Heheh, despite the central heat the temp was a might frigid inside the nony? 

We hit 40 something today, felt like spring. Managed to get some wood split and under the porch,  all the ice is off the stock water and all is right with the world, until the next time its cold and crappy and everything goes to hell.

harvest your bananas while you can...the temperatures they are a-changin'

LOL had 2 daughters ourselves at home once upon a time.   Icy Stares???  you betcha lol.  And cmon stetto, you know you went out and jammed that door so you would have to go fix it.   

Ain't you sorry now that you didn't vote me in as Emperor.  I guess HiTemp took away too many votes. 

Fabulous day outside today (yes we now have hot water and a dry basement). Sunshine, blue skies, not a breath of wind......now only if it were about 95 degrees warmer......

LOl where's that pilo o wood you referred to as a porch a while back? 

Ah... a keen eyesight, excellent powers of observation, and a fantastic memory there Fraz.....

The wood formerly known as "the deck" has long since gone to the landfill......

Heh, we have been yoyoing.  Saturday it was 40, yesterday by 4pm we were about 7 degrees and its hovered in the singles since, but they say we are supposed to get up to 50 by Wednesday.     Why is it I have a mental picture of Al Gore laughing maniacally as he twists the weather knob back and forth.

Aw jeece, I learn more about this house every day.

I found out recently that there are multiple definitions for the terms dual heat and off-peak. The definition I would much prefer applied here ain't it...

We have a dual heat system, forced air propane and baseboard electric. They are "supposed to" compliment each other and make the bills easier to cover in cold winter months...I suppose that works, in theory, in a house designed with even the slightest hint of common sense...Where there are baseboard electric registers, there ARE NO VENTS FROM THE FURNACE. Oh, and vice-versa. So in this house, the two systems spend their time catching each other up...

When the off-peak is off, they meant OFF. The meters themselves just shut off. I thought that anyone with a lick of sense would have wired the system to switch to the higher priced meter and keep the house temperate, but naw, that don't make no sense, does it...

The kicker? The colder it gets, the higher the load on the system and subsequently, the longer the off peak meter is--OFF. The rooms WITHOUT vents? Terrin's office and THE ENTIRE LIVING AREA WHERE THE KIDS' ROOMS ARE.

It was 15 below yesterday morning, never got above ze-ro all day. The off peak meter and all those lovely registers were OFF from before 6 am to after 10 pm. I had to put a space heater in a bathroom where I thought the pipes were going to freeze.

I don't mind hillbilly architecture and engineering, but drunkard hillbilly architecture and engineering is going to make me go nuclear before this winter is over...

Stetto, I'm no heat expert or anything, but I would have thought up north there where heat is truly appreciated, a combo heat system would work together like you thought,  either one separately or both together.  Seems kinda weird to have 2 totally separate systems in use like that and not overlap. 

How hard would it be to run ductwork around?  And I dont know about that peak offtime either.  Seems when its cold out I would want it to work not shut off.

Betcha ALGORE is all warm and toasty this winter in his mall sized house.

Ron, I'm waiting on the heat guy as I type. He was supposed to be here an hour ago, but then again he was supposed to be here yesterday an hour ago...

I plan to map out a duct to run through the area of the house not serviced by propane yet. I need the guy for various other sundry tasks (he plumbs too, doan' wanna get into it), but I need confirmation from a pro...

Just think how bad it would be if we weren't experiencing Global Warming!

Oye, amigo!  Three words for you - move to Texas!!   

I have a one word solution, which is easier for us more feeble minded.  Woodstove!  

Heat/plumb guys got here...OK'd my idea but said a 6-inch duct wouldn't make the cut, have to got to at least a 12". The furnace is more than capable for the extra rooms. I may need to hawk PuddinFace to pay for it all tho...

QuoteJust think how bad it would be if we weren't experiencing Global Warming!

Gee Roger, you'd be amazed how much that topic comes up around here!

QuoteOye, amigo!  Three words for you - move to Texas!!   

Uh, according to you I already live there...North part.

QuoteI have a one word solution, which is easier for us more feeble minded.  Woodstove!

Yeah...Love that wood heat...Unfortunately I'm using my wood as a shelter belt at the moment.

I asked the plumber side of the heat/plumb guys to check if I could cut off a cleanout that sticks out of the utility room floor right in the line of laundry worker traffic. They said they'd check...5 minutes later I heard what I swear was a jackhammer...Went down to find them jackhammering around the cleanout. They said there was something "funny" about the direction the drain went...I felt obliged to laugh hysterically (get it? Something "funny" about a drain?). Good thing they hammered it up. The main drain is broken in several places and was "patched' with black visqueen. No wonder the sump won't stop.

So now we're redesigning the drain system in the basement.