Getting Tired Of Fighting The Fight This Winter ...
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Just so you know - as soon as the warm weather comes, so will the flooding. It's been a long frigid winter and will be followed by a cold wet Spring.
Thought I would cheer you up.Wood stoves don't float very well either.
I'm outa here before the snowballs come flying at me.
At this point, I'd take the rain. It just needs to go away.
PS ... I don't flood
Simonkenton
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Still have enough wood to heat the house for 8 more months. Winters like this are why I have a wood stove.
The Rennai tankless water heater in the crawl space froze up last week, put an electric heater down there for 8 hours and got my hot water back.
I like to battle the winter with my wood stove.
The Rennai tankless water heater in the crawl space froze up last week, put an electric heater down there for 8 hours and got my hot water back.
I like to battle the winter with my wood stove.
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Well pump at the barn froze up last week ... we did the same thing.
What a witch it was !
RAVinMetrowest
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Ram 1500 with an axe...
Minister of Fire
Dixie, Dixie, Dixie.......
It's still winter Babe, you ought to know what your getting yourself into living out there....
Before you know it the flowers will be popping out....... And by the way, why aren't you 3 years out with good dry wood?
You know better......
It's still winter Babe, you ought to know what your getting yourself into living out there....
Before you know it the flowers will be popping out....... And by the way, why aren't you 3 years out with good dry wood?
You know better......
Charles1981
Minister of Fire
Kitchen sink line frozen other day. I wasn't heating the room below. Thankfully turned on the baseboard in that room and said deck it and turned on all the baseboard and it thawed out in about 3 hours. Stove just can't support -22F without some supplemental heat. Oh well alot to ask of a medium sized stove for 2100sqft.
edyit
Minister of Fire
As Water Superintendent here in the great white frozen north I can say I'm sick of this winter. Been here for 38 years and this is one of the longest consistently cold snaps I can recall. Heating the home hasn't been an issue...
this has been my nightmare this season. frost line is down 5 feet plus. we actually have a "jetter" unit to use on lines we can't get continuity with the welder. fun stuff, 1 more month to go, I keep telling myself, 1 more month to go.
this has been my nightmare this season. frost line is down 5 feet plus. we actually have a "jetter" unit to use on lines we can't get continuity with the welder. fun stuff, 1 more month to go, I keep telling myself, 1 more month to go.
I've been above freezing one day in the past month - on Sunday last weekend. This morning I woke up to -25 air temp. There's been so much snow and slush on the lakes I haven't even been icefishing in over a month.
jimdrea
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I'm with you.4 feet of snow on the ground, minus 2 without the wind chill today. Thank God I bought my stove last year,73 degree inside. half a cord of 2 year old oak left.
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mass_burner
Minister of Fire
I had the flu, but then all the snow hit. Despite that, I was doing okay. But after being up on the roof 3 times in the last 5 days for 3 hours each time-- I getting there. Now I'm worried about the deck.
That's a 6' slider.
That's a 6' slider.
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jharkin
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You are not alone. I have a bucket in the dining room and figure Ive put in at least 60 hours work and probably moved something insane like 20 tons of snow over the last month. A week ago it was up to my waist in the yard even between the drifts, and the snwoblower piles where so high I could stand on them and touch the roof.
-13F this morning.
5 inches tonight!
-13F this morning.
5 inches tonight!
I don't tend to grouse too much about things beyond my control. Weather is one of them, but sign me up to the "winter weary club", too. When I was a kid I always used to hope for an "early spring" so maybe I could have my birthday party outdoors... spring never comes that early. 
And it damn sure won't this year!
I can't believe how much snow we have on the ground right now. The good thing is that it insulates plants and provides an insulating buffer against the unrelenting cold. The downside is that it sits, unmelted atop rooves and awaiting the first rain which it will eagerly absorb and retain, increasing the load on said rooves. Roof collapses are increasingly common in New England, and deaths from roof clearing accidents are increasing. Let's hope for a break soon... and gentle, gradual increase in temperatures that allow the snowpack to dwindle away harmlessly!
It will melt away and in the next heat wave (which will arrive) we'll marvel at how much snow and how cold it was.
(I time my forced marches. Yesterday I set out on my forced march at 9AM; it was 24
, upon my return, 75 minutes later, it was 20. Today, I'll shoot for later afternoon and the predicted high... 15-18. I'll be fully suited up... sporting the balaclava and walking more briskly than usual, no doubt)
And it damn sure won't this year!I can't believe how much snow we have on the ground right now. The good thing is that it insulates plants and provides an insulating buffer against the unrelenting cold. The downside is that it sits, unmelted atop rooves and awaiting the first rain which it will eagerly absorb and retain, increasing the load on said rooves. Roof collapses are increasingly common in New England, and deaths from roof clearing accidents are increasing. Let's hope for a break soon... and gentle, gradual increase in temperatures that allow the snowpack to dwindle away harmlessly!
It will melt away and in the next heat wave (which will arrive) we'll marvel at how much snow and how cold it was.
(I time my forced marches. Yesterday I set out on my forced march at 9AM; it was 24
, upon my return, 75 minutes later, it was 20. Today, I'll shoot for later afternoon and the predicted high... 15-18. I'll be fully suited up... sporting the balaclava and walking more briskly than usual, no doubt)
4 inch snow. One day break. 8 inch snow immediately followed by sleet all night. Equals compressed down to 4 inches of snice that my old 170 pound self can walk on without making a dent in it.
This stuff gonna be on the ground a long time.
This stuff gonna be on the ground a long time.
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Seasoned Oak
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Warm_in_NH
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This was taken in CT on Sunday while we were shoveling 6" of heavy slop wearing pants and T shirts. Got just above freezing, full sun, felt great!
Even convinced my mom who moved up from FL this fall to join us. She was shocked at the heat from the sun and reflection off the snow, even unzipped her coat!
Here in CT, well start seeing more days like this very soon, in NH, it'll be another month at least.
Good news is I think I over estimated my wood use from last year and have very large stacks left for this year. Could be the week in Antigua, and extended stays in CT this winter too that are keeping the stacks tall while the propane runs... At this point, all is good, plenty of either fuel left to make it to A/C season!
Have you ever tried Nemiroff's honey pepper vodka? It is fantastic and just the right stuff for cold weather. I discovered it after getting rain soaked in Kiev and ducking into a tavern to warm up. It's flavor is from a unique blend of vodka infused with herbs and a touch of honey + pepper. I'm going to send a bottle to my SIL who's frozen in Marblehead. Production is limited so this can be hard to find, but if you do, you'll be happy you found it.
http://www.wineanthology.com/p-2821-nemiroff-honey-pepper-vodka.aspx
edyit
Minister of Fire
Will have to try and find some of that. Got about a 1/2 bottle of Eagle Rare 17 year old single barrel just calling my name.
I, too, have had enough of this Northeast winter.
Average temps round here for this month are at 12.7. Tied for the 5th coldest Feb on record.
After what they're forecasting for the rest of this week, we may get to 4th place at 12.4.
Gawdawfaul cold after about 6 FEET of snow. I have been shovelling my A$$ off just from the drifting
snow blowing off the lake & THAT'S on the LEEWARD side of the house.
Fortunately, I picked THIS past fall to have my old Craftsman snowblower completely gone through by
one of my small-engine repair friends. It definitely got a workout.
It's time to put it away & burn fossil fuels in the 14 Wethead.
As far as the liquids go, coffee & more coffee with an occasional Dark Hot Chocolate out of the Keurig.
Drank WAY to much of the distilled/brewed/fermented stuff back in the day.
Average temps round here for this month are at 12.7
. Tied for the 5th coldest Feb on record.After what they're forecasting for the rest of this week, we may get to 4th place at 12.4
.Gawdawfaul cold after about 6 FEET of snow. I have been shovelling my A$$ off just from the drifting
snow blowing off the lake & THAT'S on the LEEWARD side of the house.
Fortunately, I picked THIS past fall to have my old Craftsman snowblower completely gone through by
one of my small-engine repair friends. It definitely got a workout.
It's time to put it away & burn fossil fuels in the 14 Wethead.
As far as the liquids go, coffee & more coffee with an occasional Dark Hot Chocolate out of the Keurig.
Drank WAY to much of the distilled/brewed/fermented stuff back in the day.
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