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re: Those with 2 story raise houses
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:44 pm to ellishughtiger
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:44 pm to ellishughtiger
Wear slippers
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:45 pm to dagrippa
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Yep...the previous owner sprayed foam and we had a powderpost beetle problem. Had to rip all of the foam off and treat.
I just poked my head under the house and it's insulated but not with spray foam. When this lawsuit is finalized i'm going to demand spray foam rather than the fiberglass bs.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:46 pm to Y.A. Tittle
They do make regular insulation and hangers for your sub floors. I just had mine done and it has made a big difference on the electric bill so far. Our pest control told us not to go with spray foam because it would void our warranty for termites, reason being it is harder for moisture to escape if you spring a leak somewhere.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I've heard some cautionary stuff about the under-house spray foam
Any time you use spray foam you take the risk of being unable to easily remedy or, most importantly, identify problems such as termites, water rot and mold. Doing a spray on an older house is almost certainly going to create other issues, because you would be spraying over gas and water pipes.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:53 pm to Damone
good to know, thanks
the floors are original cypress which hold up well to termites.
fwiw, we have two ac units for upstairs and down and our energy bill runs around $250/mt in summer months. We were gone most of the colder days in December so I'll find out how much my bill will be at the end of this month. Lesson learned, old houses are charming as F but expect shite ton issues if you renovate one.
the floors are original cypress which hold up well to termites.
fwiw, we have two ac units for upstairs and down and our energy bill runs around $250/mt in summer months. We were gone most of the colder days in December so I'll find out how much my bill will be at the end of this month. Lesson learned, old houses are charming as F but expect shite ton issues if you renovate one.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:53 pm to ellishughtiger
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Currently, have the chiminea lit outside.
Is that helping keep the inside of your house warm?
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:55 pm to tgrbaitn08
ha no but I have some grateful dead playing and a glass of red poured. It actually feels better outside than inside currently.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:56 pm to ellishughtiger
I assume you have a fireplace or two? You should get them burning.
What show?
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I have some grateful dead playing
What show?
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:58 pm to ellishughtiger
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ha no but I have some grateful dead playing and a glass of red poured. It actually feels better outside than inside currently.
What your address? Me and Glassman are at Henry’s. We’re coming over.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:59 pm to Damone
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I assume you have a fireplace or two? You should get them burning.
we have 4 fire places in the house but none or accessible
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What show?
Whatever's on pandora
Posted on 1/2/18 at 2:59 pm to ellishughtiger
I have a 105 yr old home I renovated this yr. First winter here. I was waiting to insulate the floors until winter (you should not insulate in summer if the AC has been running) and didnt get to it. This is the first time I've had an issue and it still hasn't gotten under 60 on the first floor. If your insulated and at 50, I would be concerned with having some other issue.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 3:06 pm to ellishughtiger
I have 2 units, one for each floor of my Victorian styled home and keep both floors at 68-69 in winter.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 3:07 pm to ellishughtiger
My house is great in the summer, built in 1923, the owners before us got rid of the steam heat and put in central air and heat.
Thermostat upstairs, nice a toasty upstairs but the kitchen has been in the 50s this week with the frigid temps and they are just getting colder until next week.
Space heater in the kitchen. To take the dge off and use the oven as much as possible to cook
Thermostat upstairs, nice a toasty upstairs but the kitchen has been in the 50s this week with the frigid temps and they are just getting colder until next week.
Space heater in the kitchen. To take the dge off and use the oven as much as possible to cook
Posted on 1/2/18 at 3:28 pm to ellishughtiger
I grew up in one of those old antebellum style plantation homes here in the delta. Built before AC they were designed for maximum air flow through the house for hot summers. It originally had a fireplace in every room but most were sealed off except in the living room and main hallway. The house was in awful shape when we got it we had busted Windows replaced, entire new roof, floors revarnished, painted inside and out, replaced rotten wood. Both fireplaces were converted to gas. We had central heat and air installed...2 huge units just for the downstairs alone which was 4,000 sq ft. The upstairs was another 2,000 and had a 3rd seperate unit. Anyways we didn't redo any insulation and well apparently it didn't have any at all in the walls. It had those old windows with thd pull rope and weights inside the wall and they were drafty as hell.
When it got cold like this is took running every unit plus the fireplaces to keep it warm, along with closing off the rooms on the north end of the house due to the north wind. I remember nights if you went into the living room on the north end you could see your breath with the heat running. And that wooden floor would wake you up real quick in the morning when your bare feet hit it, as the house sat 3 ft off the ground. I think the gas bill was 5 grand one month
When it got cold like this is took running every unit plus the fireplaces to keep it warm, along with closing off the rooms on the north end of the house due to the north wind. I remember nights if you went into the living room on the north end you could see your breath with the heat running. And that wooden floor would wake you up real quick in the morning when your bare feet hit it, as the house sat 3 ft off the ground. I think the gas bill was 5 grand one month
Posted on 1/2/18 at 3:36 pm to ellishughtiger
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old houses are charming as F but expect shite ton issues if you renovate one.
It's never ending. Always a new project.
The one I grew up in was always plumbing issues cause the pipes were mostly this black type of pipe they used before pvc was invented. They were brittle as hell. And the septic tank was made of brick and about the size of an aquarium because when it was installed there were no toilets in the house, just sinks and tubs. When we replaced the septic with a modern one we dug up a coffin
Posted on 1/2/18 at 4:04 pm to deltaland
Yup, have a 2-story house built in the 1890's. The bottom floor is frigid and has NO subfloor at all. Just the floorboards directly on the floor joists. One day we will look at installing subfloors.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 5:38 pm to ellishughtiger
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renovated our 115 year old house
Young blood. We have a house built (at least part of it before later expansions) in 1790~
Posted on 1/2/18 at 5:52 pm to ellishughtiger
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We just renovated our 115 year old house last year.
2018 - 115 = 1903. The same year as the Wright Brothers airplane.
Your house precedes the revolution in physics from Einstein and the Model T.
1900
The zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
1901
King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor.
The first radio receiver, successfully received a radio transmission.
1902
Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
George Claude invented neon light.
1903
Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
The Wright brothers invent the first gas motored and manned airplane.
Mary Anderson invents windshield wipers.
William Coolidge invents ductile tungsten used in lightbulbs.
1904
Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
Benjamin Holt invents a tractor.
1905
Albert Einstein published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
1906
William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
1907
The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu.
1908
Model T first sold.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 6:45 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I’m more concerned with my pool pipes freezing.
Letting my pump run 24/7 this week. Don't want any surprises.
Posted on 1/2/18 at 6:51 pm to ellishughtiger
Got nothing but misery at my house. 4 foot raised and it's just cold as shite
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