My first season living in snow

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: TripleAAA

Originally posted by: Marinski
If you have an air conditioning unit outside you may want to put a tarp or cover on it.

That's one thing I was wondering about. Can anyone else confirm this, because I've heard that you want to keep it open. I have a heat pump and as of right now, the outdoor unit is exposed.

Do NOT cover up a heat pump, you need the radiators on that thing exposed.

You don't need to cover an air conditioner either, the people I've talked with in HVAC say that it does as much harm as good.

ZV

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: TripleAAA

Originally posted by: Marinski
If you have an air conditioning unit outside you may want to put a tarp or cover on it.

That's one thing I was wondering about. Can anyone else confirm this, because I've heard that you want to keep it open. I have a heat pump and as of right now, the outdoor unit is exposed.

Cover it and shut it off. Snow and ice can do serious damage to it.

- M4H

We've never covered ours at the family home in Ohio and it's doing fine 16 years from original installation.

Besides he has a HEAT PUMP, not an A/C setup. It heats his house in the winter and he SHOULD NOT cover it since it will be in continuous use.

ZV

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: dirtylimey
I came from England (rarely any snow) to Wisconsin (just got 12+ inches). This is my second or third Snowy winter.

As far as driving goes, just take it slow and dont make any sudden turns or stops. I drive a ratty 94 Geo Prizm Manual trans and got to work just fine, while passing several cars and SUVs that had slid off of the road into snow banks.

If someone starts to tailgate you, just get into another lane. Not worth screwing around in slippery weather. With luck, they will pass you, skid off of the road, flip over into a ditch and burst into flames. Then you can laugh as you drive by.

:Q

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: TripleAAA
What about salt on your driveway and if leaving for an extended period of time, don't you want to have your faucets drip water to keep them from freezing?

If your driveway is sharply angled, you might need a little salt, but on a flatter one you shouldn't really need it.

LOL @ faucets question. If the water gets that cold in your house, you have serious plumbing problems.

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
its a good thing you didn't move to a northern state or to Canada.

😉

Yeah, you'd have to write your driving test on a dogsled. :beer:😀

- M4H

What the hell does pipes freezing have to do with plumbing problems? No matter what kind of pipe you use if it is below freezing in your house the pipes will burst.

I don't know where you're at, but in Socialist Canada, where water freezes you, we have heated pipes to prevent this. They're only heated to a few degrees above freezing, but that's all that's needed.

We also have this nifty stuff called "insulation" - it helps keep the temperature in our houses above 0C/32F. We do this thing called "closing the door" and "shutting the windows" - that helps keep it a few degrees warmer. I hear there's this thing called a "furnace" but we don't have those yet - we still burn wood and fight polar bears for warmth up here.

- M4H

Are you serious? Damn, I wanna come to Canada, have water freeze me, see your uber heated pipes, and be warm with your insulation. Closing the door seems drastic, though. Does it really get that cold? I'm in your house, steal yourz heat.

And :camera:s of fighting polar bears. If not, SHENS!!!
lololololololololol

 

[chuckywang]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA.... I read the title and summary and just LOL'ed.

I lived in real winter weather all my life, and that just cracks me up. OH NOES THE SNOWZ!!!

 

[dennilfloss]

Never covered my window AC. In fact, I still use it unless it's below -10C for the many African immigrants in the building complain all the time and the central heating plus my overclocked computer make my apartment toasty enough that opening windows 4-5 inches cannot cool it sufficiently.

 

[thehstrybean]

I wish it would snow in TN this year. We got flurries a couple of days ago and I went home and made sure my 4WD worked...🙁