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That's...a lot of wood. This is all hardwood, seasonsed for a year? How large a piece of property would you need to sustainably re-grow that much wood indefinit
by yourapostasy 11y ago
That's...a lot of wood. This is all hardwood, seasonsed for a year? How large a piece of property would you need to sustainably re-grow that much wood indefinitely (wood growth rates in the Yukon are slower than in more temperate regions)?
What is the R-value and ACH [1] airtightness at 50 PA of such a house? I've been researching using two feet thickness of Pittsburgh Corning FOAMGLAS with an airtight building envelope that conforms to PassivHaus airtightness standards, and comparing the capital outlay of that with the anticipated opex cost savings. But I live in a far more mild climate than the Yukon, so my payoff period is measured in many decades.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_changes_per_hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_changes_per_hour
- grecy 11y agoNo hardwood this far north, it's all pine. Also, trees are small and take years and years to grow. I have no idea how much land you'd need to make that sustainable, but it would be absolutely huge! I'm thinking hundreds of acres.
- douche 11y agoTen cord of pine in a winter must mean you have things buttoned up and insulated pretty well. I grew up in Maine, and it's pretty common to go through 8-12 cord of rock maple, beech and ash in a winter. A lot more BTUs in that than pine, but a lot of houses are drafty old farmhouses... We only used pine in the fall and spring when we needed a quick fire to drive out the cold in the morning and heat up the hot water.
- Spooky23 11y agoBurning pine, unless chimney brushes were part of your kit, the sustainability of the forest won't be an issue -- you'll torch the house quickly.
- grecy 11y agoYep, chimney fires are a very real concern. A couple of houses burn down every year because of them. We sweep ours once a month, there usually isn't much build up.