Sean Hyland

No one has any suggestions at all?  Pretty please?

Hi, Melonie!  I actually looked at that thread, but there are so many choices that I thought I would ask for any specific titles related to starting a permaculture garden.  I was hoping not to pick a book too blindly!  Amazon searches are even worse.

Hello, all.  I have been looking through the book by Paul Wheaton and am inspired to start a permaculture garden/farm thing here on the homestead in western NY.  Currently we have some livestock and a few raised beds.  I've been internet searching for a good book that will lay out how to start a permaculture garden step by step, in addition to the big picture theory side of it all.  Does such a book exist?  This is the one I was considering:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08N3JM5MK/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Hello All,
     
    I have a 1700 sq ft  timber framed/ strawbale project in Hector, near Ithaca and will be in need of a plasterer. Anybody interested or know someone who would be? Feel free to email at Sean@Hylandtimberframing.com.

Thanks Much!

Hi Roy,
It's perfectly plausible that I am totally missing the basics of heat transfer here. I'm a timber framer by trade, so this is not exactly my specialty.

I'm not sure I understand why it would take more propane to heat the mass than heating the air directly? I understand that it would take longer to transfer through the thermal mass, but where would the loss occur?

Expiring minds need to know! Thanks

Hi Julia, I am a timber framer in WNY and I have never had a crane operator ask me about being bonded. Before you rule out the crane have you checked a variety of operators? Depending on where you are I may know an operator that I have dealt with in your area. Feel free to PM me.

That being said, gin poles can be great, but can be difficult to move around from pick to pick depending on your situation. The best resource on this is the US Army Rigging Manual. It's available as a download online, any is absolutely invaluable.

Best of luck!

Thanks all for the input and suggestions. Many good thoughts there.
I'm thinking along the lines of having a totally separate firebox for the propane section with it's own fresh air intake and exhaust. Yes, the stove would be freestanding near the center of the house. I like the idea of incorporating the burner at floor leve, below the wood firebox.
I really haven't gotten as far as discussing it with any masons, and had just had the initial brainwave.
I was sort of half expecting that someone somewhere has done it already. (Nothing new under the sun and all that.)
I'm on the same page with some of you on the liability issue. This would have to be a burner which was in some way "legit" for the application seeing as it's for a customer and not for myself. Also, installed and designed with the blessing of the mason executing the work. Nothing janky for customers! Myself, that's another matter...
Caveats aside, the difficulties really don't seem to be insurmountable and seems to have the possibility to be a worthwhile idea to pursue further.
Maybe this will go somewhere in the short term, or it may end up shelved in the mental warehouse for later...

I have a client who I am working through the design phase on what is shaping up to be a very neat house project. She is pretty set on wanting a masonry stove which would be capable of heating the whole house (less than 1500 sq. ft.). However, she wants the ability to travel etc. for periods during the winter and so we will need a secondary heat source. I was thinking grumpily about the redundancy and cost inefficiencies that come with installing two fully functional heating systems in a house when I had what seemed to me a potentially Very Interesting Idea.

Would it be possible to install a thermostat controlled propane burner in a masonry heater, thus making one heat delivery method (the masonry mass) duel fuel and capable of automatic control? Naturally the propane burner would have to have it's own burn chamber, separate from the wood burn chamber, and would want it's own small flue running up the chimney.
What are the problems with this idea? Has this ever been done before that anyone knows of?  

A primary function of a rubble trench foundation is it's ability to act a drain for any water. Without knowing exactly what asphalt millings are like, but knowing what asphalt is like, I would be concerned that the material would not remain "loose" enough to function as a drain. Over time would it compact into one large wad of asphalt? It seems with rubble trench, the key is have large enough material to promote fast drainage, but small enough to compact effectively, eliminating settling. I have only done one rubble trench, so I am by no means an expert.

Ah, good point! Location is Alfred NY. 14803. Western NY about 1 1/2 hrs south of Rochester.