kansasskydiver 0 #1 January 27, 2004 I just checked and it's 46 in my house... Now I understand why the people before me moved out and also why my gas bill was $200 while I was gone for a month. So I'm running a space heater in the computer room and then taking it upstairs and have an electric blanket...neither of them help though when the power goes out all the time I need some suggestions because a)I can't afford big bills like that b)I have to keep the heater running of the pipes will freez It's an old house, 100yrs old, plaster, crappy windows etc. What's a good fix to keep the heat in?<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #2 January 27, 2004 The plastic sheeting around the windows has helped me in the past. I assume that you have radiators for heat, have they been bled lately? If you can get the air out of the system they'll operate much more efficiently. You should be able to find something at Lowes or HomeDepot to automatically bleed the system, they're cheap, I'm told. Good luck. - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #3 January 27, 2004 actually i have 2 central air units. one for downstairs and one for upstairs<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #4 January 27, 2004 Two central air units? For heat? - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #5 January 27, 2004 Damn it - I am trying my hardest not to make a smart-ass comment right now!!!!! ARRRRGGHHHHH!!!!! =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #6 January 27, 2004 Make sure your lady is near by, Kansas... Women are proven to keep men warm, and at least one pipe won't freeze for sure...doh, was that out loud?? ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #7 January 27, 2004 ...beat ya to it...~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #8 January 27, 2004 QuoteMake sure your lady is near by, Kansas... YEAH - TELL THAT GIRL OF YOURS TO GO GET OFF HER BUTT & FIX YOUR HOUSE!!! GEEEZE, WHY ELSE DO GUYS KEEP GIRLS AROUND?!?!=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeryde13 0 #9 January 27, 2004 duck tape ( QUACK!) . go around every window and feel for air leaks, then any doors you don't use. then base ment if any. you got a basement? crawl space? water pipes won't freeze if you keep them running. if you don't pay water bill you might want to turn heater of and electric heat the room your in , and turn a few faucets on just a bit. best electric heater are those oil filled radiator if you tell me more about your house i'll tell you more what you can do. but basically, insulation is the thaaang. oh and pushups and think warm. good luck_________________________________________ people see me as a challenge to their balance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #10 January 27, 2004 Quoteactually i have 2 central air units. one for downstairs and one for upstairs Just turn on the AC and set it for 72 degrees. Problem solved. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kansasskydiver 0 #11 January 27, 2004 QuoteMake sure your lady is near by, Kansas... Women are proven to keep men warm, and at least one pipe won't freeze for sure...doh, was that out loud?? my lady lives in MN, even colder up there. Difference is though that they make houses up there that actually withstand the cold!!! And yeah there are 2 AC units in the house. One in the basement and one on the 2nd floor. Each one is seperate. I don't have so much of a problem upstairs as my room is a loft that used to be the atic. Heat rises and there is insulation up there. The rest of the house is insane, I can run the heat and it just keeps going and going<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jdthomas 0 #12 January 27, 2004 bro you have to manage all the air gaps, get stuff to cover the gaps at the bottom of the door, or where ever you may have a gap. Go to the feed store and by STRAW bails of hay and place them around the foundation of the house. Cover those windows ghetto style with Plastic and get the drafts out. Open the cabnet doors under the sinks so the pipes get what warmth there is. Lastly call the landlord/slumlord or a heat and air dude and get them to fix the furnace.. Stay warm, my old house is the same way.. burrwww.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ypelchat 0 #13 January 27, 2004 QuoteI just checked and it's 46 in my house... Now I understand why the people before me moved out and also why my gas bill was $200 while I was gone for a month. So I'm running a space heater in the computer room and then taking it upstairs and have an electric blanket...neither of them help though when the power goes out all the time I need some suggestions because a)I can't afford big bills like that b)I have to keep the heater running of the pipes will freez It's an old house, 100yrs old, plaster, crappy windows etc. What's a good fix to keep the heat in? Move to Canada! It's -50°c right now (including the wind chill factor) Just kidding..... I know how you feel... My utility bill, is going sky high right now. Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #14 January 27, 2004 Do you keep water running at a trickle all the time (that will help keep the pipes from freezing)? If you use a combo of towels and plastic around the windows and door-bottoms (the doors that may not get much use that is), that may help too. Your local hardware store may carry some insulating window "plastic" which uses adhesive around the window molding, then you use a hair drier to shrink the plastic to provide tension, and insulation. Once you done something to the "leaks", see how that helps. Then, find two or three Black & Decker Heater Fans (BDHF200). They have their own thermostats, a host of safety features (protection from tip-over/fire etc). Just throwing some ideas out there... Edit to add: Oh yeah, one more thing -- move to Southern California. It was sunny and in the 70s in LA today. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites marcandalysse 0 #15 January 27, 2004 i went to school (U of MN) through one winter in minneapolis. my apt was colder than imaginable. I complained to my landlord. He said "what do you expect, its the coldest winter in 50 years!" Yeah, right, I thought.....I had always heard about MN winters and had been expecting the worst. Turns out, it WAS the COLDEST winter in 50 years! (around 1977) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LouDiamond 1 #16 January 27, 2004 My house is at tropical level right now since I don't pay utilities. Ya got to love it, I can have a freezer in the summer and walk around in shorts in the winter"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kansasskydiver 0 #17 January 27, 2004 ok Lou, you suck lol<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kansasskydiver 0 #18 January 27, 2004 ok i give up, it's 44 now. i'm going to crawl into bed and wrap up in my electric blanket. hopefully the power doesn't go out again tonight like it has been doing, then it's just pointless and i can't stay warm no matter what<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bobsled92 0 #19 January 27, 2004 Wow, you are heating the outdoors somewhere at your palce_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #20 January 27, 2004 What kind of insulation is in the floor of the basement and in the attic.. buy some of the R-31 attic blanket stuff.. lay it down thick.. especially around the eaves.. (sides) Walls can be insulated with the blow in stuff by many companies.. usually some type of cellulose based stuff..they drill holes and fill the area between the inside and outer walls...best thing to do to raise the R value in older homes with plaster and lath. Closing off all the drafts is a good thing around doors and windows. Storm windows...2 layers of glass.. new windows with thermo panes or do the ghetto thing with DUCT tape and plastic. Storm Doors.. again 2 doors is better than one..inside door and external one with thermopanes.. as well as good seals around the door to cut out the drafts. Check for drafts around the electrical outlets.. they have little inserts that will seal them... When summer comes.. CALK with butyl.. all the gaps around windows and door frames, Also do not forget the sills where the house sits on the foundation. Hope that helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bch7773 0 #21 January 27, 2004 fire is warm. use fire. does the place have a fireplace? MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kansasskydiver 0 #22 January 27, 2004 Nope no fireplace in the house. I can't add anything to the walls as they are just solid plaster. I went around and duct-taped all the cracks around windows and doors. So far the house has stayed at an amazing 45 all morning and hasn't dropped. This could be also because it's warming up outside a bit as well. Some of the windows have an outer windows, some of them dont'. The ones that don't have the storm glass or whatever over them, had frost on them... But is is normal to have frost on the INSIDE of the house and not the outside? I'm going to get plastic and put it around the windows that are just by themselves. Need more duct-tape. I'm gonna take a picture later on of the house, it looks rather funny with blue, white and grey tape around every freaking crack in the world lol I guess they're right, crack does kill lol<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jmpnkramer 0 #23 January 27, 2004 QuoteI need some suggestions because QuoteMOVE SOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laters, .The REAL KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER! "HESITATION CAUSES DEATH!!!" "Be Slow to Fall into Friendship; but when Thou Art in, Continue Firm & Constant." - SOCRATES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. 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kansasskydiver 0 #11 January 27, 2004 QuoteMake sure your lady is near by, Kansas... Women are proven to keep men warm, and at least one pipe won't freeze for sure...doh, was that out loud?? my lady lives in MN, even colder up there. Difference is though that they make houses up there that actually withstand the cold!!! And yeah there are 2 AC units in the house. One in the basement and one on the 2nd floor. Each one is seperate. I don't have so much of a problem upstairs as my room is a loft that used to be the atic. Heat rises and there is insulation up there. The rest of the house is insane, I can run the heat and it just keeps going and going<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #12 January 27, 2004 bro you have to manage all the air gaps, get stuff to cover the gaps at the bottom of the door, or where ever you may have a gap. Go to the feed store and by STRAW bails of hay and place them around the foundation of the house. Cover those windows ghetto style with Plastic and get the drafts out. Open the cabnet doors under the sinks so the pipes get what warmth there is. Lastly call the landlord/slumlord or a heat and air dude and get them to fix the furnace.. Stay warm, my old house is the same way.. burrwww.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #13 January 27, 2004 QuoteI just checked and it's 46 in my house... Now I understand why the people before me moved out and also why my gas bill was $200 while I was gone for a month. So I'm running a space heater in the computer room and then taking it upstairs and have an electric blanket...neither of them help though when the power goes out all the time I need some suggestions because a)I can't afford big bills like that b)I have to keep the heater running of the pipes will freez It's an old house, 100yrs old, plaster, crappy windows etc. What's a good fix to keep the heat in? Move to Canada! It's -50°c right now (including the wind chill factor) Just kidding..... I know how you feel... My utility bill, is going sky high right now. Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #14 January 27, 2004 Do you keep water running at a trickle all the time (that will help keep the pipes from freezing)? If you use a combo of towels and plastic around the windows and door-bottoms (the doors that may not get much use that is), that may help too. Your local hardware store may carry some insulating window "plastic" which uses adhesive around the window molding, then you use a hair drier to shrink the plastic to provide tension, and insulation. Once you done something to the "leaks", see how that helps. Then, find two or three Black & Decker Heater Fans (BDHF200). They have their own thermostats, a host of safety features (protection from tip-over/fire etc). Just throwing some ideas out there... Edit to add: Oh yeah, one more thing -- move to Southern California. It was sunny and in the 70s in LA today. So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #15 January 27, 2004 i went to school (U of MN) through one winter in minneapolis. my apt was colder than imaginable. I complained to my landlord. He said "what do you expect, its the coldest winter in 50 years!" Yeah, right, I thought.....I had always heard about MN winters and had been expecting the worst. Turns out, it WAS the COLDEST winter in 50 years! (around 1977) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #16 January 27, 2004 My house is at tropical level right now since I don't pay utilities. Ya got to love it, I can have a freezer in the summer and walk around in shorts in the winter"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #17 January 27, 2004 ok Lou, you suck lol<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #18 January 27, 2004 ok i give up, it's 44 now. i'm going to crawl into bed and wrap up in my electric blanket. hopefully the power doesn't go out again tonight like it has been doing, then it's just pointless and i can't stay warm no matter what<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #19 January 27, 2004 Wow, you are heating the outdoors somewhere at your palce_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #20 January 27, 2004 What kind of insulation is in the floor of the basement and in the attic.. buy some of the R-31 attic blanket stuff.. lay it down thick.. especially around the eaves.. (sides) Walls can be insulated with the blow in stuff by many companies.. usually some type of cellulose based stuff..they drill holes and fill the area between the inside and outer walls...best thing to do to raise the R value in older homes with plaster and lath. Closing off all the drafts is a good thing around doors and windows. Storm windows...2 layers of glass.. new windows with thermo panes or do the ghetto thing with DUCT tape and plastic. Storm Doors.. again 2 doors is better than one..inside door and external one with thermopanes.. as well as good seals around the door to cut out the drafts. Check for drafts around the electrical outlets.. they have little inserts that will seal them... When summer comes.. CALK with butyl.. all the gaps around windows and door frames, Also do not forget the sills where the house sits on the foundation. Hope that helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #21 January 27, 2004 fire is warm. use fire. does the place have a fireplace? MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kansasskydiver 0 #22 January 27, 2004 Nope no fireplace in the house. I can't add anything to the walls as they are just solid plaster. I went around and duct-taped all the cracks around windows and doors. So far the house has stayed at an amazing 45 all morning and hasn't dropped. This could be also because it's warming up outside a bit as well. Some of the windows have an outer windows, some of them dont'. The ones that don't have the storm glass or whatever over them, had frost on them... But is is normal to have frost on the INSIDE of the house and not the outside? I'm going to get plastic and put it around the windows that are just by themselves. Need more duct-tape. I'm gonna take a picture later on of the house, it looks rather funny with blue, white and grey tape around every freaking crack in the world lol I guess they're right, crack does kill lol<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmpnkramer 0 #23 January 27, 2004 QuoteI need some suggestions because QuoteMOVE SOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laters, .The REAL KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER! "HESITATION CAUSES DEATH!!!" "Be Slow to Fall into Friendship; but when Thou Art in, Continue Firm & Constant." - SOCRATES Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
