It’s not pleasant around here during this time of year if you enjoy being outside.
I’m from the south, so it’s particularly difficult for me during the winter.
I’m lucky to live in a nice home with brand new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment. When my bud and I bought this site, we instantly replaced the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit, and now there is central air conditioning in the house. But this sort of winter season requires more than the heat pump can offer when it comes to heating. So we also have a gas furnace as part of that central air conditioning and heating system. And man, am I ever thankful to have that in my life. Without that gas furnace I would be miserable this time of year, as the winter season is a real challenge for me no matter where I am in this region. In my car I crank the heating for 12 minutes before I even get inside the car in my driveway, or the garage at work. And once I’m inside the commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning of the office, I have a space furnace stuck under my desk to get through the work day comfortably. But until recently, I was stymied by a draft in my beach house that was wrecking our heating comfort and costing us money. That all changed when I borrowed a thermal detector gun and found the source of the draft. It was a window my pal and I had replaced that wasn’t respectfully insulated. So this winter, we are even cozier in our beach house and we’re getting the max efficiency for our gas furnace as well. It’s still cold up here and the winter season lasts too long, but having a warm and toasty beach house to stay in sure helps.