Friday, October 07, 2005
This Old House
one of the downfalls of living in a very old house is that is gets darn cold in here. Gonna have to insulate the windows and stuff blankets against the doors. Josh's room doesnt even have a furnace vent. And if heat rises, why is it even colder upstairs???
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We lived in an old farmhouse like that for a couple of years. The only heat source for the three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs was a square hole in the hallway. It had a wood grate that connected with the dining room underneath. Guess heat was a luxury in those old houses.
I re-plastic my windows every winter.
last year I got the doors extra sealed with stuff that i bought at canadian tire.
It looks like a white trash house.
But Hell we're warm!!
You've stirred up some memories for me. Grew up in an old 1918 or so house. We had a stove in the kitchen that was electric and had a garbage burner on the side that warmed the kitchen in the morning. We would take our clothes to the kitchen to get dressed. Sawdust burner in the basement but that had to be "fed" so it wasn't always going in the morning. The house had a front hall that opened into the tiny living room. The fashion was to hang heavy drapes in the doorway so the cold from outside didn't come into the living room. We would close off the house except for the kitchen when it was really cold. I remember huddling behind my dad's big chair when the furnace was going. Hard work for my mom to keep it all going when dad was away so much. We were lucky with the sawdust burner. No wood chopping. I remember wood trucks dumping loads of firewood on front lawns. We would climb them on the way to school if the owners weren't quick to pile the wood. My how lucky we are to just turn on the thermostat. There is something to be thankful for. Thanks for reminding me.
L.
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