surely improved the overall living conditions remarkably well.

Coffee's gone - its 20 degree outside -- and I'm glad I told the customer I'd be there late morning....hoping for a few more degrees!!

Youtube find! I'm always looking for good content - especially in this time of the year when there's no place for me to go. So many content providers have stopped producing content, format changed to stationary, or simply stopping. Come on youtube you can do better than this -- Pay your creators!

I don't necessarily require 'teardrop' but I have a special place for them in my sub list. I found this guy. 3 year old channel, that really does deserve some more attention.

Nowhere Bound
Yeah, when we were first getting started and living in a 12 yr old 10x48 two bedroom mobile home for five years while saving our nickels and dimes to build, I ended up fashioning some skirting out of some painted chipboard and banking the snow around it to keep the wind from pulling all the heat out from under the trailer. What a huge difference it made in both comfort, and furnace run time.
 
I have in-floor radiant heat and I love it. No drafts and no noise plus it’s always the right temperature. Since it takes so long to warm up I just leave it at 68F.
 
I have in-floor radiant heat and I love it. No drafts and no noise plus it’s always the right temperature. Since it takes so long to warm up I just leave it at 68F.
During my earlier aviation career as an A&P we had floor radiant heat in the hangar. More than one mechanic fell asleep on the floor!
 
It was 30F when I woke up this morning. It’s steadily heading down to 20 by midnight and the low tomorrow morning will be 14. Then 72 hours later it will be in the 40’s. I think it’s been three months since it was in the 40’s.
 
Yeah, when we were first getting started and living in a 12 yr old 10x48 two bedroom mobile home for five years while saving our nickels and dimes to build, I ended up fashioning some skirting out of some painted chipboard and banking the snow around it to keep the wind from pulling all the heat out from under the trailer. What a huge difference it made in both comfort, and furnace run time.

Did you have one of the 'dragon' heaters --- I don't know who made them, but they fit in a closet size opening and just were RIPPING hot. Mobile homes are completely different than RV's in so many ways....but freezing pipes, and bad heaters are common to both :) Have several family members who lived in mobile homes...they are an adventure to be sure!


I have in-floor radiant heat and I love it. No drafts and no noise plus it’s always the right temperature. Since it takes so long to warm up I just leave it at 68F.

I'd love to have radiant. Especially in my b . athroom - warm tile floors - can't beat it! I keep mine at 72 -- but thats completely different than Radiant. Have you done a comparison of cost to operates? I'm curiuos which is more efficent -- forced air or radiant. I'm going to guess its radiant as you wouldn' thave the constant warm/cool cycles....

I can see the nose-to-tail conga line of cats beause most asuredly, they would find the warmest section of the floor. As I write this, I have 1 bathroom floor register that is the gathering point for several every morning as we wake up the house...sometimes resulting in skirmishes. The fact there is a baseboard register 6 feet away in the next room that they ignore is a little strange.

During my earlier aviation career as an A&P we had floor radiant heat in the hangar. More than one mechanic fell asleep on the floor!

As close to that as I can come is the raised floor data center, where we found the output of the chillers kept certain adult beverages and the perfect temperature :)

We're at 38 right now with absolutely clear blue skies. Temperatures should be edging up near mid 40's and possibly even the 50's and mid 50's early next week. I'm so ready for a slight break in the temperatures.
 
Did you have one of the 'dragon' heaters --- I don't know who made them, but they fit in a closet size opening and just were RIPPING hot. Mobile homes are completely different than RV's in so many ways....but freezing pipes, and bad heaters are common to both :) Have several family members who lived in mobile homes...they are an adventure to be sure!




I'd love to have radiant. Especially in my b . athroom - warm tile floors - can't beat it! I keep mine at 72 -- but thats completely different than Radiant. Have you done a comparison of cost to operates? I'm curiuos which is more efficent -- forced air or radiant. I'm going to guess its radiant as you wouldn' thave the constant warm/cool cycles....

I can see the nose-to-tail conga line of cats beause most asuredly, they would find the warmest section of the floor. As I write this, I have 1 bathroom floor register that is the gathering point for several every morning as we wake up the house...sometimes resulting in skirmishes. The fact there is a baseboard register 6 feet away in the next room that they ignore is a little strange.



As close to that as I can come is the raised floor data center, where we found the output of the chillers kept certain adult beverages and the perfect temperature :)

We're at 38 right now with absolutely clear blue skies. Temperatures should be edging up near mid 40's and possibly even the 50's and mid 50's early next week. I'm so ready for a slight break in the temperatures.
I’m sure floor radiant is the most cost effective. With forced air most of the heat rises to the ceiling. Anyone that has changed a ceiling light bulb knows that. But the heat rises slow from the floor and it’s not so warm up there.
 
DO I do it? Dare I try it?!

Overnight low 37 -- 58 degrees on day 1, 60 on day 2. I wouldn't have to winterize...No bathrooms - thats OK - I've got that covered. I'd need to filly propane tank, easy ....
 
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