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   Hello Rob!   
      
   ** On Friday 07.02.25 - 01:34, Rob Mccart wrote to me:   
      
    RM> They spray it under a lot of buildings here and a thin   
    RM> layer expands to a couple of inches of foam. They can   
    RM> force it between walls as well and let it expand to fill   
    RM> the area but with the unconventional way my place is built   
    RM> that would be difficult and likely not work well leaving a   
    RM> lot of gaps.   
      
   How big is the cabin?  Is the floorplan a plain rectangle     
   shape?   
      
   Why not just build a skirt all around the exposed parts and     
   then fill the entire underside with foam?   
      
      
    AA>> [...]  HOw about building   
    >> a rock/concrete barrier right up against the house/   
    >> foundation so that they can't find a way to get in?   
      
    RM> Difficult and expensive, but I could redo the insualtion   
    RM> under the place and then put up sheets of plywood totally   
    RM> covering the bottom of the building.   
      
   Ah.. but that would be a horizontal application of insulation     
   parallel to the floors above, and then covered with plywood?   
      
   That's probably wiser, especially if you may still need access     
   to maintain a drainage or a water feed.   
      
      
    RM> ..I got rolled insulation, about 3 inches   
    RM> of fiberglass, about 3.5 feet wide with a fairly heavy reinforced   
    RM> vinyl on the bottom side..   
      
   Sounds like it's time for a fresh redo of the same?   
      
      
    RM> Some animals can surprise you. I heard a racket outside   
    RM> late one night and came out to find 2 raccoons on the   
    RM> outside of the house trying to pry the aluminum siding off   
    RM> to either try to get in where it was warmer or they heard   
    RM> mice in the walls and were trying to get in at them.   
      
   Ah.. The live wilderness channel.   
      
      
    AA>> How about bottles/jugs onto a sled?   
      
    RM> If I were having a lot more trouble I'd consider   
    RM> something, but trying to fill bottles from a hole in the   
    RM> ice would be a lot more time consuming than filling a   
    RM> bucket or two.   
      
   Some sort of portable pump with one end that can go right in a     
   jug.   
      
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