Well here is some good news . Weather has been nice in Florida the last few days . High 70's ! In fact last night we were at a restaurant on the water at 5 Pm to 7:30 Pm and sat outside . Bring a light jacket or sweat shirt and enjoy the break .
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A high of 34 .........
Nope, I have my trusty 8 foot length of 1" PVC pipe to knock them down from the side. I use small snowballs to get the icicles I can't do safely with the PVC pipe.Your icicles must be just about to the ground by now.
Today: Snow showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. South wind between 3 and 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
A high of 34 is a heat wave compared to the last few weeks.
Less than 1 inch of snow is a godsend.
Ouch. No water = not good.48 hours under 18F and the whole pump house blew up.
Ouch. No water = not good.
We had 60+ hours with temps between 16 and 27. A pipe from our well to the storage tank froze but the insulation and a little heat in the pump house kept all the other piping and pressure pump flowing. I got the frozen pipe thawed with no damage so we not only dodged a bullet, we were never without water.
I've added more insulation around the area where the pipe froze - hope I can avoid a repeat next time.
I think there is. I really like this guy's approach to the problem. It probably wouldn't be cost-effective if you paid for the labor (or included DIY labor at a realistic rate), but it would be a fun project. He got good payback even in Montana, which is a challenging environment. This application heats domestic water, but it would be simple enough to add a small heat exchanger in the HVAC system to use for space heating. It's definitely not big enough to provide all the heat for a typical home.Currently have 104F here in Northern Illinois.
Well, that's the surface temperature of the outside of the gray solid colored stained cement siding on the south side wall of my house.
If only there was some cost effective way to capture that heat on the south facing walls and route it inside. I'd certainly consider an envelope style design if I were doing new construction in this area. I bet I could cut my heating bills to a third what they are, but that's still requires a low cost to get a decent payback.
-ERD50
Your icicles must be just about to the ground by now.
I hope we're still talking about real icicles.
I hope we're still talking about real icicles.
Getting nasty again down here in east Texas....
I think there is. I really like this guy's approach to the problem. ...
Curious. Although my memory of this is dimming, I recall hating the cold but loving the snow.... the older I get the more I hate winter; cold isn't too bad but I really dislike the snow.
Don't you just hate it when they all leave town?This morning there were no Fahrenheits in Dayton.