Cold weather is more difficult to deal with inside your home than warm weather. The temperatures drop and suddenly frigid air begins to infiltrate your home, and there seems to be no escape. In summer you can always turn on a fan or guzzle iced tea, but in winter you can only layer so much, and then it’s a lost cause. Just remember how little brother Randy looked getting ready to go outside to walk to school in A Christmas Story. When you can’t move because you’re wearing sixty layers of stuff, and you’re still cold, you’ve lost the battle.
Lots of companies tout their methods for fixing this annual problem right about now, but who wants to open up their home to even more cold, in order to try to prevent its intrusion? That’s why I feel all cold-stopping activities should be relegated to warmer weather when you won’t be uncomfortable while they do the work (though admittedly you will feel a bit of discomfort when you settle the bill).
I just received word that my replacement windows have arrived and are ready to be installed after quite a long wait due to supply chain issues. This means the old windows will have to come out right when I need them. On the other hand, they are not as efficient, so when they do get unceremoniously pulled like decayed teeth and tossed to the ground, the opening left behind will simply allow the cold air easier accessibility, without having to seep in through those hard-to-navigate cracks and crevices. If you’re going to torture me, cold air, let me make it easy for you.
When the new windows are installed, I should feel more warmth. That’s the general reason for doing a major project like this. However, I’m also not as comfortable with the roofing, or my siding. Sometimes it’s the process of elimination that finally gets to the root cause of cold air intrusion. That or an energy audit from the power company. I would consider that last option, except they can’t come and see my house until I do my spring cleaning.
Flummoxed again. In order to have an expert determine why my house is cold in the winter, I have to do winter cleaning.
Gee, just hand me the electric blanket.
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