***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***
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Talked to a guy who has one by Algona. He said they would rebuild at his place.
That was an unofficial estimate based off of damage to a radio tower.
We replaced the windows in each of our kid’s rooms this year. They do face the west and it has seemed to help a lot. Instead of a 60/70/80 spread from basement to the 2nd story I bet we are only at 75 on the 2nd now.
Multiple towers down is surprising. I have seen a single one down N of 30 before south of Paton that one kinked of above the door way.
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We have a four level split and have similar issues. I had a company in that recommended duct booster fans. Never pulled the trigger on that, but on really cold or really hot days, I'm very tempted, as our top level is much colder or hotter than the rest of the house.
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They put new blades or a new head on them about every 5 years or so. They don’t like to mention that stuff right away. When they sell them, they say no disruption to the area but they will reshape the area for their pad and drainage will get screwed up.
Unofficial. But my work weather station exploded at 120 mph with the unofficial 140 being like 2 miles away.
Unfortunately, I have been doing this for a few years now and it doesn't seem to solve the problem, although I'm guessing the temperature differential would be even greater than it is now if I hadn't been doing this.
As someone who was a few miles north of the apartment complexes that completely lost their roofs and had 2nd floor exterior walls falling in, I believed the 140 number.
Thanks! I'm going to do some research on this option. Appreciate the suggestion!We have a four level split and have similar issues. I had a company in that recommended duct booster fans. Never pulled the trigger on that, but on really cold or really hot days, I'm very tempted, as our top level is much colder or hotter than the rest of the house.
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Can't answer about crop damage, but the tower I saw go down by hwy 30 got cleaned up part of it buried and not rebuilt.
Cyclonepride
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This morning, I ended up buying a couple powered vent covers that do this for about $60 each (Amazon). They have to be plugged into a wall, but luckily the two vents I want to use have outlets right by them. I'll let you know how they work.
Multi-level homes are always going to be difficult to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. In our last home that was a major problem and we brought in a couple contractors looking for suggestions on how to even out the system. Basically we were told that in the basement it's going to be heat in the winter, they suggested either a small gas fireplace to warm the limited space or electric baseboard heaters. You could turn them on when needed and then not worry about them the rest of the time.
For cooling an upper story it was to either go big and put a unit in the attic that would direct the cool air into only those rooms or the cheap way, spend a few hundred dollars and purchase window units for those rooms and then take them out in the fall. Which is what we ended up doing, and it worked very well. Turn the unit on at bedtime and shut the door and the room was cool all night long, added some to the electrical bill but well worth it to get a good nights sleep.
For cooling an upper story it was to either go big and put a unit in the attic that would direct the cool air into only those rooms or the cheap way, spend a few hundred dollars and purchase window units for those rooms and then take them out in the fall. Which is what we ended up doing, and it worked very well. Turn the unit on at bedtime and shut the door and the room was cool all night long, added some to the electrical bill but well worth it to get a good nights sleep.
I’m guessing if the tower was bent that the anchor bolts may have been pulled a little and it made it dangerous to just put another up
We have a large 2 story - our smart thermostat came with an extra sensor that we place upstairs, so it reads the temp both downstairs at the wall unit & upstairs at that sensor. Upstairs (particularly above the garage) still gets a little warm in the summer/cool in the winter, but it's definitely bearable.
But does the sensor do anything to control where the air is going?
We've got a decent sized 2-story w/finished basement... We had Dual Zone installed about 2 years ago and the difference has been wonderful.
They go from one tower to the next in my area SE of Algona. Constantly taking blades down and replacing the guts. One that is 1/2 mile from my house has had new guts put in twice I 5 years.
My house is this way and it's amazing. One small unit in the attic for just the upstairs and one in basement for the main floor and basement. Sucks paying for maintenance on 2 AC/furnaces, but it stays cool all summer in our bedroom which makes it worth it. Plus using smart thermostats, I can regulate the timing so my electrical bill isn't really much higher than with a single unit.
