1/ > dead easy poast p̵h̵y̵s̵i̵q̵u̵e̵ firewood pilehttps://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1460601281161019398 …
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3/ Cordwood building is bad because wood is a bad insulator. When I go outside my farmhouse on a chilly morning the house is covered with a layer of frost ... except for vertical stripes spaced 16" apart. What's going on? Insulation keeps heat inside the house; wood bridges.
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All of the heat I'm paying for (whether I'm heating in a given winter with oil purchased for cash or firewood purchased with sweat) is leaking out through the places where solid wood connects the inside and the outside of a house.
...now build an ENTIRE HOUSE that way. 
5/ > If I was frail or elderly this would be my build. Since WoG is neither frail nor elderly (one presumes), I'm curious what actual technology he used to build his home. (At a guess, he lives in a standard-built apartment and just wanks online.)
6/ eh...it uses a ton of materials for no good purpose. If I had a bunch of free trees (as I do) and wanted to build an outbuilding from materials on hand, I'd get an "Alaskan chainsaw mill" for $250 or something and just make my own lumber.https://twitter.com/basementwatcher/status/1460606420760645635 …
You're halfway there already!
Holy cow, that's some NICE WOOD!
I just love american outdoor boilers. When I first saw them I was like "wtf is wrong with that country" but then I realized that it's kinda genius.
what lead to the first take? I first heard of them 8 years ago, when I bought a house with one.
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