The discussion revolves around a light-hearted exchange about houses, construction materials, and personal anecdotes related to living conditions, particularly focusing on brick houses and wood-framed structures. Participants share humorous observations, experiences with home heating, and interactions with wildlife, while referencing cultural elements like Monty Python.
Participants generally share humorous and anecdotal perspectives, but there is no consensus on the superiority of one building material over another, nor on the best practices for home maintenance and wildlife interactions.
Limitations include varying definitions of housing quality, regional differences in climate and construction practices, and personal anecdotes that may not represent broader trends.
Readers interested in home construction, heating methods, wildlife interactions, and light-hearted cultural exchanges may find this discussion engaging.
Evo said:
Hootenanny said:
Ivan Seeking said:
Evo said:
Just before i took the pic i could not get to the house, it was surrounded by escaped sheep,Astronuc said:You have skip? I would've been happy to have a hole!
Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen (40 years ago)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FatHLHG2uGY
Poop-Loops said:
Andre said:
Astronuc said:
My wife and I lived in a rented brick farmhouse for a couple of years while the new owner saved enough money to start renovations. The exterior walls were not insulated, so we closed off all the rooms except the kitchen, bath, and a small room that we used for a bedroom. The first summer there, I had logged, split, and stacked enough wood to fill the whole furnace-room, and I was pretty proud of myself until I talked to a neighbor who had actually grown up in that house, and he told me that wouldn't be enough. When they lived there, they only heated those rooms that we left open, and they filled the furnace room and much of the cistern-room as well. I ended up with over 20 cords of wood, and had to cut extra over the winter to keep from running out. Brrr!wolram said:
Poop-Loops said:
turbo-1 said:
And you're using that crazy Celsius scale, too, so that is a very high winter temp compared to us. We routinely get weeks when the temperature doesn't get above 0 deg F. Luckily, this little log house heats up nicely with a tiny wood stove and a few cords of dry wood. I say "luckily" because the remainder of the wood that I stacked last summer is buried under several feet of snow and I'm really happy not to have to dig it out and re-stock the wood shed.wolram said:
turbo-1 said:
Large overhanging eaves and a tight roof. It doesn't hurt to do some preventative coating with Thompson's Water-Seal, too. Something that I will probably do this summer after I spray one more time for false powder-post beetles. Insect damage is a bigger threat than water damage, but I don't mind spraying for bugs because the compound is made from Borax and is non-toxic to humans and pets and my beloved little chipmunk buddies.wolram said:
If you look closely, you'll see a vole in the bottom-right of the picture. She was quite bored and dejected for a while because no chipmunks had showed up, and she was watching the vole (second fiddle) until the chipmunk appeared. The chipmunk kept running to me looking for seeds, and it took a while for her to figure out that the little girl on the patio was the one with the seeds. After a minute or two of caution, greed overcame newness and a new chipmunk-feeder was accepted into the clan.wolram said: