One friend of mine near the PA line, near Binghamton. Had her water line
freeze, a day or two ago.

I've been OK. It's been miserable cold. I was out tonight, and it was cold
in the truck, took a long time to warm up.

My residence is a 1974 trailer, three bedrooms. A couple friends and I blew
some cellulose into the ceiling. Used to have huge icicles, from the heat
loss. When I took out my old furnace, in 2004, it was 80k BTU. I had a
choice of 70 or 90, and glad I chose 70. Actually, for here, 70k may be too
much. I havn't paid a lot of attention as to the duty cycle. I put in a 90
percenter, hope that saved some bucks. Took out an 80 percenter. I also use
a humidifier, which uses a couple gal of water each day.

Christopher A. Young
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"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:26:26 -0600, Doug
wrote:

I'm noticing in upstate NY, zero or subzero weather and just wonder
how the older homes handle these temps? Does your heater constantly
run? Pipes stay safe? Etc... Do you have to do anything special
to your home for these kinda temps?

It only got to 1F here last night, so the furnace doesn't even run 25%
of the time. It is sized for 20 below- which we hit every few of
years.

My house is 120 yrs old or so-- but the oldest window is 15 years old-
and I've insulated it to or beyond modern specs over the past 30
years.

My neighbor, a bachelor, has a similar house, with original windows
and no insulation. He 'camps out' all winter in one room with a
kerosene heater. I like my way better.

Jim