Since it was already snowing when I got my house parked and moved in, I decided to wait to do any kind of skirting till spring. And for a while my snow skirting worked. It piled up quickly and the snow the roof shed just added to it. For a while the base of my house was totally sealed.
But now we've been having a totally crazy winter and it's been really warm for here. I know the whole east coast has been getting hammered, but we've had almost no snow in 6ish weeks and it's been above freezing much of the time. And my skirting is melting out. I guess it's not too big a deal since it's warm anyway, and if it does ever snow again this winter, I can patch it up with the new snow. I guess if you are going to use snow as your skirting, I'd recommend living in an area that gets snow that particular year. We normally average 450 inches, but this winter it's not happening. Oh well, as long as it doesn't snow for all of May and June I'll be happy.
At the beginning of this month, this is what my skirting looked like.
Now it's looking like this and getting worse.
I had a wonderful time exploring your blog today! It gives a possibility to many of the things I thought would be disadvantages of living in a tiny home. Thanks so much for the information! This was the model of Tumbleweed that I wanted, and it is good to see how you store your stuff, how you live off grid and the layout/changes you made. I also am living in a cold climate further north... One question to begin: What do you do with garbage disposal? I saw that you have some bins in your pantry, but what happens when you take it outside? Does it attract wildlife? Do your pots cooling attract wildlife?
ReplyDeleteP.S. You also said that you would like to have fewer windows. Which ones would you consider doing without?
Thanks for your kind words! My garbage goes in a normal roll out to the road kind of dumpster that is shared with a neighbor. I do try to not leave garbage sitting around outside at all because off all the wildlife around my place. And cooling pots I keep an eye on and have not had anything get into yet, but it's certainly possible.
DeleteWindows, I'd just condense. Maybe put a one large one on each side and the end of my main room replacing the 9 different ones that are there. A slightly bigger one in the kitchen rather than the current one. The loft ones I'd probably keep as is.
Thank you! I appreciate that you take the time to answer questions. You are the first person I have ever had do that... no one in my area knows anything about mini houses.
DeleteYou're welcome. I don't always get back to people right away, but I do try since I know that others answering my questions helped me a lot as I was getting into my house.
DeleteWhy pile up snow against the house? Aren't you inviting moisture? Isn't your house adequately insulated from below?
ReplyDeleteIt is well insulated, but still keeping the air movement to a minimum still helps keep a little more heat in. And covering the tires also helps to protect them from rotting due to sun exposure.
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