Comment on Daily discussion. 💨🍃🦊 Thursday, 25 July, 2024

• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My windows don’t do that anymore, but I used to live in a house in the country that had a hole in the floor from where a large air con pipe (like on those portable ones) had been pushed through the floorboards, and 4cm gaps under all the doors. Being a 6 year old in a house that whistled was fucking terrifying, especially when my mum had the bright idea to go and tell me ghost stories

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  • Cendana@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Baku :( I really hope you will be in a better situation asap, seems you’ve been having really bad luck with everything.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah that was all years ago. 2014 I think (I don’t know how time works anymore - COVID kind of broke it). I’m in a better situation now

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a big hole in my floor from an old ducted heating pipe, but I have shoved a doormat and set of drawers on top of it so it does not whistle. I probably get a bit of air leak through all the old vents though. The worst wind incursions are through the laundry, which has a big gap under the door and around the pipe under the sink. Every time there is a big gust of wind the metal sink cupboard door rattles loudly. It used to have a dodgy sliding door to the room that would rattle too, but that broke a few years ago and I’ve replaced it with an insulated curtain that works well to keep the cold/hot out and definitely does not rattle.

    I do have a completely blocked off chimney, but unless the possums who live in there start a fire there should not be a fire risk.

    My biggest stress with this sort of weather is water leaks and the fear of a sheet of iron coming off the roof, as I’ve had issues with both of those things in the past. Every time I hear something rattle or drip I’m trying to work out if I have water coming inside - the idea of rain on the roof being a soothing sound is something I have not had in a long time. Maybe one day I will live in a house with a trustworthy roof and be able to experience that again.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good lord…

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