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The Floating Home Now Has Heat!
After my recent trip to Portland to check on my floating home, I decided there were a couple of things I wanted to take care of prior to my pending move-in–like, say, having a source of heat and doorknobs with locks installed in the place.
My mother is coming out to visit in Albuquerque the beginning of April, so I decided to postpone moving my car up to Portland until after her visit. (It was either that, or we’d be using Charlie’s decrepit Chevy Blazer while she was in town, and the thing burns through gas.) Plus I had a project at work pushed back to this week. Taking three days off work right now is problematic.
When I purchased my tiny home, the wiring and heaters were both from the 1960′s. I replaced the electric panel and ripped out the old heater and stove as part of the initial renovations, but the electrician I used went out of business before the new heaters were installed.
I am happy to report that as of this morning, two new Com-Pak Plus zonal electric heaters have been installed in the front half of my house. I’ll eventually need to install heating in the new back room as well, but I figure that can be handled at the same time as the rest of the electrical work that needs to be done there.
My house is not currently plumbed for gas and I plan on installing a wind turbine and possibly solar panels at a later date, so electric heating was the better option for me, albeit a somewhat less efficient source of heat.
While not so much a creature-comfort, new gutters also went on the place this week. Next up is the locksmith.
I certainly haven’t minded up until now having neighbors poke their heads into my place to check on the work being done, but I’d rather it not happen unexpectedly once I’ve moved in. (Plus, I also don’t need the browbeating I’m sure I’d get from my mother once she discovered I was living in a place with no locks. Never mind that there’s two separate security gates and a long walk down rampways before you even reach my place in the marina.)
After my recent trip to Portland to check on my floating home, I decided there were a couple of things I wanted to take care of prior to my pending move-in–like, say, having a source of heat and doorknobs with locks installed in the place.
My mother is coming out to visit in Albuquerque the beginning of April, so I decided to postpone moving my car up to Portland until after her visit. (It was either that, or we’d be using Charlie’s decrepit Chevy Blazer while she was in town, and the thing burns through gas.) Plus I had a project at work pushed back to this week. Taking three days off work right now is problematic.
When I purchased my tiny home, the wiring and heaters were both from the 1960′s. I replaced the electric panel and ripped out the old heater and stove as part of the initial renovations, but the electrician I used went out of business before the new heaters were installed.
I am happy to report that as of this morning, two new Com-Pak Plus zonal electric heaters have been installed in the front half of my house. I’ll eventually need to install heating in the new back room as well, but I figure that can be handled at the same time as the rest of the electrical work that needs to be done there.
My house is not currently plumbed for gas and I plan on installing a wind turbine and possibly solar panels at a later date, so electric heating was the better option for me, albeit a somewhat less efficient source of heat.
While not so much a creature-comfort, new gutters also went on the place this week. Next up is the locksmith.
I certainly haven’t minded up until now having neighbors poke their heads into my place to check on the work being done, but I’d rather it not happen unexpectedly once I’ve moved in. (Plus, I also don’t need the browbeating I’m sure I’d get from my mother once she discovered I was living in a place with no locks. Never mind that there’s two separate security gates and a long walk down rampways before you even reach my place in the marina.)
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