Clover's Cottage is a four-season vacation home, and as such, we have a number of different options for heating and cooling the home. Let's take a look at the hot and cold of it!

Heating

• The cottage is heated by zoned electric baseboard heat.
• A thermostat is located in each room (1st floor at rear of living area, each bedroom, sitting room, bathroom). Please adjust each thermostat to your desired temperature during your stay.
• In the full bathroom there are two separate heat sources:
• Radiant floor heat is controlled by a thermostat by the door closest to the toilet.
• Wall heater (near the bathtub and shower), controlled by a thermostat located behind the bathroom door near the toilet.

Wall heater located between the shower and the bathtub

Thermostat for bathroom wall heater located behind the bathroom door.

• At CHECKOUT, set the bathroom heat and the first-floor heat to 55 degrees. All other thermostats should be turned off.
  

Cooling

• Clover's Cottage generally has two window A/C units installed on the 2nd floor. Please adjust them to your desired comfort level.
• Two small room fans are also placed on the 2nd floor for your comfort.
• The first floor is naturally insulated by the 17"-thick fieldstone walls of the cottage, keeping it remarkably cool throughout the summer.
• Additionally, our little valley, surrounded by a pond, creek, and natural springs, tends to be cooler than all of the surrounding areas, so enjoy those cooler summer nights under the big, dark, starlit skies!
• When not at the cottage, and at CHECKOUT, turn off all fans and air conditioners.

General Air Conditioning Tips

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Window air conditioners should never run constantly and are never intended/able to cool a room more than 20 degrees cooler than the outside ambient temperature. Constantly running an A/C unit will risk freezing and damaging the unit. For example, if the outside temperature is 100 degrees, the air-conditioner cannot likely cool the room below 80 degrees.

Dehumidifier(s) and Air Purifier

• The dehumidifiers will make your stay most comfortable in times of high humidity.
• When in use during the peak hot and humid months, the dehumidifier tank in the living room will generally need to be emptied nearly every day. The water holding tank can be easily removed from the back of the unit. The dehumidifier in the mechanical room will empty automatically.
• Do not set the dehumidifier to the "continuous" setting.
• There is also an air purifier unit in the living room closest to the fireplace. Guests should have no need to adjust any settings on this unit.

Fireplace

• Fireplace fires should be set to the far back of the firebox.
• Please visually verify that the damper is open before lighting a fire.
• Warm the chimney with some handheld burning paper before lighting the firewood. This helps create an effective draft in a cold chimney.
• ALWAYS use the fireplace screen.
• NEVER leave the room with the fire unattended.

Outdoor Campfire

Keeping warm by the campfire is another lovely feature Clover's Cottage. Here are a few important tips.

• There is a bucket on the front porch for safe fire management. Keep it nearby for fire safety. Be certain the fire is fully extinguished before leaving the area.
• NEVER leave a campfire unattended.

FIREWOOD

• Complimentary starter firewood is on the front porch firewood cart.
• Additional firewood is available for purchase in the woodshed.
• A payment box can be found at the woodshed (or pay Tina Schmidt via Venmo).
• Occasionally, our woodshed is stocked with firewood ONLY intended to be used for outdoor fires. This firewood will be a separately marked stack that is either too large for indoors or pine that should never be burned inside. Please look carefully when selecting and purchasing your logs

Safe travels and keep cozy at the cottage!

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