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Heat for SHTF…..and for Now the Garage – – – > Kerosene

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Since moving into the cabin here in Maine it’s certainly been a learning experience. Everything happened pretty fast and Maine Prepper Girl was in Maine at the time of the property purchase and I was in Kentucky planning my move. I’ll be providing more of an update as to the move and what’s going on but for now I’ll mention that I discovered that the garage has no power. With no power, there is no heat. With the garage being a major source of storage space I’ve looked at ways of heating it while working in there.

I determined the best method, for now, was kerosene.

I’ll be getting a quote to get electricity run to the garage after the Spring thaw, but, for now, I need to warm the place up a bit while I’m out there organizing and getting things the way I want. I found one of the guys that work fr me at my new job is experienced at hanging drywall. I’m planning on talking to him about helping insulate and drywall the garage. We’ll see what he’ll charge.

I’ve been in Maine for about 1 month in total. So much has been done and sooooooo much is left to do. I’ll be documenting events here and on Youtube/Rumble as well as we go along.

Take care all.

Rourke

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  1. arlene shako says:

    Thanks for sharing. Yes Maine and here in upstate NY we got hammered with snow.30 inches here and the drifting was very steep. My daughter did the farm feeding on her snow shoes yesterday.I remember the days when I could snow shoe!!
    Stay safe and warm. Arlene

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  2. CaptTurbo says:

    Insulate and hang the drywall yourself. If I can do it you can too. I’m still rebuilding after Hurricane Ian’s storm surge. Just started the mudding today.

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    1. JR says:

      No doubt that’s the plan. Can’t really afford to hire someone but may be able to get someone to show me a few things.

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  4. CaptTurbo says:

    I’m not in love with it either Pal but necessity pushes me onward and I darn sure hate to pay others for something I can do, especially when my whole world has just melted including having my charter boat destroyed which was my income.

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  5. CaptTurbo says:

    Hi JR. I’m relying heavily on YouTube for pointers. I can turn you on to some of the better guys to follow if you email me. My limiting factor now is my twice broken back from my motocross days and my hard life of sea service. I’m bedding in tape each day but can only work bending down as this job requires since my walls are all cut out at the bottom where the Gulf of Mexico got to them. I can only get through one pan of hot mud (45) at a time between resting the back for 30 minutes or so. Truly this is doable but it is very demanding on the back, hips, and knees. You will have a much smaller area to deal with. This 3300 sq ft ranch house has seemingly miles of walls.

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  6. SingleMom says:

    CaptTurbo, Have you tried an electric heating pad? I thought they were a foolish waste of money until I tried one, but now I’m hooked. I use mine when I’m sitting at the computer or just relaxing in the armchair watching TV, and it’s made a world of difference. I get mine at Walmart for about $30.

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  7. CaptTurbo says:

    Great idea SingleMom. I actually have one but I’m not sure if it survived the saltwater surge. I will have to check it out. It’s in one of the bathroom vanities that still needs to be torn out. What I have been doing is using my inversion table which helps a great deal. I also have a really heavy massage chair with rollers and air bags which I thought somehow survived the flood but after using it a couple times since, it started smoking so now I need to get that heavy beast out of the house. Thanks for the idea.

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