Moron

I've been scratching my head trying to figure out why I'm working a lot harder to keep the house warm this year than I should be especially when its windy. Stove seems ok and wood is better than ever. Went down into the walkout lower level this morning and figured it out. The wind may have made the problem worse but the root cause was 8 full size windows not closed tight and latched Worst part is we are on an exposed ridge and those windows face the prevailing wind. At least they will be closed for January

 

That was an easy fix, could have been worse at least the glass wasn't broken.

 

just my pride...burning 3 yo Oak while the windows are open is pretty freakin dumb

 

Yeah nothing worse than all that hard work CSS the oak, waiting for it to dry, then going right out the window.

 

It's comforting to know I'm not the only cretin out there.

 

It's kinda like when I went all winter without putting the storm Windows down on my single panes. Once I figured that out heating was no problem.

 

Sounds like something I would do.

 

I do the same thing, follow my wife around

 

It's good to be well trained lol

 

It's worse when your the household bill payer, which I am. That's why I'm anal about lights, water usage and the thermostat in the summertime.

 

Been there. I now have 2 pieces if 2" poly-iso foam board I cut to fit for the "bonus room" windows. I make sure everything is buttoned down before I install them, then I know that area is good to go for the season. Really makes a difference.
S&W, when did you swap your Cat last?

 

Still working on the buttoning down plan. I thought I would be good with metal clad wood windows in a 2x6 wall system with 3/4 ply/felt/1"foam/tyvek/wood siding but I've gotten a real lesson in air tightness on this ridge. This is part of the reason it wasn't immediately obvious what the problem was for the last 3 months. I think I've decided to integrate interior storms into the finish carpentry plan at least on the windward side of the house. There are 33 windows and 4 glass doors on that side of the house and our peak winds are in January. We really pay for the view when its 0 and blowing 20+. The King runs wide open quite frequently and my firewood strategy is designed around these days - I produce 8x8x18s out of anything I can no matter what oddballs it makes out of the rest of the round.

I'm at 15,000 hours on the cat and its time for a new one. It still works but is crumbling pretty badly in the middle.

 

Add me to the Moron Club membership. I've got a basement door that won't stay shut due to the wind. After freezing my azz off tonight, I finally went down and fixed the deadbolt on the door. Hopefully that holds up. It's already 10 degrees warmer in here.

BTW, I hate basements. Just thought I would throw that in.

 

Got a laugh on this one, found 3 windows that had open storms.. oops. I must have had a dumb *ss attack this fall.

 

Heck last year I had my front door blow open and the house was at 35 degrees downstairs when I woke up..........

 

Why? I've got to say that I really look forward to winter and spending time (too much) in the basement (workshop). Especially when it is lousy weather outside. Just makes me want to "hunker down" I guess. I'll even save projects to complete/repair for the winter months!

 

Hard to keep warm, here they are always damp and flooding is common, and most impotantly, they are creepy. Lol.