We are installing a new water filtration system, and 1″ PEX-A isn’t easy to get into a bend support. First attempt kinked pretty badly — luckily heating it up seems to restore its shape. It’s hot enough when the material becomes translucent.
Category: House
Office Whiteboard
One giant whiteboard is now hanging in our office — it’s 10′ long! It took all three of us to hold the board and get it mounted. The brackets are hidden behind the board, making installation more challenging but aesthetically improved over brackets jutting up from the board.
Winter Wonderland
We had rain change over to wet snow, so the trees are weighed down with a lot of snow. Not great for electrical transmission, but it is a beautiful winter wonderland.
Kahtoola MicroSpikes
I picked up a pair of MicroSpikes and NanoSpikes at the end of last season as retailers were clearing out their winter gear. These are awesome for walking in the snow and ice — I wasn’t sliding around at all.
The negative five degree temps (negative thirty with windchill) taught me that I’m not quite done purchasing winter gear — my balaclava kept most of my face warm, but ski goggles for the little bit of skin around my eyes away from the blowing ice.
Geothermal Energy Use — Multi-Year Analysis
I’m starting to look at some year-long roll-ups of our energy usage – the geothermal is running just around $700 a year to both heat and cool the house to really comfortable levels. Since we had paid $800 to fill up the propane task that lasted maybe a month, this is an incredible saving compared to the propane heater.
2020 Energy Usage
2021 Energy Usage
2022 Energy Usage
Office Redesign
The office is almost done! We have most of the bookshelves completed and have started loading the shelves with books. We still need to find a smaller game table for the space between the family room and the office area.
