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--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on January 29, 2018, 03:09:28 pm ---Actually I don't have to worry about the roof catching fire anytime since it's a metal roof.  This year is a snow poor year though with less than a foot on the ground right now.  Wind can whip heat out of a house pretty fast that's for sure but a good snow cover on the ground actually helps to keep heat in the house, I kind of miss it for that.  Hardly get creosote in my chimney with this new system we have, very efficient.  Wouldn't be able to keep a house warm without insulation up here, never mind the fact that it's part of the building code.  It's no problem keeping a house warm during the day but the nights are too long to use anything else but the densest wood we have up here.  I have 3 woodsheds for the house and 1 for the shop.  After 40+ years of heating with wood my motto is it's always best to be prepared
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Springbuck....Sometime I'll send ya some osage.
Marc....My roof is metal also and to be sure I have a back up propane furnace installed also but not hooked up.It's still like brand new.The building code for fire prevention really has nothing to do with the insulation above the ceiling and the walls.Just the proper air buffer area distance around stove pipes passing through floor joists to another story above and the roof also.That is all insurance companies are concerned with.If I want to freeze with no insulation....That's my business they figure.....lol.The motto I live by here is prepare for the worst and hope for the best too.
I found snow on the ground to help benefit the degree of depth of frost in the ground mostly if proper moisture is in the ground prior to the winter.Frost penetrates deeper into dry ground than moist ground.The snow can be a partial buffer to that though.Even green grass under snow piles after the thaw.We cover all man hole covers and bases around hydrants with a good foot to 1.5 foot of straw prior to winter also.There's nothing worse to fix than froze pipes underground in the winter.Water lines need to be a good 6' below the surface when laid in to be safe.
All in all yet there's no other place Id rather live.Teaching me to depend upon myself from experience solving problems with good work ethics and values and with knowledge of wiser ways to live by that's all and I'm sure you feel the same way about your area too.
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