Tag: storm

• Why the cabin is not available for rent

  #winter operations #rental #so #storm

  I have more or less removed the cabin from both Airbnb and iNatur for 2025. The reason is simple: in the winter of 2024, I discovered several instances of damage to the roof, and Storebrand Insurance has (once again) failed to act in time to repair the damage. This means I don’t know when the repairs will be done, but it will likely happen either in June 2025 or August/September 2025. You can still rent it, but with the caveat that you might suddenly have to get your money back…

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• Community Work Day to Install a Thatched Roof

  #so #community_work #storm

  The roof is finally in place, a year and a half after two hurricanes destroyed the original roof on the north side. We headed up Thursday evening with Jakob and Hans, and on Friday we prototyped and tested a sled to haul the turf until we found something that worked well: wheels attached to half a Euro pallet with side-stabilizing wheels turned out to be the perfect solution. We used it to haul up a pallet of ground panels to be placed underneath the insulation, before three more friends arrived on Saturday to tackle the big job of hauling up 180 bags of peat and spreading it out. Once we got started, we were done in just 4 hours! I’m waiting to sow the seeds until I come up in July and can oversee the watering, but I did test that the concept of using a pump with water connections to a regular garden hose worked.

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• After the storm

  #storm #so #maintenance

  Last winter, we really didn't have any luck, andmade the news. First, a hurricane struck in late November 2021, bringing the strongest winds ever recorded in Sigdal. Wind gusts reached 52 meters per second (about 200 km/h)—so strong that the moss was stripped from the rocky outcrops all around 😱(External report)

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• Missed the mark

  #pipe #heat #storm

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