Really old New England houses + not having enough $ to refurbish + cold =

[Bombtrack]

Suckiness. I'm home for the holidays from college, used to much warmer weather, and we've got ice almost completely covering the INSIDE of the windows upstairs.

It's like torture getting out of your covers into the downstairs. And the heat is turned up to 80 but the temp is below 55, DOWNSTAIRS.

[leftyandproud]

1. thats why god invented gloves

;)

my house isnt that cold, but to save energy, sometimes I leave the heat off at night and bundle up like I'm going outside...Once you get used to it, it isn't bad at all...just sleep in a thin sweater and sweatpants, and keep some of those little .99 cent dollar store stretchy cotton gloves handy if you want them...You will actually be too HOT sometimes if you do that.

better than freezing your but off.

[jdots]

2. i grew up in a house built in 1734

in Mass.It was so cold we would go outside during the winter to warm up.Bundle up because New England is worth the hassle

[Bombtrack]

4. "new england is worth the hassle" only for some people

I have no intention of living in New England EVER when I graduate. I don't ski, I don't snowboard, I don't iceskate, and I could care less about leaves turning colors. And the boston accent is an absolute turnoff/downgrade on girls.

[Skittles]

3. you're a college student, suck it up

it's the very young and the very old who really suffer

[Bombtrack]

5. I'm complaining as much for my family as I am me

I'm just saying it sucks, I'm not begging for somone to save me or something. That's what the lounge is for sometimes.

[Paradise]

10. used to live in one of those & remember that kind of cold til this day. nt

[Skittles]

11. aw, alright then

:D

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. some winter tips

I grew up on the Illinois prairie, and nothing is colder than the wind coming over the flatlands, imho. What we did was staple plastic over the outside and inside of windows to keep out the cold. Used newspapers to stuff in any cracks between sashes and walls. Here in Arkansas, it is a bit warmer, but it still gets cold. We have a cabin with a wood stove. To conserve heat, we bundle up. I'm so used to sleeping in a cold house that if my husband puts on a huge log overnight I get too hot!

[Bombtrack]

7. Thx for the advice n/t

[Historic NY]

8. go to your home store they sell the plastic you need for the windows..

find the type that you can use a blow dryer on to smooth out and tighten it up. Any older home with single pane uninsulated windows will ice up, it comes from the heat inside meeting the cold outside. If you have steam or radiator heat you should also bleed all your radiators to get rid of excessive air. This helps if your pipes bang or make noise. Its 6 degrees he in NY (upstate) and I am warm, sitting downstairs in my basement office.

How old is your house?

[Bombtrack]

9. turn of the century, but hasn't really been worked on as far as I know

in any major way from a structural standpoint for atleast 60 years or more.

There are houses from the 1600's in my town but mine seems older because of lack of renovation.