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01/05/14, 01:33 PM
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Snow For Insulation?
Ok we have a foot of snow on the ground. Never had a problem with water lines freezing. It is suppose to stay below zero for couple days, unusual.
We went out shoveled snow up along the skirting on the trailer to help with insulation. Will this hurt anything?
big rockpile
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01/05/14, 01:35 PM
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nope, won't hurt, likely to help you more.
Keeps the cold from getting in underneath more.
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01/05/14, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by big rockpile
Ok we have a foot of snow on the ground. Never had a problem with water lines freezing. It is suppose to stay below zero for couple days, unusual.
We went out shoveled snow up along the skirting on the trailer to help with insulation. Will this hurt anything?
big rockpile
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Been doing it 17 years at this place, what you see is some 4 x 8 Styrofoam sheets behind the snow as well. LOL
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01/05/14, 01:51 PM
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living in the great white north, we generally keep snow piled up around the building..only problem might be if you have a basement but obviously you don't..excess snow melt could flood a basement.
great insulation on roof too but don't allow it to get too deep on roof..can collapse
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01/05/14, 02:14 PM
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For now it is good insulation.
When it melts, if you have a high water table or whatever, can add a lot of water to places you didnt want water is the only issue.
Paul
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01/05/14, 02:29 PM
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A friend of mine from Canada told me that was the norm in Alberta. Heck if you have enough snow build an igloo & move in.
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01/05/14, 02:43 PM
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Big rock . . .the more the better.........
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01/05/14, 03:02 PM
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Big rock . . .the more the better.........
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You got that right, you can see how high I have it up on the sides. LOL
I just go out into the yard oh 30 to 40 feet something like that and using the snow blowing just go around and around blowing all that snow against the sides. LOL
Works great and even now at -4,, I still can walk around with just stockings on LOL That makes a HUGE difference on the floor of this OLD trailer, and I mean old it is a '65 model so the underneath insulation is not much any more. So these less then 3 inch walls do not have much insulation value in them. so SNOW and some Styrofoam sheeting makes a big difference. LOL
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01/05/14, 03:38 PM
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As long as you don't block off any vents that exhaust gases from the furnace or water heater, go fo it. When it gets warm, use the snowblower to move it back into the yard, and let it melt.
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01/05/14, 03:52 PM
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We've always done it around the tiestall barn. Never caused any problems except a couple of winters when I was younger and the snow piled to the eaves, I didn't see what the problem was with taking my sled up to the peak of the roof and sliding down but it made Mom nervous for some reason.
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01/05/14, 05:17 PM
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Snow makes an excellent insulation. I pile it up so as to insulate sheds, water tanks, whey tanks, etc from the cold air and wind motion. Snow on the ground keeps the frost out. Because we get so much snow we get hardly any frost depth - couple of inches. I keep snow on the roof because it insulates our house and butcher shop. Just build strong.
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01/05/14, 05:31 PM
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Underground pipes don't freeze nearly as bad with a little snow over them.
Snow insulates. Build an igloo and see.
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01/05/14, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Gray Wolf
Underground pipes don't freeze nearly as bad with a little snow over them.
Snow insulates. Build an igloo and see.
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If they're deep enough they don't freeze anyway, problem is everybody seems to want to quit digging early. Couple of water mains blew in town on the weekend that were 5' down
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01/05/14, 06:41 PM
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I bank my house every year also. I look up the r-value of snow just the other day. The source I found, gave it a one, per inch of snow. Plus it blocks the wind.
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01/05/14, 08:57 PM
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Yep I actively build a north berm and let the wind do the other walls. Makes a huge difference in floor temps and fuel use in the trailer.
My south wall is 8' deep right now and my bedroom is warmer than ever.
-20C outside.
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01/06/14, 02:25 AM
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Just going to add another no problem with it, never been in a igloo but have been in a few snow caves.
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01/06/14, 04:17 AM
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Rectifier you must be in the banana belt in the southwest it didn't get above. -33'c here near foam lake SK But the windchill was -48'c at its warmest.So glad we have a sheltered yardsite-fireliteca
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01/06/14, 07:28 AM
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Last I remember, you were living in a house. Letting your faucets run? I am
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01/06/14, 07:36 AM
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Last I remember, you were living in a house. Letting your faucets run? I am
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That's all good if you're on town or rural water system, but if you're on a well, according to my well guy letting the faucets run is bad for the pump. Better to turn on the tap every couple of hours, run the water for a few minutes to flush the lines.
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01/06/14, 08:09 AM
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I'm on my own well-but I always let a faucet at the end of each line drip. Pump only runs every couple of hours. Hasn't hurt it
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