Colorado B.S. Thread

Every time you say that it makes me a little more sad.

 

Hmmmm, I guess I better think about it as I am still using QB 2013 Desktop Pro on a Win8 laptop.

 

its not to late

 

They already closed the schools tomorrow too

I'm not at all tired of getting snow.... Bring it on

 

Just got the call that St. Vrain Valley just made the call as well.

That means working from home tomorrow

 

Wondering if I should get the first round of shoveling done before I go to bed...

 

I just did… shoveling bricks are a pain in the butt. Shovel catches ever damn edge.

 

Dry powder is perfect with a leaf blower.
Plastic shovels are so much better than metal.
Kill it with fire.

 

The stuff here was light enough that I got most of it with a broom. Definitely worth doing now... any deeper and it would be too much to sweep.

 

Wife decided to stay home tomorrow as well. Ill dig us out while she makes breakfast..... Earn my bacon

 

Got about 7" and still a little bit coming down. Chose to stay home. It's nice getting away from a concrete driveway in a neighborhood with HOA forcing you to shovel .3 seconds after it stops snowing. I lived on a corner lot too so was supposed to shovel all the way around... But the city would push snow up on the sidewalk from the other street on that side so I never did it haha
Now I have about 25 feet of sidewalk is all, and the slab to the garage is covered. Nice having a dirt driveway, though need to get a plow for the gator instead of just packing the snow down

 

I haven't shoveled yet and my back already hurts.

 

Hearing it's light fluffy snow. Might start clearing with a push broom instead of a shovel.

 

I normally just sweep my deck and sidewalk real quick most of the time. Shovel though takes just 2 passes

 

Super fluffy, you could almost blow it away with a leaf blower.
Snowblower got it done in about 10 minutes.
about 11 inches here.

 

Bastards......

Going back to the garage heating, anyone tried a ductless mini split (AKA heat pump) for a garage? I hear they have models that will heat effectively even when its like -10 out.

 

I drove to work today, to sit on TW and troll the internet. Why did I need to Drive through the snow to sit in this lab and do nothing? when, infact, I could do this from home?
Why is the sky blue?
Where do the cows go?
What time did time begin?
Last but not least,
How/Why are my brains not sprayed all over the wall behind me?

"They do work less efficiently at very low temperatures, 10-15 degrees."
^^^^
https://www.hvachowto.com/mini-split-heat-pump-for-a-garage/

I think your budget/ garage size dictate form here my guy

I'm a "Propane, and propane accessories" endorsee

EDIT:


"A heat pump works the reverse of a standard A/C system when it needs to heat. This requires it to dissipate the cold air pulled from a space outside. When the temperature drops too low, a heat pump can start to have problems working.

In very cold weather, the outside condenser can freeze solid. When this happens, a heat pump will go into air conditioning mode for 5-10 minutes to melt the condenser ice."

if this is true for all Mini Splits I say F that.

 

There's a lot of space between "heat effectively" and "work efficiently".

I've got a mini-split in my house and it's great for moderate temps, but it won't match A/C in extreme heat and its efficiency falls off a cliff in cold. I switch to a gas furnace once it gets properly cold out.

If I remember correctly, heating efficiency falls off somewhere around 50-60 degrees outdoor temperature. As you get colder it effectively becomes an electric heater--it needs to generate its own heat rather than transferring heat energy from outdoors.

Don't quote me on the numbers, but the point is--make sure your expectations are realistic.

 

I need to figure out putting in a gas fireplace insert

 

My HVAC guy said they work alright down to about 15 degrees iirc. I see a few homes with them when I walk the dogs but this is also a neighborhood where most homes have a fireplace for supplemental heat