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02-24-2019, 09:54 PM
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My house is not happy tonight. Very talkative.
The temperature has been dropping a degree every 10-15 mins, supposed to bottom out at -35 tonight. The cracks and bangs are the worst I have heard. The sun was very warm through the window this afternoon but it was cold out so I imagine the house is still shedding heat.
A couple sounded like bombs going off or a door swinging in the wind. I actually checked the outside door once.
Im hating February.
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I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought..... 
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02-24-2019, 10:03 PM
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My house has made more noise in the last month than ever before, I have gone to check a door as well.
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02-24-2019, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
The temperature has been dropping a degree every 10-15 mins, supposed to bottom out at -35 tonight. The cracks and bangs are the worst I have heard. The sun was very warm through the window this afternoon but it was cold out so I imagine the house is still shedding heat.
A couple sounded like bombs going off or a door swinging in the wind. I actually checked the outside door once.
Im hating February.
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I had a bad section of eavestrough that froze with water once & that sucka would pop & boom something fierce from -28 & below.
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02-24-2019, 10:07 PM
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When it was relatively warm yesterday or the day before it sounded like there was an animal in my attic. It sounds like something being dropped every now and then, but of course no little footprints or such. Its thick closed-cell spray foam so its got a bit of its own acoustic thing going on compared blown cellulose or bat insulation.
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02-24-2019, 10:39 PM
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Sounds like your house is a bit angry about the new welder... :P
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02-25-2019, 03:11 AM
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I’m outside in the lambing pen, moms are having babies as fast as I can dry them off and get them in the barn. I’ve had enough of this cold, -35 here right now and I’ve got 2 girls pushing. Makes you question your occupation.
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02-25-2019, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
The temperature has been dropping a degree every 10-15 mins, supposed to bottom out at -35 tonight. The cracks and bangs are the worst I have heard. The sun was very warm through the window this afternoon but it was cold out so I imagine the house is still shedding heat.
A couple sounded like bombs going off or a door swinging in the wind. I actually checked the outside door once.
Im hating February.
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Yup I hear you, was driving home from Edmonton last night -16 in Edmonton and by the time I got to Lloyd it was -26, we're lucky though as it's only -30 here now -42 wind chill, imagine it will drop a couple at sunrise in a couple hours, oh well spring is only 4 months away  
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02-25-2019, 04:42 AM
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It's funny you bring that up Ken, I've noticed more noises in my 100+ year old farm house this winter than ever before. Some grumblings and groanings that have sounded like animals moving around, some low vibrations like machinery running or a vehicle coming in the yard. Almost eerie at times when you live alone and are not used to hearing noises because you can only assume that somebody else is making them!
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02-25-2019, 06:43 AM
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Built a new home last year, it's has the winter haunt noise going on also. It's been a cold month alright, and can get to a guy. But I think of spring and my new yard of mud, and I not minding the frozen ground all that much right now.
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02-25-2019, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ceedub
I’m outside in the lambing pen, moms are having babies as fast as I can dry them off and get them in the barn. I’ve had enough of this cold, -35 here right now and I’ve got 2 girls pushing. Makes you question your occupation.
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I sympathize but take care of those little ones 'cause soon they'll be chops, racks and shanks 
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02-25-2019, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by amosfella
Sounds like your house is a bit angry about the new welder... :P
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I think that has to be it, the house seems to get mad at the garage every once in a while. The house got a/c and a nat gas generator, but did the garage whine? Noooo...
The garage must be male, the house female. Little bit of jealousy there maybe?
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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02-25-2019, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by CaberTosser
When it was relatively warm yesterday or the day before it sounded like there was an animal in my attic. It sounds like something being dropped every now and then, but of course no little footprints or such. Its thick closed-cell spray foam so its got a bit of its own acoustic thing going on compared blown cellulose or bat insulation.
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I hear that too...…..newer two story...…….I have come to believe the sound is coming from my roof plumbing vent...……..ice forming on the top/inside and dropping down the pipe. Cold temps ice forms......warmer temps ice melts, breaks connection and falls down the pipe. Sound reasonable to a plumber ?
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02-25-2019, 09:41 PM
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this cold and the ice its made is going to make for a fantastic late ice fishing and first open water bug and bait chucking for trout that you'll ever see, well, this year at least. more cold, more cold, more cold, please, please, please.
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02-25-2019, 09:50 PM
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Yep several of the loud cracks and bangs my house has made makes me think a dozer is running in one side and out the other. Hadn’t got much below -30 yet. Glad I got my wood stove pumping heat����
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02-26-2019, 12:59 AM
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Getting the heck out of this frozen area....lets the house grumble while I hit the desert and blow things up, shoot guns etc.... 
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02-26-2019, 01:33 AM
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Here I was thinking you were all crazy, till about five minutes ago when I heard a noise like someone was trying to kick down the side door! I checked the security cameras and there was nothing there.
Had to come and post about it. Made me jump a little lol
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02-26-2019, 09:04 AM
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House seems normal but most of my articulating joints are making some new and unexpected sounds.
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02-26-2019, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by omega50
House seems normal but most of my articulating joints are making some new and unexpected sounds.
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I can relate to that. 
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02-26-2019, 11:40 AM
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Glad I'm not the only one. I was starting to question the integrity of my house. it's making twice as much noise this year as it has in the last six years.
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03-01-2019, 07:19 PM
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A meteor just hit the house!
What a thump that one was, wow!
I am sure glad my bladder is empty 
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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03-01-2019, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
A meteor just hit the house!
What a thump that one was, wow!
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It's March 1st Ken, not April 1st But if a meteor really did hit your house, you have amazing internet connection
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03-01-2019, 07:43 PM
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It's March 1st Ken, not April 1st But if a meteor really did hit your house, you have amazing internet connection |
I sounded like a meteor. Or a 737. BANG. Like a mad kid slamming the pantry door where there are no gummies!!!! 
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Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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03-01-2019, 07:44 PM
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I'm a winter guy by nature, I love it. But I'm over this -35 -40 nonsense.
This cold is SOOOO hard on everything, vehicles especially. A good friend of mine busted out a bottom ball joint right after getting off the QE2 today. That's pretty ugly when one of those lets go. His mechanic said he can't even look at it for at least a week & there's no way I'm dooing a driveway repair in this cold.
If we could get a foot of fresh powder every day and zero degrees with blue sky's, I'd be good with that.
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03-01-2019, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by does it ALL outdoors
I'm a winter guy by nature, I love it. But I'm over this -35 -40 nonsense.
This cold is SOOOO hard on everything, vehicles especially. A good friend of mine busted out a bottom ball joint right after getting off the QE2 today. That's pretty ugly when one of those lets go. His mechanic said he can't even look at it for at least a week & there's no way I'm dooing a driveway repair in this cold.
If we could get a foot of fresh powder every day and zero degrees with blue sky's, I'd be good with that. |
I have a 4 post lift and every tool you could think of, get it on a trailer and bring it here, easy fix.
And I agree with the foot of powder, I have this really fun payloader that is just a blast plowing snow. I plugged it in again tonight, just to keep the chill off. It would be nice to plow a half dozen more times this winter, it all goes to pay off the investment.
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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03-01-2019, 07:56 PM
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Chevy balljoint a piece of cake. I'd tackle that ***** in the dark and in a snowdrift. Just need someone to hold the flashlight and roll the joints.
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03-01-2019, 07:59 PM
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No loud pops and bangs here but the door to my deck is pretty much jammed. I'll wait for warmer weather to get to the barbeque.
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03-02-2019, 07:03 AM
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-32 and -44 with the wind
no worries spring is only 8 weeks away folks
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