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Winterizing livestock -- Why doesn't anyone talk about this?
Comments (37)I have only seen one solar water heater, used for horses. It worked OK. Downsides were it did not hold a lot of water, like 20 gallons. Good for one horse, not for multiples. It has a floating ball cover, which got frozen when horse dripped on it. Some vegtable oil is supposed to help prevent the freezing problem. It also was pretty expensive for a plastic unit. The person who owned it, was satisfied, only had one horse. Another idea to consider would be a propane water tank heater. Also rather expensive, but appears to be a well thought out idea in several designs. Do a search for sellers. Lots of cattle and sheep owners who pasture animals where there is no electric available. Those who owned them were pretty happy with the heaters. You could resell it when you didn't need it anymore, probably get most of your money back. Not sure how fast heaters go thru fuel. The livestock owners did protect the fuel tank and heater unit, so animals could not reach or rub against it. Cows are so ready to break things rubbing on them, that good protection would be important!! We insulate our tanks inside wooden boxes. This does hold in the heat, keeps water from freezing quickly. We have electric heaters, so it saves us money not running heaters all the time....See MoreHVAC in the attic?
Comments (24)Mighty Anvil asked....What kind of HVAC system? Is there perimeter eave space around the second floor perimeter? I don't know as of yet what system will be used. Probably something rather standard. And there won't be much eave space as I see it. (please see link... Our plan is a stretched version of this plan, with the bathroom moved to where the bedroom is now and the plan stretched another 12 feet to make room for the bedroom that the bathroom pushed aside.) As we have drawn the plan now, the living room goes from gable end to gable end, and we'd like to vault that one room's space. In other words, there will be two zones of attic space....one above the kitchen... and one above the new bathroom and bedroom. The vaulted living room will cut these two attic spaces from each other. Only one 8x8 bathroom AC'd on the bottom (garage) floor. However, we are considering a temporary (5years) guest bedroom downstairs. Considering a window unit for the temp room. No basement and sited on the MS gulf coast. Hot and humid. Thanks for ALL the responses... Gary and Frog... I will look at the links tomorrow. ....Spidey hearing ....!!! Here is a link that might be useful: garage apartment...See MoreVent - why doesn't anyone want my business? : (
Comments (15)I own a small kitchen cabinet showroom and I would take your business! I can give you some insight however to the problems you are facing. First of all, buying one cabinet isn't the issue. For me, the delivery is. I use a local service and for me to deliver one cabinet (up to 5) the cost is $250. A whole kitchen costs $350, but no more than $550. To add that cost to the cost of the cabinet, is usually cost-prohibitive. I fortunately, have as my business partner, a contractor with a truck who will do these smaller deliveries for me. However if it is a larger cabinet, he needs another man, who must be paid, and the problem starts again! As far as countertops, kitchen cabinet showrooms usually do not fabricate their own tops. The way this works is, I as the owner, am charged one price, and then I am supposed to sell it to you with an upcharge. This is all well and good except I have NO control over who is making/delivering your top. When they don't show up as planned, when the seam is wrong, etc..., you, as the buyer are mad at ME, and I had no control. It is not worth the $ I could potentially make. Therefore, my practice is to give my customers MY price, thereby alleviating me of the responsibility. My customers can deal directly with the countertop people. I make it very clear. You get my price, but I am not involved. Everyone is happy! : ) That having been said, I will always help anyone with a small jobs - guide you and explain all of this so you don't feel brushed off. Good luck!...See MoreKeeping voles out of your garden
Comments (9)I would go for metal below ground. And the spaces or mesh size on both the above and below ground barriers better be really small, less than a 1/2". I use 1/4" mesh on plants I don't want to lose. Even on a small lot it would be expensive and labor intensive. And you would have to be 100% certain that you didn't have even one pregnant female or one of each within bounds since those little guys can make babies like nobody's business. I find it more practical to protect individual plants and then for the rest use plants that they like less than grass or that can outgrow their munching. But my gardens are larger than yours and the supply of voles is unlimited. Consider getting a cat. Ours did a pretty good job of controlling the population so that plant death was minimal....See Moreklem1
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