Winter

[IHCFan1950]

Another.- 35 real temp morning here in central Mn.-48 wind chill. By Sunday forecast 40 degrees , 75 degree difference. Maybe can start field work , ha ha.

I know it doesn't near compare with what most of yall have been experiencing, but for the past week or so, it has been down in the mid 20s for the low and mid 30s for the high. This weekend, we are looking at 69 on Sunday, and 77 Monday. I wish it would pick a season and stay there.

[outdoors4evr]

Where's that 2019 gardening thread? Man I need to find a warmer topic!

[v w]

Another.- 35 real temp morning here in central Mn.-48 wind chill. By Sunday forecast 40 degrees , 75 degree difference. Maybe can start field work , ha ha.

You beat us. National weather service says -19 this morning setting new record which was -15 in 1898. Clear sunny day hope to get up to zero, up to -12 now. No mail delivery today. Road is pretty much clear from traffic going by but I have not cleared my drive so it is day four. Beginning to get cabin fever. We are in the area with the gas problem. My normal routine is to head to my woodshop and run up the heat but today and probably tomorrow I'm not. Gas company hopes for noon tomorrow for the repair. We are holding our own well. Vern

[Lt.Mike]

Ditto hear Urbish
I also have wood back up, but too cold to go out to the wood pile.

We have a woodstove too and run it three basic times during the year, in late fall to hold off running the oil furnace, when it’s bitter to greatly reduce the amount of oil the furnace uses, and in the early spring instead of the furnace.
When we lost power for two weeks following hurricane Sandy it kept our home warm and comfortable.
It’s an older Upland 207 without glass doors so you can’t see the fire but it will heat the entire house. We keep a small pot of water on a hot plate on top of the stove to slowly evaporate down and with that we don’t get that dry air issue.
Though we keep a 10’ wood rack on the concrete against the house just outside the back door yes we get tired of going out to get it. Also the family room where the stove sits gets around 80 and is a little warmer than Paula likes it so we’ve been burning more oil than wood this year.
If you don’t have one and you find a deal on a woodstove and pipe you may want to grab it.
I have one in the barn as well but without the insulation the house has it doesn’t work as well unless you park your butt right in front of it. If it’s 10 degrees out it might bring it to 30 in the barn.
To get it nice out there I use a TSC 80,000btu turbo heater which may be loud but does the job nicely. Yesterday it was 7 degrees out but it had it 65 degrees in the barn. It does have a drawback as it’ll blow through kerosene and at $7 a gal that ain’t cheap.
It’s supposed to be able to burn diesel too, ($2.79gal) but not sure how how pleasant that will be.
There’s that level of concern in my head so I mounted a digital CO meter/alarm on the wall which I watch to keep from gassing myself.
So far with the kerosene it’s hasn’t moved off “000”. We’ll see what it does with diesel.

[SONNY]

minus 20 here for last two nights, yesterday high was minus 11. They say up to 50 for weekend. believe it when I see it! My drive is still snowed in, can't get out to work in this cold so guess it will stay closed til it melts. Nothing will start anyway, so why fight it!
The 2019 garden thread is open! LOL!!! thanks; sonny

[toehead]

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It’s supposed to be able to burn diesel too, ($2.79gal) but not sure how how pleasant that will be.
There’s that level of concern in my head so I mounted a digital CO meter/alarm on the wall which I watch to keep from gassing myself.
So far with the kerosene it’s hasn’t moved off “000”. We’ll see what it does with diesel.

I've got a dual-fuel DESA and the only difference I notice with Diesel vs. Kerosene is it smells a tiny bit more on first startup with the Diesel. After the front starts glowing red I can't notice any difference in smell or performance.

I switched to diesel and haven't looked back.

[Willy]

Low teens yesterday morning and upper teens this morning with not enough snow on the ground here in NW Tennessee to be worth mentioning. Probably because I put the blade on the Cub a couple of weeks ago.

I did get the Cub out a few days ago to haul some stuff off on the trailer. Once it warmed up, it ran fine. I kind of hated to finish the job and put it back into it's spot in the shop.

[Eugene]

Going to put on my T-shirt and shorts this weekend, 60 degrees. Start working on my sun tan.

Today, 3rd day in a row, school closed due to the very low temperatures. Only been out of the house for short in town trips.

Getting bored. To cold to go the acreage shop. All in town, basement shop projects completed except for the 1980 Eska outboard motor, waiting on parts.

[ricky racer]

It's been -20 for a few days with windchill in the -40's and pushing snow daily. Monday I might ride my motorcycle to work...

[Slim140]

Question for y'all that live in the really cold parts......how deep do you bury a water line and how do you keep your water lines from freezing where they come in the house? We have a heater in our well house and leave our water running at the faucet when it gets below 28 degrees.

[Eugene]

Question for y'all that live in the really cold parts......how deep do you bury a water line and how do you keep your water lines from freezing where they come in the house?

Ask you local building contractors for the frost/freeze line depth. In central Missouri, minimum depth of 3 feet. Edit. You could probably look that information up on the internet.

In Iowa, shop building, I used electrical heating tape wrapped around exposed water lines. The tape was designed to turn on at 32 degrees. Iowa house, the water line was about 3 1/2 feet below ground surface.

In current house, central Missouri, basement bathroom with water pipes next to exterior wall. I use an oil filled space heater set on lowest temperature level when the temperatures drop to around 10 degrees.

[indy61]

Question for y'all that live in the really cold parts......how deep do you bury a water line and how do you keep your water lines from freezing where they come in the house? We have a heater in our well house and leave our water running at the faucet when it gets below 28 degrees.

Depends on area. Our area is around 32" for code. Most wells use a submersible pump and don't have a pump house.

[Urbish]

Question for y'all that live in the really cold parts......how deep do you bury a water line and how do you keep your water lines from freezing where they come in the house? We have a heater in our well house and leave our water running at the faucet when it gets below 28 degrees.

My water lines are buried at 4' deep. I have heat tape where my water line comes up through the floor in the corner of my shop as that area has been getting down to 20º over the past few days with the shop heater set at 45º. I don't have any issues with where the water lines enter and exit my basement as it is in an open are that gets good heat from the furnace.

[radioguy41]

The pipe from the well to the house is down almost 6 feet only because I had the back of the house backfilled after the pipe was laid.

[Lt.Mike]

It's been -20 for a few days with windchill in the -40's and pushing snow daily. Monday I might ride my motorcycle to work...