A repeat of last winter! (ski resort, crawl space, purchase)

[lesharona]

Close your vents under your house when the temperatures get below freezing.

[mustangjoey]

Great tips so far, thank you!

[Syringaloid]

If you own a lawn mower, make sure you drain it of fuel or add fuel stabilizer before storing it for the winter.

https://www.mowersdirect.com/stories...awn-Mower.html

[Outta_Here]

While we're in this subject, exactly how do you blow the sprinklers out? What about the water lines leading to them??

No snow shovel so I'll have to get one. My driveway is on about a 6% grade and it is short. That one is going to be a real trip if it is icy.

As a SoCal sissy, we don't have those problems down here.

[Steelhead69]

Originally Posted by Outta_Here

While we're in this subject, exactly how do you blow the sprinklers out? What about the water lines leading to them??

No snow shovel so I'll have to get one. My driveway is on about a 6% grade and it is short. That one is going to be a real trip if it is icy.

As a SoCal sissy, we don't have those problems down here.

air compressor. There are landscapers and others who put up signs in the neighborhood when the irrigation water cuts off and before the first freeze. Usually $20, they put you on their route.
Once the freeze is done and the water back on you just open up the valve yourself. That's how it's worked for us anyway.

[misc1972]

Originally Posted by oregonwoodsmoke

Time to prepare. I'm always a bit amused on the first day of snowfall and every snow shovel and every bag of ice melt in town is suddenly all sold out. That's a lot of people who were caught by surprise when winter actually showed up after all.

Last year, my family decided to buy a bigger snow blower. It had to be special ordered because every snow blower at every store was sold out. That wasn't much of a problem because we had the smaller one to use while we waited, but dozens ( hundreds? ) of people were frantically trying to find a snow blower to buy. They were not prepared for winter.

Something that new comers need to understand. Winter is going to happen. It happens every year. Every winter, there is going to be some snow to shovel. Make sure you have a snow shovel before the first snow fall, or you might not be able to find one.

Last winter, I needed a snow shovel for the first time in 20 years,

[pnwguy2]

Yes, winters can by cyclical, and they do tend to bunch together in similarities. However, statistically, they do not. I am somewhat aware of a 30-year cycle, that tends to occur rotating between warmer and cooler winters. I don't see it quite yet, but some say the NW is leaving the warm 30-year cycle and entering into another cold 30-year cycle. We shall see how it shapes out.

[jdoll88]

saving up for the following-
snow tires
kleats for shoes
snowblower
might buy a 4wd beater as we just have a fwd car

[LillyLillyLilly]

Originally Posted by jdoll88

saving up for the following-
snow tires
kleats for shoes
snowblower
might buy a 4wd beater as we just have a fwd car

Oh yeah my 4WD saved me last winter. The snow plows left big berms on our street right along side the cars parked there. So people were shovelling then trying to get out then shovelling some more. The people who didn't shovel that first day were sol because the berm turned to ice overnight.

I'm one who didn't shovel the first day but my 4WD just climbed over the berm.

Problem is, that was the first winter I've ever needed it in town in the 20 years I've lived here. So if I had bought it just to get around in town, that would have been one expensive piece of transportation for a few hours of driving.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Outta_Here

While we're in this subject, exactly how do you blow the sprinklers out? What about the water lines leading to them??

No snow shovel so I'll have to get one. My driveway is on about a 6% grade and it is short. That one is going to be a real trip if it is icy.

As a SoCal sissy, we don't have those problems down here.

Some sprinkler systems drain themselves once the water's turned off. Others need to be blown out by an air compressor.
A sprinkler guy can inform you what needs to be done once he looks at your system.