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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:35 PM
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It's so friggen cold in my house...
I live in the draftiest house ever built...I swear I think the only reason why the builders put walls up was to prevent people from stealing our stuff...otherwise they serve no purpose! I'm huddled up in a blanket as I type. It's not easy to type in a blanket!
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:36 PM
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1. gas and a match my friend
say your stove started the fire, get a new house
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:37 PM
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3. lol...
it's a townhouse, so I don't think my neighbors will appreciate the inconvenience
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:38 PM
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5. tell em to go cheney themselves
lol
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:37 PM
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2. Turn the heat up.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:38 PM
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4. the heat is on constantly...
you can't feel it unless you stand directly over the vents
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:39 PM
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6. Hot cocoa or tea?
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 09:42 PM by SCRUBDASHRUB
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:40 PM
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7. That sounds like a plan...
I have some good green tea in the kitchen
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:43 PM
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8. I'm having a cup of hot cocoa. Green tea sounds tasty, too.
Get cozy!
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:45 PM
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11. I find heating pads helpful. The ones you can heat up in the micro.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:07 PM
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15. Rice socks are a cheap alternative!
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 10:08 PM by fleabert
fill a tube sock with regular rice and knot closed, put in the micro for sets of 30 seconds until it's the temp you want, presto, flexible heaters that last for about 30 minutes! Careful not to overheat, they can get REALLY hot if you don't pay attention. I usually end up doing them for two mins to get the temp I like.

add lavender oil or other scents you like to make it even better, the heat activates the smell!
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:10 PM
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16. I love all the helpful tips...
that I get on DU, everyday I learn something new that I probably never would have thought of on my own in a million years. Cheers :toast: to the DUers for being so smart and clever!
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:16 PM
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22. I can't take credit for it, it's an old trick we doula's use for
laboring moms! Great for back labor!

you're welcome! :hi:
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:13 PM
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18. Thanks. I think I will make one. I fight my husband for the 1 we have.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:18 PM
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24. you're welcome! Enjoy, I make little ones too, for my flea to snuggle! nt
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 10:19 PM by fleabert
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:46 PM
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14. Oh that looks so good!
I need hot cocoa now!
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:43 PM
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9. here is a tip
my house is about 64 degrees in the winter (too damn expensive to heat a big old house in the Chicago winters) and the best thing I had was one of those foot bath massager things. I got an old one at a garage sale for 50 cents, and it has a massage thing, and HEAT. I don't turn on the massage thing (noisy), and I don't put in water. I just keep it under my desk and put my sock feet in it. The heat is joyous, especially because the feet get cold after sitting at a computer for a long time.


Now my dorm room is 80+ degrees, and I can only be comfortable in a tank top :/
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:44 PM
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10. whoa that was my 600th post!
awesome.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:45 PM
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12. I never would have thought about one of those foot bath things...
I really ought to look into it...because once my feet get cold, my whole body goes
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:46 PM
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13. Might I suggest..
... drop by your local home improvement store and buy a case of caulk (about $20 for the medium-grade stuff) and a caulk gun ($5).

Fill all those cracks and gaps that let the cold in with nice gooey caulk. Yes, it is a messy job, but otherwise you are just heating the neighborhood instead of your house :)
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:11 PM
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17. I suggest silicone 2. It is more expensive but worth the price.
I have done several rehabs and updates and have decided never to use any other type of caulk.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:13 PM
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20. When we put new vinyl siding on our
house, we left the old siding on which included whatever insulation was already there. We caulked all the laps in the old siding, put r-board over it, caulked the gaps between the sheets, put the new vinyl siding on over the r-board. I can turn the heat up in the morning and then after about an hour, turn it off for most of the day, the house holds the heat that good.

By doing the siding like that, we put new windows in all around because they had to be set out a bit because of the extra thickness of the wall so now I have window sills inside for plants and stuff.

Outside noise is a minimum now and the house is much easier to heat.
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:14 PM
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21. Did you buy
plastic and duct tape for the cabal's 'homeland security' scheme? Wrap your exterior walls with it floor to ceiling . Good temp fix.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:18 PM
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23. I'm not a good patriot...
because I have neither plastic sheeting or duct tape. How ever will I be prepared for the 'terra-ists?
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Hans Delbrook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:13 PM
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19. Two words
Cashmere robe. I'd be freezing if I didn't have mine on right now. Mmmmmmm, cashmere - warm.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 10:19 PM
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25. I got to work tonight, outside all night... I'll think about you freezing
your butt off.
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