Shooting the Breeze 17-19
#251
When we had this house built floor drains and hot water were a must. I will add heat in the near future.
#253
#254
I have come to understand your fantasy house garage. Now that I'm back in Loveland I've "learned" what cold can be. Wednesday is the day I'll be washing my Crosstour because the high is predicted to be 57°. Thursday is predicted to have snow with a high of 26°F. Saturday it is predicted the high will be 10°F with a low of -7°F! (68°F/55°F are the high/low predicted for Lake Forest, CA that day.) Christmas is predicted to have 22°F for a high and -2°F for a low in Loveland, CO.
PS : We had a little break in the weather today. 53 degrees! He ran the S through the "no touch" car wash to remove remnants of last week's snow, mud, salt....
#255
I'm happy you are happy with this weather you are experiencing. Now picture going out oh say around 6:30 or 7:00 AM in said cold, and clearing off your car, (no garage) of snow, and/or ice, not because you want to, but because you have to go to work, or take the kids to school, or tend to whatever. One becomes weary of winter so quickly....that's why so many folks around here grumble. I grumble and Rick is the one dealing with the snow, not me) and why many move to "God's waiting room" Also known as Florida.
PS : We had a little break in the weather today. 53 degrees! He ran the S through the "no touch" car wash to remove remnants of last week's snow, mud, salt....
PS : We had a little break in the weather today. 53 degrees! He ran the S through the "no touch" car wash to remove remnants of last week's snow, mud, salt....
#256
Patty it's not that it can get cold for a day or two.
It's when it has been freezing for 6 weeks and subzero for 4 of those.
Throw in a few snow storms with all of the sand and sand and general crud on the roads and you have a car that is filthy.
The yuck is almost thick enough to be measured with a ruler. Dirty enough that you would be hard pressed to guess what color the car was under all of that stuff.
That's when you are late for a meeting or going to a funeral or wedding and you brush up against the car and your clothes are instantly filthy.
A great big smudge of crud. but you really can't do anything about it because you can't wash your car.
Sure you can go use a touchless car wash and wash it down with recycled water from everybody else car....
yup a drain in a heated garage with hot and cold water feed.
It was warm today so I took the opportunity to go wash the two daily drivers.
Here's looking forward to spring.
It's when it has been freezing for 6 weeks and subzero for 4 of those.
Throw in a few snow storms with all of the sand and sand and general crud on the roads and you have a car that is filthy.
The yuck is almost thick enough to be measured with a ruler. Dirty enough that you would be hard pressed to guess what color the car was under all of that stuff.
That's when you are late for a meeting or going to a funeral or wedding and you brush up against the car and your clothes are instantly filthy.
A great big smudge of crud. but you really can't do anything about it because you can't wash your car.
Sure you can go use a touchless car wash and wash it down with recycled water from everybody else car....
yup a drain in a heated garage with hot and cold water feed.
It was warm today so I took the opportunity to go wash the two daily drivers.
Here's looking forward to spring.
#257
A garage heater and floor drains IMHO are not enough... I can atest that the ground outside the garage where the 'car washing water' must go can and will sooner or later freeze up in the winter and back up, and freeze some more and back up, ....... been there; done that. My point is give a lot of thought about where the runoff is going and how quickly it can get out of the drain system. Mine drained underground down a long gradual downhill stretch to the street. It did not work out as planned.
Last edited by dlq04; 12-19-2017 at 03:38 PM.
#258
#259
A garage heater and floor drains IMHO are not enough... I can atest that the ground outside the garage where the 'car washing water' must go can and will sooner or later freeze up in the winter and back up, and freeze some more and back up, ....... been there; done that. My point is give a lot of thought about where the runoff is going and how quickly it can get out of the drain system. Mine drained underground down a long gradual downhill stretch to the street. It did not work out as planned.