On the Road

Remember, Peter, our friend living in an extremely cold climate?  I recently touched base with him to ask if he’s bracing for the cold again this winter.  Here’s what he had to say….

Actually…ive spent more time this year insulating!! straw bales again only this time covered with tarps! thicker styrofoam over the windows (after thermo-cizing…plastic layering), thicker insulation (R6 fiberglass) over the door (using Gorilla Tape) and all access doors. last thing i have to do is insulate the underside of the expander because it seems a lot of cold gets thru there for some reason. the 4foot x 12 inch x 1inch styrofoam strips you find at most home improvement places for garage doors works great for window, skylight and misc insulation purposes. Water line is re-insulated with a new heat tape strip and covered once again by the 2×4 covers i made to keep the wind off the line. i also re-insulated the line that crosses the door threshold..found out last winter that that one spot will freeze if its cold enough outside. (dumb place to run water lines if you ask me) . Almost time to cover the AC unit too…

Honestly I don’t know how he does it, I get cold just reading his emails!