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All exterior wall in Ontario have to be 2X6 deep with R25 batts and 2"s of foam on the outside of the walls. Then they are wrapped with typar. Every hole that passes through the exterior wall needs to be on the house plan. If there is a hole put through the wall after the home is bricked that is not on the plan they will make you take the brick off to show them it is sealed properly.

If you do not want the 2"s of foam on the out side of the wall they are framing the outside walls with 2X8. Yest jamb extensions are getting big up here.




When I worked for shell oil we were trained to 55F. Here still to this day when I change the water in my hot tub and first start it up. It reads 55F right out of the ground.

I do find it very interesting that the metered temp is different. I never took that at university when I was taking my petro chemical engineering.

Wow, that makes building expensive. Do old houses have to be retrofitted and brought up to code before they can be sold?

It's not 55 everywhere. My well water 150ft down is 59 in winter.

If you went down 1,000 feet it would probably be 70.

I think the 55 degree number is just a rule of thumb. Another data point...My well is over 200 feet deep and the water is 51.7 degrees

I agree, Bill D. Most MO springs and wells in the south are 58*, 57* in the central part of the state, colder north....55 is probably the median temp. In Alabama, there are 3 aquifers stacked...first (shallowest) is 59*, second aquifer I don't know...third is geothermal and at about 1500-1800 feet deep...well casing needs to extend through the upper 2 aquifers into the deepest....water is 80* with 5% salinity...ideal for fish farming...

-11 right now with 20+ mph sustained wind. Up to 57 on Monday.

-24 F this morning. Wind chill is -50 F. Supposed to have a high of -17 today.

Hope that you are staying warm indoors!

-10 at the farm. Going to be 60 on Sunday. If I get to ice fish, I’ll have to put on some sunscreen. Ha!

I have experienced similar cold weather here (once) in the Ark-La-Tex area back in or around 1982. The Red river froze over and I was able to walk to my duck blind some 300 yards out into the lake. Memory say's we had -18 with wind chill. You speak of home insulation, and back then we here were not set up for that type of weather. Homes were flooded due to frozen/busted water pipes including mine. Waiting list to re carpet the house was 30 days because of all the homes that had damage. It is the only time I might say we were close to seeing what you guys are seeing now. It's going to be high 60's to low 70's over the nest 5 days. Fish will be moving up to the shallows enjoying some of the rays

It's currently 7 F here with a wind chill of -10 F. But Saturday and Sunday it's going to be in the mid-60s.

it is a nice warm -8 this morning with 30 mph winds, not sure the windchill, but we also will see temps going up for the week end, around 40 so they say. Stay warm! take care if you have to be out in this!!

It has even been pleasantly cool down here 65 miles north of Venezuela. 78 last night when we went to bed. Have not had to run the air conditioning for the last week. If it gets down to 75 at night, and it may if the cold front gets this far, the locals will be breaking out the long pants and sweaters. They will be complaining about the cold.

Checking in from Siberi-IOWA.

No so bad, after all.

Lowest temp of the night was -29. It was -27 -28 most of the night. Lowest wind chill -54

It was about 16 degrees here this morning. The coldest we have had this winter was about 10 or 11 degrees F. Supposed to warm up in coming days.

YOU WIN Dwight! (or lose depending on how you look at it) Sorry to hear about those numbers, makes my -2 this morning feel kinda nice.

Supposed to get 24 F today but currently at 12 F.

Think I'm gonna move to florida

Then ya got hurricane season

I'll take Hurricane season over freezing lol

-29 F this morning. Hard to believe we are supposed to be in the mid 40's with rain by Sunday! If we get much rain and all this snow melts, I'm sure the pond will flood out of its banks.

Only negative 5 here this morning. Not too bad. Can't wait for the rain next week. I'll take your water Bill!

We had 15 again this morning here in the river valley. It has been warming quickly though. Thin ice on ponds gone by evening. The "vortex" did not get here. It's supposed to be near 50 by mid afternoon.