My friends, the chill has finally arrived in Seattle! We have been enjoying a singularly warm fall, but our first cold snap has commenced, and we here at the Hammershack are feeling it a bit more than most.
We are not “weathered in” as they say, with incomplete walls and plastic roofs and zero insulation under the floor of our existing living space. The photo above shows a hole in our living room floor that was once a vent for a long-defunct heating system, the grate now covered only by a mat.
We have been keeping the heat off and making due with other measures– a massage table warmer on the couch, heating pads in bed, sweaters and slippers and this heat disc to huddle next to. Morgan installed a heat mat in the bathroom and a towel warmer this week. I try to use the oven a lot.
Morgan has been studying and planning a lot this week, looking at electrical components and making decisions. He is doing a quick money-making job for our friend Greg for the next couple of days, at Greg’s factory in Idaho.
I might, upon his return, prevail upon him to consider filling the big vent-hole and maybe just insulating under the living room?
Meanwhile, I had him show me again how to shut off the water at the street before he left, because of course the pipes are just hanging out down there with no protection. They are plastic, and it’s only 30 degrees, but just in case!
Enjoy your cozy homes, people, I am dreaming of my radiant floors.