Subj : vertlogs/insulation/water
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Feb 10 2025 10:54:00

Hello Rob!

** On Friday 07.02.25 - 01:34, Rob Mccart wrote to me:

 RM> They spray it under a lot of buildings here and a thin
 RM> layer expands to a couple of inches of foam. They can
 RM> force it between walls as well and let it expand to fill
 RM> the area but with the unconventional way my place is built
 RM> that would be difficult and likely not work well leaving a
 RM> lot of gaps.

How big is the cabin?  Is the floorplan a plain rectangle  
shape?

Why not just build a skirt all around the exposed parts and  
then fill the entire underside with foam?


 AA>> [...]  HOw about building
 >> a rock/concrete barrier right up against the house/
 >> foundation so that they can't find a way to get in?

 RM> Difficult and expensive, but I could redo the insualtion
 RM> under the place and then put up sheets of plywood totally
 RM> covering the bottom of the building.

Ah.. but that would be a horizontal application of insulation  
parallel to the floors above, and then covered with plywood?

That's probably wiser, especially if you may still need access  
to maintain a drainage or a water feed.


 RM> ..I got rolled insulation, about 3 inches
 RM> of fiberglass, about 3.5 feet wide with a fairly heavy reinforced
 RM> vinyl on the bottom side..

Sounds like it's time for a fresh redo of the same?


 RM> Some animals can surprise you. I heard a racket outside
 RM> late one night and came out to find 2 raccoons on the
 RM> outside of the house trying to pry the aluminum siding off
 RM> to either try to get in where it was warmer or they heard
 RM> mice in the walls and were trying to get in at them.

Ah.. The live wilderness channel.


 AA>> How about bottles/jugs onto a sled?

 RM> If I were having a lot more trouble I'd consider
 RM> something, but trying to fill bottles from a hole in the
 RM> ice would be a lot more time consuming than filling a
 RM> bucket or two.

Some sort of portable pump with one end that can go right in a  
jug.

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