Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

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We're getting slammed again. (somebody knows my sled is down)
From here on in I think I'm blowing as the banks are high enough now my shoulders are complaining.

I keep thinking about setting up my tent in the backyard to test my new sleeping bag. (I'd run out a cord so I have power for a reading light and a ceramic heater in case the bag fails...)
 
mimico_polak said:
Wondering if anyone has any recommendations….

Cottage is a single small bungalow with unfinished basement below. The cottage is well insulated from the sides and back, but basement isn’t insulated at all. The floor is super cold (I walk barefoot most times) and I assume is the single largest reason for preventing a more steady state of warmth.

Don’t want to spend too much as parents are planning on selling it soon (same convo each year), but thoughts on insulating?

BATT/rigid insulation between joists? I don’t think spray foam is ideal here right now.
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Is it a full basement or just a crawl space? Is the floor finished concrete?

A lot of condos have the same problem with ground floor suites over the unheated garage. Floor warming can work but are problematic. A few trashy baseboard heaters in the space makes the floor above feel like it's over a conditioned space. Check for power load at the panel and insulation reduces the required load.

It sounds like a tar baby situation. Once you touch it you get stuck and the more you try to get out of it the more you get stuck.

Fixing little jobs around the house is basically a glue trap for people.
 
Scuba Steve said:
Just leave it there way more chance of getting hurt falling from the roof than it ever causing an issue.

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Not going up on the roof. Just pulling it off from the ladder.

Taking a rest now as I’m soaked.
 
Scuba Steve said:
Just leave it there way more chance of getting hurt falling from the roof than it ever causing an issue.

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We went up to a friend's cottage to clear the roof. Inside the walls had distorted a couple of inches. They pulled back in after the snow got taken off. At the end of the clearing process buddy just jumped off the roof into an eight-foot snowbank.
 
nobbie48 said:
We went up to a friend's cottage to clear the roof. Inside the walls had distorted a couple of inches. They pulled back in after the snow got taken off. At the end of the clearing process buddy just jumped off the roof into an eight-foot snowbank.
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The cover over the front deck is bowed down and screen door won’t open.

Time to go back now 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
The garage at the property we are helping look after near Beverly ( half hr south of Owen sound ) has almost five feet up on it . Buddy that is staying up there right now thinks he can get the worst of it with the backhoe. Hope he moves the cars out first ….


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Finished roof today! 3ft of snow on the south side of cottage roof….fun times.

should be good until the season ends. Hopefully the windows into the basement don’t crack from the weight.

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POWERMAN said:
How come we dont need to shovel snow from our regular homes in the GTA?
Are cottages built different? or is there not enough wind to blow snow off the top?
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All good questions. I assume the snow is fine at 2-3ft…but depending on the rest of winter…5ft may be pushing it. Especially once it gets warmer and starts to get heavier and heavier.

This is the most snow we’ve had on the roof in years. Typically I don’t touch it, but this is the second time this season. Dad cleaned off 2ft a few weeks back.
 
timtune said:
Snow loads?? My deck has a good 3 feet of snow on it and the Squeeze thinks I should clear it.

It's built to code. I'm thinking it needs twice that much snow before giving it a second thought.

Anyone care to chime in??
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My fear is a few days of heavy rain. Thats going to get really heavy.
 
Aren't the roof pitches in the building code designed so that when enough snow accumulates, it starts falling off by itself? I've never seen anyone shovel snow off their roof in any of the Mississauga neighborhoods I've lived in.
 
Relax said:
Aren't the roof pitches in the building code designed so that when enough snow accumulates, it starts falling off by itself? I've never seen anyone shovel snow off their roof in any of the Mississauga neighborhoods I've lived in.
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Apparently code anticipates something like 5 or 6' of snow structurally. The problem is if you go through thaw or rain and then snow, you can really up the psf as well as the potential ice dams. As for sliding off, shingles suck. Our roof is 10/12 and we've got more than 3' in places. I may pull off some of the edges and especially valleys to minimize the chance of a dam. I don't think mississauga has ever had enough snow to bother shovelling. Further north it's a common occurence. At least one barn and house have collapsed under the load recently. So odds are low you collapse. Odds are increasing daily on ice dam problems. Some houses have 12" of ice already. Obviously that's an insulation or air sealing issue primarily but reducing snow helps the sun get at the ice and get the weight off.
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