SAFE and COZY home this winter!

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@karenrich9092 Ай бұрын

I have an emergency plan you might need to do. I keep my medication with me always. Next, I know where my emergency pharmacy is. The supermarket pharmacy I use has seversl stores, so I know where the same store is near my daughter. Also, I have special medical supplies I use and the company that ships them has my daughter's address just in case. Finally, if you have to evacuate due to a fire, blizzard, flood, or earthquake, you will likely go to a shelter, but if you go to someone's house, it's a good idea to bring groceries. I had a fire evacuation and had just brought home groceries. It sure helps that you're not eatting someone out of house and home.

@annpratt6082 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Even though I live at a South Carolina beach now, I always learn something from you

@julietannOsfan1972 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Great tips. I’m in the UK & every summer I get my boiler serviced by British Gas. It’s always nice to know when I put the heating on again in September that there’s nothing wrong.

@Alexwalker210 Ай бұрын

For me it’s a learning curve as I bought my first home in late winter/very early spring so these are things my partner and I are looking at for the first time as these aren’t things you generally need to worry about in an apartment.

@jackiebradshaw8863 Ай бұрын

Also this is the time to do fireplace maintenance whether you’re just turning on and off gas line or having a professional chimney sweep come and prepare your wood burning fire place.

@jos_world_ Ай бұрын

In my country GREECE we have only 4 months winter and it is very light 😮❤❤

@phyllisnewmeyer4613 Ай бұрын

Someone else may have commented on this , but I purchased a furnace filter that can be hosed off a couple of times a year. An initial investment, but I HATE to have to continually purchase things/ like throw away filters for my furnace. I love how You are so thorough when You present us with all this helpful information. THANKS SO MUCH😊

@shea5542 Ай бұрын

This is SUCH a good video and you have such a useful channel. Man. Sent to my friends. A lot of things you justdon’t know

@suem223 Ай бұрын

I agree with everything but covering the AC unit. You should not cover an AC unit in the winter because doing so can trap moisture, leading to mold growth, rust, and potential damage to the unit's internal components; additionally, a covered AC can attract rodents and other small animals seeking shelter, further compromising the system; most importantly, AC units are designed to withstand winter weather and do not require a full cover to protect them from cold temperatures.

@JN-wg1nl Ай бұрын

Agreed. Any HVAC professional will tell you the same. Units remain uncovered all season and stand up to the elements just fine. The only consideration is if your unit could be damaged by falling rooftop ice. It may make sense to put a board on the top. Never completely cover the unit.

@glendawoodward8750 Ай бұрын

We cover ours because we don't want to frigid air coming in the house. We live in an area that gets a lot colder than the average area.

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

According to what my AC installer told me you should NOT cover your AC unit in the winter. He advised to let the hose run down into the blades in the spring to rinse off any dirt and debris -- not a high pressure rinse with an attachment, just bare hose.

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

@@glendawoodward8750 ?? How is it going to come into the house? Or is yours window mounted?

@timonty457 Ай бұрын

Admittedly I would typically forget to winterize, until it’s literally a month from spring. Thank you for the video!

@GrandDuchessAniya Ай бұрын

Fortunately, it rarely goes below freezing here. However, I still empty the outdoor taps and get an HVAC checkup twice a year and the dryer vent professionally cleaned once a year.

@TheRealJules Ай бұрын

Our furnace went out last winter. Luckily, we have “the electric house of the future” (no kidding, there’s a plaque at the front door declaring it 😳👍) and so we have electric baseboard heat as a backup. Fired right up, no problem. Loveliest heat ever, very consistent, gentle warmth. But for about 2 weeks of use, it cost over $500 and our house is boy 1850 sq ft!

@WishedUponAVlog Ай бұрын

I don’t have a dryer I don’t have a furnace I don’t need drafters as my flat heats up in like ten minutes and it’s roasting I live in Ireland 🇮🇪

@CocoNicole84 Ай бұрын

It snowed here yesterday. This would have been good a couple weeks ago but maybe it will help others in warmer states.

@craftyx2diy Ай бұрын

We have screening over our water gutters

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

Us too. It has made a huge difference to our winter preparations!

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

I no longer change my tires seasonally. Since I retired, I drive a lot less so I leave my winter tires on all year round. Considering the cost of two changes per year, I could nearly buy a new set of tires. So my summer tires went on Kijiji, and I no long shell out to have someone do the seasonal tire change.

@Katie-iu9rr Ай бұрын

Excellent video! Thank you

@dantaschey Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!! I learned a lot!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@kraykray4118 Ай бұрын

That was helpful. Thank you

@patriciaswem5933 Ай бұрын

After I shut off the valve for the outdoor faucet. I also put a cover on my outdoor faucet.

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

I've been told by plumbers that once you have drained the outdoor faucet it should be left open.

@Debble Ай бұрын

Thank you for the reminder it showed today and we had not thought about the outside water jet

@WishedUponAVlog Ай бұрын

*snowed

@modelno2004 Ай бұрын

I hired someone to clean my dryer vent at the home I’ve now lived in for 3 years (still learning new home owner things in a new climate), and learned that the ventilation hose got disconnected somewhere in the wall from the exterior vent and hasn’t been venting the hot air outside at all 🫠 Now have to look into having an entirely new vent system put in, and had to purchase a temporary vent until we can get that done

@christopherhamilton5557 Ай бұрын

I enjoy watching these vids. But my spouse is a hoarder, I wish I could clean the whole house…

@JoJoDoxieMom Ай бұрын

I feel your pain. Believe me 😢

@christopherhamilton5557 Ай бұрын

@ I’ve found we are not alone. There’s a sub Reddit with people who are struggling with it, or folks that live with them.

@JoJoDoxieMom Ай бұрын

@@christopherhamilton5557 😲

@wendytaylor779 Ай бұрын

I’m in Australia. In the tropics no less, so I don’t really know why I’m watching this. But I just don’t understand these dryers with their long tunnels leading outside, we don’t have that here, mine is a heat pump one, and I have a drain that I have connecting to laundry sink, but it also has a tank you can empty if you don’t connect the hose to sink, so that condensation doesn’t build up in the laundry.

@UncoordinatedPixie Ай бұрын

My next dryer will be a heat pump. I despise houses with roof vents or with vents that stretch along long lines of ducting. Dryer motors aren’t meant to push air and moisture up an attic vent or along those 30 feet pipe sections.

@metanisha441 Ай бұрын

Hey Melissa, wie don’t use a dryer but I guess that dryer fires would be more likely if the debree is polyester - using a special washing bag (f.e, guppyfriend) that traps all the microplastic from artificial fibres while washing and drying your clothes would also prevent those fires

@UncoordinatedPixie Ай бұрын

Dryer fires aren’t caused by what you dry unless you’re drying gasoline soaked rags. Fires happen cause of lot build up from crappy ducting that’s never cleaned.

@CaliforniaLu Ай бұрын

Yes I'm in sunny Southern California well we don't need how it is to be cold. But I get your drafty drift LOL but I did a courtesy and share this on my Facebook for all those that are freezing their patootie off back east and hey I'm going to tell you the God's truth I feel you people I once upon a time did a tour of Duty in the frozen tundra of Ohio freaking for a year. Buddy Love Momma Lucy 💖

@rajshrisoni3841 Ай бұрын

Very helpful vdo.. thank you...

@roseladd6402 Ай бұрын

Right!

@rajbhatia5035 Ай бұрын

I almost do everything except dryer vent &still strugling where the furnance in my home.

@janiekcarney5482 Ай бұрын

I have my air/heat company come twice a year.

@lovelyek8187 Ай бұрын

I don't have a dryer cus I'm scared of them and the laundry down the block. I do have a washing machine, didn't even know the old furnace has a filter definitely gonna check this weekend smh

@gul.12 27 күн бұрын

I think ,winter home air cleaning (dust cleaning)also isn’t easy in Canada.❄️🌨️🥶

@margaretgarner853 Ай бұрын

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@TarotTarot1 Ай бұрын

Eves troughs….gutters. If I’m not mistaken, you are in Canada. In the US, we called them gutters.

@joeshmo5399 Ай бұрын

0:52 It kills bugs and discourages alligators from living here...

@KarenlovesLAGPR Ай бұрын

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@ThisGenXLife 21 күн бұрын

That is the first time I’ve heard the word eaves trough. Did i even spell that right??

@heathercrawford5501 18 күн бұрын

was that man on the roof wearing flipflops????

@Debble Ай бұрын

Great way to prevent dryer fires is not having one. Hanging clothes is cheeper too

@LittleKikuyu Ай бұрын

German here, most people don’t use or own dryers. Waste of precious resources in most cases when the air will dry your clothes just as fine, imo 😅

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

That's fine until it's -20C.

@fiddlersthree8463 Ай бұрын

@@elizarsmith1449 Yes! Canadian here. I hang my clothes out in the summer, but I'm not into hanging up wet clothes in -20C weather, especially in a blizzard.

@UncoordinatedPixie Ай бұрын

Not everyone has the time or the space to do that. 🙄