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Hello my name is Chris. I live in northern BC on the Alaska Hwy. plan on building a cordwood home on our newly aquired acreage.

Christopher Weeks

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Welcome to Permies, Chris -- sounds like an adventure!

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Welcome to Permies!

We would love to see some pictures as you progress.

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Faeryn Savage

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Welcome! What a great adventure it sounds like you're headed on! Looking forward to hearing all about it!

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Hi Chris;
Welcome to Permies!
Don't forget to include accommodations for a rocket mass heater in your new cabin!
If you plan on one from the ground up it's easier than retrofitting it in later.

For all your Montana Masonry Heater parts (also known as) Rocket Mass heater parts.
Visit me at
dragontechrmh.com

Tim Siemens

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Welcome Chris,

I also live on the Alaska highway in northern BC. There is cord wood house near Prophet river, that I have visited, that seems to work well. There are a few things that should be done different, but over all its a success and works well in this environment.

No man is an island.

Ra Kenworth

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Welcome!

A cord wood house! I was living in one and getting internet about 15 years ago when I first started learning stuff at permies!

What a wonderful opportunity to plan and design the kind of house you want!

Why not start with a slice of permie pie and watch all about free heat, and build your original outbuilding around that, while you figure out how you want to build. One thing I have learned is being cash strapped allowed me to take my time and do little improvements and make less big mistakes.

I guess you're going to have some time to huddle up under blankets and read the permies forums this winter!

All the best, and I don't think I'm alone in wanting to see progress pictures if the opportunity is there for that

Get me the mayor's office! I need to tell her about this tiny ad:

the permaculture bootcamp in winter (plus half-assed holidays)

https://permies.com/t/149839/permaculture-projects/permaculture-bootcamp-winter-assed-holidays