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marken
Citizen
Username: Marken
Post Number: 67
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 12:42 am: | 
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..... is so cool.
Now I can find all the drafty parts in my house so easily.
I didn't realize how much air comes through the outlets and switchplates.
And those single pane windows, mmmmmm nice and frosty, now.
Friday's AM forecast: wind chill below 20. Glad that new boiler is working, even if I do have a LUX thermostat.
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JGTierney
Citizen
Username: Jtg7448
Post Number: 82
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 8:20 am: |
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We laughed about that last night too..
Seems there is SO much air movememt in and out of our 'refinished' attic that we couldn't keep the door to the space closed. The wind in the attic kept opening it!
Hmmmmm....I don't think a little sealant is going to do it. |
kmk
Citizen
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 255
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 11:35 am: |
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I was at the vet today and mentioned my dog was acting strange. He said the wind was causing most dogs to go slightly "mad"! |
Jackie Day
Citizen
Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 186
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 1:29 pm: |
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Nice that you guys think it's cool but I hate wind. I get so nervous and paranoid about the gigantic, 100+ year old oak tree looming over my house, not to mention all the other trees in my neighborhood. I adore trees and I hate it when they get uprooted, plus that oak tree would squash my house if it ever decides to fall. I also don't like being in the city (I commute) in this kind of wind due to the idea of flying scaffolding, bricks and other foreign objects. Every year some poor schmoe gets hit in the head by an errant piece of something on a windy day like this. About the only thing I like about wind -- other than the idea of nature's majesty on a more tangible level - is that I get that cool howling wind sound (like on Halloween records) at my house. It's a cozy sound when you're snuggled in your bed (as long as I don't hear the whomp of an oak tree on my roof). |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 304
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 2:09 pm: |
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Jackie Day , I too worry about trees around my property . I have them tested every couple of years, from what I have been told sick trees fall down , healthy trees can handle the type of wind we had yesterday. |
marken
Citizen
Username: Marken
Post Number: 70
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 5:27 pm: |
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Testing is good, and fairly inexpensive peace of mind.
Our 130 foot, 4-foot diameter poplar tree (about 10 feet behind our house) just passed the "resistograph test" from Bartlett Tree Services. Cost $145.
Of course we also had another $1K of trimming work done on that tree and others around our property, but still, a good investment.
Now .... if only we could get our neighbors to test THEIR trees too ....
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jab
Citizen
Username: Jab
Post Number: 148
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2003 - 10:37 pm: |
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I can't believe that I just got a quote of $650 to cut up a tree that, thanks to yesterday's wind, is already on the ground. I'm tempted to borrow a neighbor's chainsaw and cut it up myself. So, can anybody tell me if chainsaws are difficult to use? |
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