We are in for another chilly winter.
But our cabin is ready.
The heating service has been completed and that’s the last next to last thing on the list when it comes to Wintertide prep. I start getting things ready for Wintertide as early as mid summer. This is more for all the wood I have to get cut, chop and stacked. We use a wood stove as a supplemental heating source as well as emergency heating in case of power outages or a gas oil furnace problem. But with the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C service each fall, we’ve never experienced the gas oil furnace splitting down on us. Once all the wood is all stacked up, I focus on the cabin and the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C equipment. I make sure that the weather stripping is in fantastic shape and substitute any that needs it. Keeping the cabin sealed tight also includes yearly inspections of the exterior as well as insulation levels in the attic. Once the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C worker completes the heating service, I only have a single last task to complete the Wintertide prep. And that task consists of me putting a solid plastic cover over the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C cottageet outside. This is essentially protecting the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C cooling component for the long Wintertide spent outside in the elements. The hard plastic shell keeps the weight of snow and ice from damaging delicate parts inside the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C cottageet. Plus, some of the icicles that fall from the top of the roof could actually mangle the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C component as well if left unprotected. It’s sort of ironic that I finish preparations for Wintertide by protecting the source of our Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C cooling.