Putting stuff in the Attic...in Texas

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

So the answer in her mind (and sometimes verbally) is that it is a big mess so it doesn't matter if things are just thrown into my mess. Problem is when I get ready to clean up for real there is a bunch of extra stuff that has been thrown into the mix.

What they fail to understand is we know what everything in the mess is and exactly where in that mess something is buried.

When they add to it they throw our mental inventory off.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

What they fail to understand is we know what everything in the mess is and exactly where in that mess something is buried.

When they add to it they throw our mental inventory off.

After she asked me what the stuff in middle of living room was and I told her it was the crap she just tossed in my AO, she couldn't even remember buying it or putting it there.

But I knew it was stuff she had bought at garage sale for our kid's college apartment.

[gregpark]

I had the same attic issue with my wife. I insulated the rafter bays and installed two gable fans, one at each end of the attic. Both are activated by the same thermostat. One fan sucks in outside air and the other blows hot air out. Now it doesn't get hot enough to ruin stored stuff and the house stays a little cooler too.

[hcoles]

My wife is on notice not to expect me to store any stuff of hers in the garage unless it is put in the space above the garage. I still haven't got a good answer re. why we are saving the kids old artwork and some of their old clothes.

[fintstone]

We stored Christmas decorations in the attic above the garage when stationed in Austin (Bergstrom AFB). Quite a bit of damage after only one year. The candles all melted. The ones that were large and shaped like Santa looked like caricatures (grotesque "evil" Santas) from someone's nightmares. Of course, in Vegas, even the garage was too hot to store much in. It was even hard on the cars, but outside (during the day) was worse.

[upsscott]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

We've been in this house since October 2020. Back then I didn't know the old lady put a bunch of stuff in the attic. When I found out I about went through the roof. I complained and tried to tell her that those temps are not good for stuff you want to keep. Then took my stuff out and found another location for it.

One of our kids came home from college yesterday and had a bunch of stuff, a bunch. This afternoon, the old lady is up there putting stuff in the attic.

Hopefully it isn't stuff that we paid good money for. I guess I'm going to sit here and bite my tongue and try to make more money to pay for this. SMH

It is sort of like when she 'cleans up' and then I can't find my stuff but it is now better organized and clean.

Edit 1: Last week we had 2 consecutive days over 100 degrees, IN MAY. This week is mid to high 90s every effin day.

I was in San Antonio last week. That was the most miserable weather I’ve ever experienced.

[upsscott]

Originally Posted by masraum

I don't doubt that, between the insane heat (that's probably 10x worse in an attic) and the lack of moisture, I would think most stuff would avoid your attics.

I went to the Phoenix area once, I think it was Jul or Aug, for 2-3 days. "But it's a dry heat." Yeah, so is my oven, but you won't find me hanging out in there.

I’d take Phoenix heat over San Antonio any day of the week. The humidity is just stupid.

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by upsscott

I’d take Phoenix heat over San Antonio any day of the week. The humidity is just stupid.

Yeah, it sucks pretty bad. But having lived in DC, I will say the humidity is worse there, which freaks out people that live here as they believe this is the worst.

[nota]

I put in fans
one in each gable and a blower pointed at the exhaust turbine spinner

[Fast Freddy 944]

Globalist manipulation of the weather cased these 100f days this early, blame Brandon and Obummer. Lets go Brandon IMPEACH!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Yeah, it sucks pretty bad. But having lived in DC, I will say the humidity is worse there, which freaks out people that live here as they believe this is the worst.

I spent my last 2.5 years of HS in Woodbridge. It was hot and muggy up there. I was surprised when I went down to Tampa, FL for my college orientation. I left Virginia and it was 108º and when I got to Tampa it was just barely over 90º.

I wouldn't think SA would be that humid. I know that Austin usually seems far less humid than Houston, and the one time I was in SA I don't remember it being that humid. And El Paso was even less humid than that. Texas seems to get drier the farther west you go or maybe the farther you get from the Gulf of Mexico.

[911 Rod]

Hide her ladder

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Fast Freddy 944

Globalist manipulation of the weather cased these 100f days this early, blame Brandon and Obummer. Lets go Brandon IMPEACH!

Dude, WTF? Are you off your meds or something? This is the second non-PARFy thread that you seem intent on PARFing up.

That guy is a serious nutter!

[matthewb0051]

The Balcones escarpment is north of SA. The theory I've heard from weather folks is that the humidity rolls up from the Gulf and hits the escarpment then rolls back over SA and the rest of South Texas, sort of like a wave. So it traps the humidity here. No idea if that is sound but it sure feels like crap here so I believe it.

We lived in El Paso for a couple of years. It gets stupid hot there but the humidity is super low so it isn't that bad. If you get out of your car/truck with a sweaty shirt it dries up pretty quickly. Here, not so much...it just gets more sweaty.

[upsscott]

We left San Antonio to visit family in Allen (North Dallas) and I couldn’t believe the difference in humidity. Dallas felt close to what NorCal is like. Aside from the fact that just walking in the yard is treacherous with the fire ants, chiggers, and occasional copperheads, I would like Allen. San Antonio not so much.

[matthewb0051]

I walk from my office to courthouse (about 2 blocks in shade) about 8:30am. Lately it has been soupy and I start sweating the minute I get in the building. Yesterday wasn't soooooo bad though.

Today, thankfully was on Zoom.

[yellowperil]

My mother had a saying "A place for everything, and everything in it's place"

Don't fight with yours wives, guys, it's useless.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by upsscott

We left San Antonio to visit family in Allen (North Dallas) and I couldn’t believe the difference in humidity. Dallas felt close to what NorCal is like. Aside from the fact that just walking in the yard is treacherous with the fire ants, chiggers, and occasional copperheads, I would like Allen. San Antonio not so much.

Just wait, the shyte has not hit the proverbial fan up here yet.

The biggest problem with N Texass, the weather is downright biblical. Rarely a perfect day. If it's not torrential monsoon rains during spring it's blistering heat. If it's a nice clear day with moderate temps you've got gale force winds for days on end.

[RNajarian]

My mother in law recently moved in and coincidentally I’ve been spending a lot more time “putting tools away” in my garage. During the hot summer days my garage can become too hot and uncomfortable to do anything in there. So I decided to install an attic fan to see if it will keep the garage comfortable during the hot summer days.

The garage is drywalled and insulated. On Mother’s Day I installed a gable mounted attic fan. I also put a wireless thermometer in the attic to monitor how hot it gets up there.

Today, 5/13/2022 the peak temperature inside the attic was 122.9 degrees F at 3:00 pm. The outside ambient temperature at 3:00 pm was 90.3 degrees F. A difference of nearly 33 degrees F. Inside the garage it was a comfortable 75 degrees.



I will be curious to see what temperatures I get when the outside ambient temperature reaches 100 degrees F.