[TheForge] 5 HP Motors

Thu Jan 29 18:05:20 2004

I can sympathize Aaron. We heat with oil and last month cost almost $200
too. I started cutting and splitting the day after we got the bill. I needed
to cut those trees anyway as that's where I want to build the shop.

We have 5" of urethane in the walls and 7" in the roof, low E windows and
darned air tight, 1800 sq', two stories on a full basement. The basement
daylights on the downhill side with 6' wide double doors, unfortunately
facing into the prevailing wind and -20f at 90mph will suck the heat from
anything.

Still, you've been hit harder than we have. We have Cook Inlet just a couple
miles from the house to moderate things. Nothing like 30'+ tides coming in
off the Japanese currant to cut the chill. Interior AK. is MUCH colder, -36f
in Fairbanks today.

+9f today, clear sunny, 3-5 mph wind from the NE. Aurora forcast tonight is
for moderate activity.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Silver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 5 HP Motors

> Bob-
>
> We're up in Upstate NY. Not as bad as Frosty, but compared to "normal"
> winters have been brutal.
>
> As for the house, the walls are supposedly insulated, but the windows are
> definitely sucking a lot of heat out. One of the projects for when the
> money is flowing a little better is to try and get modern windows in
there.
> In the meantime we're stuck with what we've got.
>
> To make matters worse, our house was built in 1777, so while it isn't a
> historically registered house, the better half doesn't want anything that
> would scream 20th century, so windows, new siding, etc have to look as
> close to authentic as possible. I'm just hoping I can find vinyl siding
> that doesn't scream machine made sometime before I have to scrape and
paint
> this ol' money pit.... I mean this wonderful old Colonial. :-)
>
> Ahh... The joys of home ownership. (And 2 of the coldest winters in the
> last decade or so.)
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> At 05:15 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
> >Aaron,
> >
> >I don't know where you live or how big your house is
> >but it sounds to me like insulation would pay off quick.
> >
> >Bob
>
>
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