Cold Weather Report 2017

[Bob Rowlands]

Well how about them apples. Never seen onea those. Very nice.

 

[Stea]

You should get a metal wood ring. You can usually find them at yard sales or on Craigslist. I got one for my camp for $5. Keeps the wood off the floor let's you store more inside.

Example:

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Good idea. I'll keep a lookout for one

 

[Swykes]

Hierony, I put the that foam weatherstripping between my walls and platform before I screwed the wall to it. That helped a lot with draft.

I believe it was 1 inch foam.

We have just ordered a 32' yurt from Yurtz by Design. We live in Northwestern Ontario, and plan to live in the yurt. We will be using foam insulation in the platform, but I am wondering if we should also install foam weather stripping between the walls and the platform to eliminate any drafts? Thanks.

 

[Jafo]

I did that on mine and it does help. If you are going to use a wood stove, one of the big things you can do is to vent combustion air from outside.