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Papaw's Winter-Ready House

Get the house ready before the first hard freeze.

Mice, drafts, firewood, frozen pipes and power outages, in one big-print guide you can finish in a weekend.

45-page PDF16-point type+ 6 printablesEvery number sourced
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Every number in it comes from the CDC, the Department of Energy, FEMA, Ready.gov and the fire service.

The cover of Papaw's Winter-Ready House
Why it works

Big print, plain words, and pages to tape up

Where the old way and the tested way agree, Papaw tells you the old way. Where they don't, the tested way wins.

16-point type

Big print and plain words, on a phone or on paper.

Every number sourced

From the CDC, the Department of Energy, FEMA, Ready.gov and the fire service.

+ 6 printables

Print them at home or at any print shop, and tape them where they belong.

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What's inside

Six chapters, in the order Papaw would do it

  1. Walk Your WallsKeep mice out without poison: the pencil test, steel wool and caulk, traps that work, and the CDC's safe cleanup.
  2. Stop Heating the OutdoorsFind drafts with an incense stick, then seal windows, doors, outlets and the attic hatch for a few dollars.
  3. Wood That Burns HotWhere the pile goes, how to stack and season it, the moisture test, what never goes in the stove, ashes and the chimney.
  4. Pipes That Don't FreezeBefore the first freeze, the hard-freeze night, and what to do if a pipe freezes or bursts.
  5. The Fall Walk-AroundSmoke and carbon monoxide alarms, the furnace, the chimney, gutters and space heaters, outside then inside.
  6. When the Power Goes OutThe winter kit, one warm room, the carbon monoxide rules, and how long the food in the fridge keeps.
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Plus 6 pages to print and tape up

Print the 6 cut-out pages at home or at any print shop, and tape them where they belong.

The Fall Walk-Around Checklist

Every job, outside and inside, with a box to tick.

Where Things Are

The water shut-off, the breaker box and every number you'd need in a hurry.

The Hard-Freeze Night Card

For inside the sink cabinet: what to do before bed when it's going to freeze hard.

The Woodpile Log, the Sealing Log and the Winter Kit list

Write it down this year, and next fall you'll know where you stand.

Papaw Earl on his porch holding a printed copy of the Winter-Ready House guide
A word from Papaw

Fall is short. Winter is long.

Fall is a short season for getting ready and a long winter for finding out whether you did. Nobody wants to make the January phone call: the burst pipe, the mouse in the flour, the stove that won't draw, the cold night with no lights.

So I wrote down the getting-ready part, in the order I'd do it, with the tested numbers next to the old ways. Where they agree, I tell you the old way. Where they don't, the tested way wins.

— Papaw Earl

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The guide opens right away, and a copy comes to your email so you can find it again.

Print the 6 cut-out pages at home or at any print shop, and tape them where they belong.

Do a chapter at a time. Most of it is one good weekend and a few dollars at the hardware store.

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Where the numbers come from

How far the woodpile goes from the house, how to clean up after mice, how warm to keep a house you're leaving, how far a generator goes from the window: every number in this guide is checked against the CDC, the U.S. Department of Energy, Ready.gov, FEMA, the U.S. Fire Administration and the National Fire Protection Association.

CDCU.S. Dept. of EnergyReady.govFEMAU.S. Fire AdministrationNFPA

Gas lines, wiring, furnaces and chimney repairs are work for a licensed professional. The guide tells you when to make that call. Old Ways Press isn't connected to any of these agencies; we just follow what they publish.

Questions folks ask

Questions

Is it a paper book?

No. It's a PDF you download, and nothing comes in the mail. It opens on your phone, tablet or computer, and you can print it at home or at any print shop.

I'm not good with computers.

You don't need to be. After you pay, a button shows up on the screen and the guide opens like a photo. No account, no password. If it won't open, send us a note and we'll walk you through it.

Will it work for my house?

It's written for an ordinary house in a place that freezes: a farmhouse, a town house, a trailer, with or without a woodstove. Skip the firewood chapter if you don't burn wood.

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Get the house ready before the first hard freeze.

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