Build an outdoor patio and have an outdoor fireplace there? In MO I bet that would get a lot of use all year round...
Wood stove in an ICF house
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Babaganoosh
Minister of Fire
We are all jealous of how insulted your home is. You want fire which the rest of us definitely understand. In my opinion get a small stove and open a window or use the fireplace. With that house insulated that well using a fireplace 4 to 5 times a year for ambience is fine in my opinion. Get a nice glass screen for the front and let it rip on holidays and valentines day..put a bearskin rug in front and go at it.
Babaganoosh
Minister of Fire
We are all jealous of how insulted your home is. You want fire which the rest of us definitely understand. In my opinion get a small stove and open a window or use the fireplace. With that house insulated that well using a fireplace 4 to 5 times a year for ambience is fine in my opinion. Get a nice glass screen for the front and let it rip on holidays and valentines day..put a bearskin rug in front and go at it.
Rearscreen
Minister of Fire
I'm here in Saudi Arabia, Allahs Country, creating a mock up of an ICF wall vs the normal block they use here (which incorporates foam also). This is the location: http://www.theguardian.com/environm...i-arabias-solar-for-oil-plan-is-a-ray-of-hope
For 3 weeks I have worked with this stuff, cutting, shaping, creating forms to pour cement into so people can see it in a showcase setting. Today we pull the main cement form to reveal cross sections. I'm not having that warm fuzzy feeling as the pour was vertical and horizontal above out heads and many twists and turns.
My last home was insulated panel construction energy star home that I spent 10 years constructing with a Mansfield Stove. My transition home last winter was an uninsulated home with a Progress. Oddly, in some ways I liked the uninsulated better. Never thought I'd say that. New home is a "hybrid" old farm house in Vt. gutted and updated in the late 90s.
For 3 weeks I have worked with this stuff, cutting, shaping, creating forms to pour cement into so people can see it in a showcase setting. Today we pull the main cement form to reveal cross sections. I'm not having that warm fuzzy feeling as the pour was vertical and horizontal above out heads and many twists and turns.
My last home was insulated panel construction energy star home that I spent 10 years constructing with a Mansfield Stove. My transition home last winter was an uninsulated home with a Progress. Oddly, in some ways I liked the uninsulated better. Never thought I'd say that. New home is a "hybrid" old farm house in Vt. gutted and updated in the late 90s.
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