Subj : temperature dropped down
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Feb 04 2025 01:40:00

RM> the main heater running on and off as needed but I need
RM> some work sealing things up better when it gets windy.
RM> Vertical log cabin with siding on it and some insulation
RM> but more intended to handle cool days in spring and fall
RM> than the cold of winter.

AA>I don't think I know anyone else with a vertial log cabin. I
  >know several people with cordwood and haybale homes in this
  >area though.

I'd never seen that before we bought here. They take round logs
about 7 inches aound and split them down the middle, then offset
them and nail the flats together so you have the appearance of
vertical round logs on the inside and the outside. These places
were built a while back though, 70 years or so..

AA>Can you simply add a layer of insulation on the outside of the
  >existing facing? I've seen that done on some homes in the area

Back around 38 years ago I added framing to the outside and ran
horizontal aluminum siding and put in better windows and a vapour
barrier and 3 inches of fiberglass insulation in the walls, floors
and ceiling, but it was difficult making the place air tight and
the years have probably deteriorated that original work of mine,
or the mice have chewed it to crap..   B)

What would be better these days would be to remove the siding
and have expanding foam insulation sprayed directly onto the
outside logs and possibly the floors too. I've had mice, squirrels
and raccoons rip the insulation loose under the floors to either
take it away to make nests or they actually get up between the
insulation and the warmer floor and make a nest there, obviously
stretching the heck out of the rolled vinyl/fiberglass insulation
I used under the floors. Living in the woods is lots of fun..  B)

RM> [...] Imagine carrying 2 full pails of water up hill
RM> through snow often up to your knees..

AA>Can imagine. I've done something almost similar when I needed
  >to provide a supply of wash/flush water when my pump/well
  >developed combined issues one summer.  I live next to a small
  >lake.  I fetched water from the lake to the house when I needed
  >to top-up my 120L supply in two 60L bins.  It is a short 100ft
  >(30m) walk and a modest incline from the lake to the house, but
  >with just two 10L buckets it took a while. The laundry machine
  >would take a minimum 25L for a small wash.

Yes, it's about 250 feet from my place to where I have the 'box'
on the ice where I have my water hole. That places it more than
100 feet from shore, but it's shallow for a ways out and at the
start of winter the water drops enough to move the shore line out
another 20 to 30 feet. The last 60 feet or so back is relatively
steep uphill on bare bedrock. By the time I get to the cottage it's
starting to wear on me some, which is why I shovel the paths so
I'm not fighting my way through deep snow as well.

I have some snow shoes as well but I was finding them too awkward
to use for that. I tend to trip over them when carrying 2 pails of
water, and the hill is too steep to put the pails of water onto
a sled and pull it up behind me..

RM> You can tell I'm an older Canadian the way I jump between
RM> metric and the old system for measurments..

AA>I bounce around using both systems depending on the application
  >too.  Around here, driving distance is simply measured in
  >MINUTES though! :D

I find myself most comfortable with a rather weird mix. I prefer
temperatures above freezing in Fahrenheit but below freezing in
Celcius. I prefer distances in miles but have grown accustomed to
speed limits in KPH.. And prefer height (and carpentry) in feet and
inches to metric..

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