I'm not into the cold.
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I retired 2 years ago from being a letter carrier for the USPS. 28 1/2 years of Rochester NY winters. Not a big fan of the cold weather anymore. Not so much a big fan of the heat either. That’s why I try to stay indoors. I control the climate.
Rochester is great, other than that long winter. Not as much snow as Buffalo, but
the sky was always cloudy for months. That and the car rust. Don't miss that at all."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
Right now feels like -24c or -11f.
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He hasn't been on the forum in years. I think he wrote us off.
Besides that, I think he was near Juneau which might actually be south of where Willow is.
We did have a member here from Yellowknife, janmike I think was his name? That's probably the guy who was farthest north in North America.
I could have froze his account LOL
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I have a 125 square new house to roof starting later this month on a lake that channels into lake Michigan. I wouldn't mind doing it in the summer, even if it was hot, because there is always a cool breeze by lake Michigan, but this time of year it's a bitter cold strong wind.
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One would think it's too cold to roof unless it was a metal roof.
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As long as I'm not out in the cold all day, I can handle it. The deep snow and blizzard winds in sub-zero are the nasty stuff. I love summer but the high humidity just gets brutal at times. Like my dad always said, when it's cold you just put more clothes on, but in the heat you can only take off so much. Hoping for a mild winter.
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One would think it's too cold to roof unless it was a metal roof.
It's not ideal, but I've never had a problem with an asphalt shingle roof that was installed in winter. I have some curved copper accent roofs on this project as well. -
Houses up here are built all year round. Told my son one day, if you get into a trade, try to do one once the walls and roofs are done so you can work comfortably.
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I worked on the back of pavers for decades and the heat never really bothered me as you learn to deal with it. But the cold and especially windy and cold days that would do me in. I always tried to have a fire on the job during the cold and if I couldn't I'd try harder to have one.
3rd shift was especially brutal late in the year. If you ever drove by a paving machine on the highway working after dark late in the year and you could see a fire burning in a metal pail chances are that was me. -
I have a 125 square new house to roof starting later this month on a lake that channels into lake Michigan. I wouldn't mind doing it in the summer, even if it was hot, because there is always a cool breeze by lake Michigan, but this time of year it's a bitter cold strong wind.
125 square!!! That is one gigantic house! I remember doing a 90 square roof on a church one winter. Stripping off several layers of shingles during the cold was great as we were moving enough to keep warm. Nailing the shingles down though that was no fun at all as you barely get to move. -
dromunds....
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Asphalt shingles aren't a big deal, they are made to flex with expansion and contraction as they heat up and cool down.
What I was referring to is stuff like trim work or laying down sheathing on a roof or a wall. Tight joints done in cold weather can lead to buckling, splitting and cracking in warm weather. Once you get below 40 degrees F, natural building products like lumber, OSB or high density particle board that aren't stabilized like plywood can change enough dimension to be as much as 1/8th of an inch off. Doesn't seem like a lot but if you are building something to 1/16th tolerances like most carpenters and framers do when making things "square", an 1/8th inch of expansion can create noticeable issues in the finished product over time. Either buckling and splitting/cracking or opening up joints significantly.
In framing, it's not such a big deal because framed structures flex by design. But trimming out windows or railings or porch columns or doors or even hanging doors where clean, tight, even, mitered joints are the name of the game, material expansion and contraction can create noticeable problems when warmer weather hits. You can have similar problems if you didn't do your finish work with tight enough tolerances because joints can open up in severely cold weather as well and that causes problems too.
I've seen the results of that from Captain Halfassery first hand. I have several drafty windows due to poorly trimmed casing and sills and even had a water problem from a poorly trimmed exterior door opening. Measured gaps increase by 1/16th of an inch or more on those problem spots when the weather gets below freezing. Captain Halfass tried to remedy the problem by boogering it up with expensive, color-matched caulking that separates in the joints/gaps it's supposed to seal every winter. I haven't even trimmed out the new porch columns yet because I ran out of warm weather. The project got delayed because I found a sewer leak behind a poorly finished wall in the basement that took priority in addressing. At the rate the weather is going right now, even though I'm planning on using vinyl trim boards, I'm probably not going to tackle it until spring unless I can get a stretch of mid-40 degree weather.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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skipshot12 wrote: »dromunds....
Where do you live, Alaska?
Wisconsin. lol -
skipshot12 wrote: »dromunds....
Where do you live, Alaska?
Wisconsin. lol
Close enough!
At least close enough you can smell Canaderp!Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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skipshot12 wrote: »dromunds....
Where do you live, Alaska?
Wisconsin. lol
Close enough!
At least close enough you can smell Canaderp!
I don't know, the smell of cheese my overwhelm your sense of Canaderp smell.... -
The cold doesn't have much effect on framing, it's moisture that does. There are ways to dry out the house once it's framed and the roof is on.
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The cold doesn't have much effect on framing, it's moisture that does. There are ways to dry out the house once it's framed and the roof is on.
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That would definitely dry it out. -
Bahahaaaaa.... Canaderp.
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Not into the cold either but I'd take it over the atmospheric river weather we're having now in the PNW.
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YikesPolitical Correctness'.........defined
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Geez!!!Dan
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We're lucky to be on high ground with no major flooding but some of the side streets are impassable. The valley areas are being decimated.
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They’re forecasting minus 35 wind chill Friday and Saturday nights here in Wisconsin. Saturday will never get above zero regular temperature. Fer fox sake, it’s not even the middle of December.
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We actually were into the cold earlier this week. 5 below, had to shovel out my car and drove through a white out coming home. It didn't stop my wife from shopping at Zebs but it did a lot of other not so dedicated shoppers in North Conway.
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ken brydson wrote: »Not into the cold either but I'd take it over the atmospheric river weather we're having now in the PNW.
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Hmmm San Diego no snow a little rain but we pay for it.When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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It's been in the 80's in Los Angeles over the last few days. Thankfully we'll drop into the 70's starting today.
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It's been in the 80's in Los Angeles over the last few days. Thankfully we'll drop into the 70's starting today.
Yeah, it's been awesome. But today was foggy all day and cold! Bring back the heat, man.SystemLuxman L-590AXII Integrated Amplifier|KEF Reference 1 Loudspeakers|PS Audio Directream Jr|Sansui TU-9900 Tuner|TEAC A-6100 RtR|REL T/9X SE Sub
