Thursday, October 13, 2005
Turn up the heat
So last night we skipped the gas fireplace because Nick ended up with a slugger headache just from the short time we had it on. So he turned on the heat, closed all the vents except downstairs and in the bedroom. Within minutes the House smelled like the basement. Why we keep the catbox next to the heater I do not know. So this weekend will be a change the filter, clean out the vents and move the cat's litter box
The cat must be "missing" the box or something. That never happened before and he's like 12 yrs old or something. Maybe he's just getting old. He does seem to not keep his coat up like before. We have to brush him to keep the tufts at bay.
So now we are still thinking about - how can we best and least expensively convert the propane non-vented fireplace to a wood burning fireplace. My new question is how will it affect the home value.
WE know that home values increase with the addition of a fireplace, but what is the relative difference in value between a gas fireplace and a wood burning one. If I spend $4k on a wood fireplace, when the gas would be more desireable should we decide to sell our home I would not be happy. I'd rather get a hot tub.
Hot Tub is a whole other subject.
All this stuff has to follow paying out college loans anyway. We still have 3 more years of taking them out, with one of the years taking two out. Thats 4 more loans to take in the next 3 years while we pay the 4 years back from kid #1.
The cat must be "missing" the box or something. That never happened before and he's like 12 yrs old or something. Maybe he's just getting old. He does seem to not keep his coat up like before. We have to brush him to keep the tufts at bay.
So now we are still thinking about - how can we best and least expensively convert the propane non-vented fireplace to a wood burning fireplace. My new question is how will it affect the home value.
WE know that home values increase with the addition of a fireplace, but what is the relative difference in value between a gas fireplace and a wood burning one. If I spend $4k on a wood fireplace, when the gas would be more desireable should we decide to sell our home I would not be happy. I'd rather get a hot tub.
Hot Tub is a whole other subject.
All this stuff has to follow paying out college loans anyway. We still have 3 more years of taking them out, with one of the years taking two out. Thats 4 more loans to take in the next 3 years while we pay the 4 years back from kid #1.
