Bonsoir Isabelle,
You're talking about my earthship I see
www.es-cargo.qc.ca
We're entering our 10th winter and looking forward to the white season!
We're already in the below freezing temperatures at night. Actually, the first frost is at the end of September where we live.
We do use about 4 cords of "crappy" wood a year in our
Rocket Stove/mass heater (we use it both for heating and cooking).. Are you jealous yet?
Hello Stefan,
I found out that theory and practice are 2 very different things, probably because so many variables need to be accounted for, that it makes it almost impossible not to miss something.
Too much mass is just as bad as not
enough. In the first case, you might end up having to blast your Rocket for 2-3 days to get back to tolerable temperatures after being away a few days... Earthships have HUGE windows where you lose a LOT of heat. In the second case, everyone knows you overheat!
That said, we still love our home and have found a few tricks to alleviate the problems we discovered along the way, as you can see in the vimeo.
... and going the the composting
outhouse in winter is NOT a problem. Try it before you give your comments, please?
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