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Show BEAUTIFUL TIMES PA SSIV E SO LA R-frorn p1 I dealt with the extremes of desert heat and cold by installing low E windows, insulating with R—l9 in the outside temperature. It is the best way I know to be inside and outside at the same time. Joan Sangree walls and R-40 to R—SO in the roof, and building large overhangs. The latter I OUR ROADS studied not only by reading solar Road work has continued to be fairly quiet this month. Due to dry conditions, grading has been limited to knocking the tops off the washboards. books, but also by talking to locals with solar facing windows. After weighing all the factors, I decided to sacrifice some of the winter sun gain in order to protect the house from the summer sun. I watched the sun’s angle as we installed the trusses and built the overhang to completely shield the house (not just the windows) from mid-summer’s sun. This turned out to be a 30” overhang over 8’ walls, and a 5’ overhang over 10’ walls. I also installed a 4”concrete floor to act as a heat sink. This is effective in both summer and winter by The most heavily traveled roads and those with a thick layer of gravel (laid on last year) developed the worst washboarding. Otherwise, most roads are in fairly good condition, according to Road Supervisor, John Blake. The Road Department is planning to gravel a few more places this fall. Roads that will receive gravel are: Homestead, Reservoir, Cliff View and releasing it at night. In the summer the cool night air dissipates the heat. In the winter the stored warmth is released stabilize the surface. into the living space. As many of you have noticed, the How has it worked? This summer the house maxed at 85 degrees except for a few days when the nights did not cool off. This was without a swamp cooler and with no vegetation to mute the heat and radiation from the sun. This fall has been the best. The sun pours in every day, warming the house from a low of 63 (6 am) to the high 70’s. Because of the heat stored in the floor, the house stays comfortable all evening. We’ve stayed toasty warm just from the sun’s rays. I have installed back-up heat in the form of radiant floor heat. This consists of tubing in the floor that carries warm water throughout the house. Fired by a boiler (or hot water heater), it is an incredibly comfortable as well as efficient heat source. I grew up on it, and, being a barefoot person, remember the pleasure of walking all winter on warm floors. Last winter we did not have the boiler hooked up. We relied instead on Happy Thanksgiving Full Moon...Wed...Dec 6 Rise...7:02pm----- Sets..8:483m New Moon...Wed..Nov 22 Rises....8:00 am Sets 7:25pm Planet Update Sightings... Venus’s pursuit of Mars, ends at grader is back. Clutch and related just 0.2 degrees south of the planet After sunset on the 23rd, a slender crescent moon hangs near Jupiter and not far from the Venus-Mars duo. Constellations Galore...Look up Overhead is the Pleiades cluster High in the Southeast, the Arrow— head of the Hyades star cluster outlines Taurus the Bull’s face, while following Orion the Hunter up the Southeast sky is the brighest star of all: Sirus. Gemini is low in the East. Star Showers...Tues, Dec 12th, 11pm, Geminid meteors falling from the Southeast at the rate of 50—80 per hour repairs came to $2000+, considerably less money than was anticipated. Evidently a ‘Wet” clutch, ie. one that operates in oil, is cheaper than a “dry” clutch. By now most Valley residents will have noticed the burned area at the corner of Castle Valley Drive and Amber Lane. A spreading patch of Russian Knapweed was growing on the The geese honked overhead I ran to catch the skein To watch them as they fled In a long waving line May Sarton Excerpted from Old Farmer’s Almanac --Jennifer Redding CV Dr. side of this comer. The Grand County weed control official asked that we burn this patch so that he would to horses.) Road Committee members are: Valli Smouse (Town), Richard better be able to spray the green shoots when they first appear in the spring. (Burning does not kill the plant, which spreads mainly by root runners.) As Russian Knapweed is considered a noxious plant by the State of Utah, destroying it is required by law. (It is Williams and Ray Taylor (POA) and extremely invasive, and is poisonous John Blake (Road Supervisor). The next meeting is scheduled for December 4th. Please call one of the members for dates, times and locations. The dates change monthly to accommodate Richard‘s work schedule. Joan Sangree HOUSECLEANING BY THE PROS! LET US HELP GET’YOU READY FOR FAMILY ° FRIENDS ° SANTA WE DO WINDOWS TOO! stay comfortable both day and night, SANDY 259-2999 ' LAURA 259-402l we also have the panorama of views. MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW! Last but not least: I like nothing better than sitting all cozy inside, watching storms approaching, or watching the eastern rocks turn red in the suns fading light regardless of the 3 AS THE WORLD TURNS two, small 110 volt space heaters and were quite comfortable. During sunny days we turned off the heaters. We hope to get the boiler up and running this year. Meanwhile this passive solar design is paying off. Not only do we - dusk on the 22nd, when it stands Meadow Lanes. All of these except Meadow were partially gravelled in the last two years. John plans to put a thin layer in specific spots. The gravel is intended to mix with the dirt to absorbing heat during the day and - NOVEMBER 15, 1995 / CV RESIDENTS . CV REFERENCES |