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first snow/sleet
George Shirley wrote:
.... Down here in upper Hell, that's the heat part, we tend to really use a lot of insulation. Our house is brick exterior with Hardy Plank for trim. The next layer in is a 3/4 inch insulation board, then the exterior walls are stuffed with insulation, then there is half inch sheet rock on the interior. We seldom here cars going by on the street in front, don't hear many of the aircraft that go by as we have two airports nearby. Then there's the attic, 12-inch ceiling joists and the attic has insulation that stands above the joists. The inside of the roof has reflective plastic on that helps in keeping the outside heat from penetrating into the attic. Unfortunately we all, by HOA rules, have black roofs. Always before we had roofs that were white, to reflect the heat. that is crazy. black roof in a hot climate... even in a hot climate having more insulation is good to keep the AC from having to work too hard. up here we have six inch walls and two inch foam board, but the gaps were never properly sealed up and duck tape is not meant to be exposed to any weathering at all and soon crumbles. so until i got it sealed up better it was leaking more heat and cool air than it should. when the wind blew you could feel it. We don't really need insulation much against cold, it was 84F yesterday and may be more today. We haven't had a real winter with cold in over two years. We get temps running from mid-fifties to high eighties during the day here in La La Land. The biggest noise around is traffic going by. From about 0600 to 0930 there is a continuous stream of cars and trucks going by, then we can get out and go somewhere if necessary. This includes weekends too, traffic does slow down a bit on Sunday's but not a lot. You get used to the traffic sounds so you sleep well after indoctrination. Our home is two blocks from the main road but we still hear the noise. Then there's six trains a day, tracks are five miles away but the trains blow their whistles continuously as they go by due to the crossings. Some of these trains are five or six miles long too. I'm so old I can remember when this area was cattle and vegetable farms and you seldom saw a car or heard a train. Most of the trains are outgoing from the Port of Houston and are pulling automobile carriers, two levels high. I think the port in Houston must deliver cars for most of the south from what I've seen going by. i used to live along I275 near Plymouth, MI there was a sound wall which reflected the worst of the noise, but it still sounded like the surf in the background. as the road itself degraded and potholes developed the large trucks going by would shake the house and there were cracks in the foundation. wasn't built well, luckily not my place. as you say you got used to the sound but i would never call it good. i've always liked trains and grew up near a rail line which included some spurs for the large clay pits nearby. we'd go climb in the railcars and get hunks of clay to play with and walked those tracks for many miles in all directions. Still, at least the neighbors are quiet, most of them are off to work before 0800 and the kids are off to school or to the nanny. Peace and quiet to work in the garden, get the mowing done.*It appears that most of our neighbors have mowing crews in every other week. Our lawns are very small and we mow with an electric mower and it takes less than an hour to mow and weed eat and that includes frequent rests due to our ages. Wife likes to mow so I'm trying to talk her into getting paid by the neighbors instead of using wet back labor from off the street. She would rather play with the gardens. G Ma does the mowing here, i told her when i moved in that i would do anything else but that and since i've only had to mow once when she hurt her foot and couldn't do it for a few weeks. when the time comes i'll get rid of the mower gladly and the rest of the grass will get turned into something more useful. if i stay on. looks like a beautiful day out there so it is time to get a going... songbird |
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