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Comments (15)Frank, my cherries, peaches and apricots have survived -20. The only problem I've had is with a very cold freeze in early December that split the bark on a Stella cherry. Stella isn't the most cold hardy cherry. My apricots and peach trees weren't harmed. The Stella just keeps motoring on and ignoring the split bark. I have 2 Stellas. One split, the other didn't. The one that split is the first to get the oncoming edge of cold winds. My peaches and apricots are the first to go to sleep; perhaps a month before the apples, so they are pretty well dormant by now. The apples seem to be able to take the cold....See Morecold air coming through electrical outlets?
Comments (17)The correct approach to retrofitting this problem is based on the type of elecrical box it was roughed in with, as mel explained. There are airtight exterior boxes, which it is highly unlikely that you have and even they need to be properly detailed to be truly airtight. There are solid fibrous material boxes, that will only leak where the wire penetrates the box, and the gap between the box and the sheetrock. I do not have a picture of that type of box. and then, there are the blue boxes, that leak in all the same places as the solid box does, in addition to every slot that is manufactured in them. The bigger they are, the more air they leak Adding gaskets only moves where the box leaks at, or intensifies the velocity by compressing the leakeage point as they will still leak thru the device itself. adding gaskets and child proof plugs, will work kind of, but it is a bandaid approach at best. Sealing all wire penetrations where they enter the box, will stop the leakage from inside the wall cavity and can be done after it is drywalled, but its very time consuming to get it done correctly, and if your going to do it, you just as well do it right. Sealing between the drywall and the box will stop that avenue also. Also, when you feel cold air entering the house, it will be on the positive pressure side of the house (The side the wind is blowing against). What you dont feel is the warm moist air leaving your hose thru the outlets and switches on the negative side, carrying warm air and moisture vapor. When that moisture vapor gets into the stud cavity, the vapor turns to water/ice (dependent on the wall cavity temperature) and condenses on the first surface that allows it. Unless the house is pressurized, either by wind, or a blower door, it is impossible to know that your approach to fixing the problem will indeed fix it, because if the wind isnt blowing, it may only appear to have been rectified. Ultimately, its an air barrier bypass, that few people know why or how to properly take care of in the pre drywall stage. Its an extremely easy fix, prior to drywalling, but very tedious at the stage you are at....See Moredoes anyone have experience with bellfires fireplace inserts?
Comments (7)I am actually in the chimney industry and we retail some select inserts and woodstoves. The bellfires is a fireplace unit we are considering to offer to our customers because of the great things we have heard from our customers who have them. I say expensive as compared to units like the Napoleon; basically units priced approx $2000 and under. I wish I could give you more accurate cost figures, unfortunately I don't have them at this point. I have not heard of any drawbacks from these customers. I do know of some specific benefits they have mentioned (and we have noticed): The unit burns wood so completely that much less wood is required, it puts out a significant amount of heat, and because of the efficiency of burning there is much less creosote build up in the chimney as compared to many woodburning inserts. The chimney will still need to be inspected and swept at least annually, but I believe the less creosote build up between sweeps the greater sense of peace of mind. I'm sorry I wasn't able to give you a ton of factual information but I hope this helps. I don't know if you have it already, but here is the bellfires website, I'm sure you can find more info or a dealer there. Here is a link that might be useful: Bellfires USA...See MoreCold Air return vent letting cold air into the room
Comments (2)Yes this house is pretty strange. Its an old farmhouse and when they put in the oil furnace (which we don't use) they just sort of slapped the registers here and there. We basically just stopped the cold air with batting and sealed it up with duck tape (neon pink). its already made quite a difference....See Moreosuengineer
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