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elleng

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2. WHEW!!!

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Sun Dec 12, 2021, 09:56 PM

Dec 2021

I rent an OLD house, was once farmhouse, I think, 100+ years old, and thank goodness landlord and is family attended to 'necessaries' years ago; PERFECTLY comfortable! (Southern MD, so winter is merely another season, not THE season, here.)

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My winter heating history. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 OP

That's a lot of improvement butworth it... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #1

WHEW!!! elleng Dec 2021 #2

Still sounds cozy. blm Dec 2021 #3

I grew up in NE Iowa in the 50s and 60s in a house built in 1907. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #4

On the plains? I can imagine the winds coming out of the East Rockies and chilling your world. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #5

No, this was a small town in Iowa. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #6

Cold Air is friggen cold air....from where-ever it comes. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #7

Got that right! rsdsharp Dec 2021 #8

We love our wood stove Bayard Dec 2021 #9

Biggest return on insulation is in the attic. If you put it between the joists, 3Hotdogs Dec 2021 #10

I shared an old house in Bangor with a friend jpak Dec 2021 #11