Heat

The newest group home had a heating problem in October, it was getting colder and the gas was not hooked up to it yet. The house is so well insulated it wasn't a problem at first.  First we bought some little electric fan heaters, we got one for the classroom too. Had to replace one of those already, they aren't the best made heaters.

In the beginning of November it was decided to buy a little wood stove to heat it. They only start a fire in it in the evening, (often every other day) and the house is extremely warm. The group home parents didn't want to put it in the big room, because it was colder on their side of the house, so that's where it went, but the whole house is staying hot.  Garry tells me that they are getting closer to having gas this week, so they will finally be able to run the in floor heat that was put in and use the gas stove in the big kitchen, They have been cooking on their side of the house where we put a electric stove since moving in.

The fan is to move the hot air

The plan is to put a wood stove in the milkhouse connected to the classroom to heat it, but I don't know if they did it yet, .The other houses are heating with gas, the boys' house has good insulation in the main new part of the house, Garry is looking at insulating the attic of the first girls' house, since it seems to have none, and gas is much more expensive this year once you go over a minimal amount each month.