Scott Lurndal wrote:
songbird writes:
Scott Lurndal wrote:
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i'm much more in favor of working in layers because
of the need for good insulation during the cold weather

A 16" thick log has good thermal properties in this case.

in our location, when the trees had not grown up yet,
we'd have bad enough windchills that the furnace could
barely keep up. the open fields around us let it all
howl through.

now i've sealed up quite a bit of the gaps and we've
had a heat exchanger replaced and it does help that the
bordering trees have become an actual wind break.


songbird