 |
Zero Degrees Overnight
In case some of you didn’t quite believe me when I complained about the cold, this is a photograph of the INSIDE of one of our windows. Outdoor temperatures hit zero Farenheit last night. And yes we need to get much better windows, these ones leak cold everywhere. |
We’re in a 75 year old adobe house. It was 5° by window this morning; colder out at the dog pen. One thing we’ve done is to put plastic sheet over the outside of the windows (clear silicone caulk and thinnest plastic drop cloths we can find) and used that window treatment stuff on the inside (use heat gun or hair drier on plastic to make it shrink/adhere to glass). This has raised interior temps by 10°. Yeah, it’s kinda’ redneckish but with such an old house, other than tearing out windows made by my grandfather (wavy glass and all), we don’t have much choice.
Brrr!
We’re in a 75 year old adobe house. It was 5° by window this morning; colder out at the dog pen. One thing we’ve done is to put plastic sheet over the outside of the windows (clear silicone caulk and thinnest plastic drop cloths we can find) and used that window treatment stuff on the inside (use heat gun or hair drier on plastic to make it shrink/adhere to glass). This has raised interior temps by 10°. Yeah, it’s kinda’ redneckish but with such an old house, other than tearing out windows made by my grandfather (wavy glass and all), we don’t have much choice.
Brrr!
Mary tries very hard to avoid pushing me into finishing home improvement projects, but we really need to insulate our doors and windows. 😉
Mary tries very hard to avoid pushing me into finishing home improvement projects, but we really need to insulate our doors and windows. 😉
Until you get better windows, heavy drapes will cut down on your heating costs.
Until you get better windows, heavy drapes will cut down on your heating costs.
Yeah, 3M insulator kits are a good band-aid.
The previous owner of my house did a good job of updating the windows… I have been just as cold as you guys, but no frost or condensation. I am even running humidifier, so there is plenty of moisture for frost/condensation. Updating your windows will help you save air-conditioning costs in the summer as well.
Yeah, 3M insulator kits are a good band-aid.
The previous owner of my house did a good job of updating the windows… I have been just as cold as you guys, but no frost or condensation. I am even running humidifier, so there is plenty of moisture for frost/condensation. Updating your windows will help you save air-conditioning costs in the summer as well.
Ooh, that picture brought back memories of my college dorm. The communal bathroom windows looked like that the first few days of cold weather, and only got worse. After several weeks of below-freezing temperatures we were starting to come up with names for the glacier that was flowing down the windowsill! They’ve since torn that dorm down.
New windows are not cheap but worth it long-term (no news to you, I’m sure). A couple people I know with workable carpentry skills have been replacing their windows one at at time as money allows. They feel warm and righteous.
Ooh, that picture brought back memories of my college dorm. The communal bathroom windows looked like that the first few days of cold weather, and only got worse. After several weeks of below-freezing temperatures we were starting to come up with names for the glacier that was flowing down the windowsill! They’ve since torn that dorm down.
New windows are not cheap but worth it long-term (no news to you, I’m sure). A couple people I know with workable carpentry skills have been replacing their windows one at at time as money allows. They feel warm and righteous.
the people who built our house cut through the wall in the kitchen to put in a swamp cooler. (near the floor?) We keep forgetting to cover the outside of it. AND there is NO cover for the inside part.
This year I used the window plastic stuff to cover the inside part (it really cut down on cold breezes) and the other day I noticed ICE all around the edges of the plastic on the inside. I can grab handfuls of ice off of the plastic!
We will do better next year. Cover outside, stuff old pillow inside, create a real cover of some kind for inside. sheesh!
Hey, the good part is that is where we store our pop… icy cold! 🙂
the people who built our house cut through the wall in the kitchen to put in a swamp cooler. (near the floor?) We keep forgetting to cover the outside of it. AND there is NO cover for the inside part.
This year I used the window plastic stuff to cover the inside part (it really cut down on cold breezes) and the other day I noticed ICE all around the edges of the plastic on the inside. I can grab handfuls of ice off of the plastic!
We will do better next year. Cover outside, stuff old pillow inside, create a real cover of some kind for inside. sheesh!
Hey, the good part is that is where we store our pop… icy cold! 🙂
So maybe I won’t fuss so much about it having gotten to 27 outside, here. (Was colder on the Livermore side of the hill.)
So maybe I won’t fuss so much about it having gotten to 27 outside, here. (Was colder on the Livermore side of the hill.)
Tonight: Let’s hang those sheets. 😀
Tonight: Let’s hang those sheets. 😀
whoa, that’s cold. I don’t think I’ve ever seen zero farenheit. We had -17 centigrade (which we’re supposed to call celsius now, of course) a few years back. now, lessee… -17 +40 = errr, 23. divide by 5, 4.6, times 9, errrm…36+5.4 = 41.4… -40 again and we get 1.4 farenheit. OK, close enough for jazz to zero. Days like that you’re glad of a car which runs on petrol (gas, for you lot over there); I remember having to get the blowlamp onto the diesel filter on mine on that occasion.
However, that’s exceptional in this area, thanks to the gulf stream.
BTW: that conversion is my favourite, and better IMHO than the one with the 32s in it. works on the basis that the 2 scales co-incide at -40. Add 40, mutliply by 9/5 or 5/9 depending on which way you’re converting, subtract 40. You remember the 5/9 or 9/5 bit by the fact that generally, for normal temperatures, the farenheit numbers are bigger, so you multiply so as to make the numbers bigger when going from C to F.
whoa, that’s cold. I don’t think I’ve ever seen zero farenheit. We had -17 centigrade (which we’re supposed to call celsius now, of course) a few years back. now, lessee… -17 +40 = errr, 23. divide by 5, 4.6, times 9, errrm…36+5.4 = 41.4… -40 again and we get 1.4 farenheit. OK, close enough for jazz to zero. Days like that you’re glad of a car which runs on petrol (gas, for you lot over there); I remember having to get the blowlamp onto the diesel filter on mine on that occasion.
However, that’s exceptional in this area, thanks to the gulf stream.
BTW: that conversion is my favourite, and better IMHO than the one with the 32s in it. works on the basis that the 2 scales co-incide at -40. Add 40, mutliply by 9/5 or 5/9 depending on which way you’re converting, subtract 40. You remember the 5/9 or 9/5 bit by the fact that generally, for normal temperatures, the farenheit numbers are bigger, so you multiply so as to make the numbers bigger when going from C to F.
Wow. All that math makes my eyes blur and my brain go fuzzy.
Wow. All that math makes my eyes blur and my brain go fuzzy.