i think its good to mention one point!congrats for choosing your solution @queenmountain !
and they are known to keep the warmth in the winter
if you live somewhere with cold winters then im afraid this is totally not the case.. Stone houses are some of the coldest environments to stay in when its cold.. really really bad!! You will need some major heating system to keep warm if you live in sub zero winters.. They are the BEST in hot climates and can keep you cool all during the summer..
Stone walls simply release too much heat too quickly and so just a few hours after the sun goes they suck the heat out the living space.. If you insulate all the walls it can help but you no longer see them inside and its quite a lot of work..
hope that helps!!!
ps the earthbags are probably the cheapest best performing (not including earthships) to make..
I see. I will have to take this into consideration. We don't usually drop under the thirties, maybe with the mortar and the thickness it might help....? I am in Arizona, so more concerned for cold retention in summers, than heat retention in winters. I am hoping with a wood burning stove, and double thick walls, maybe I can retain the heat needed. I have definitely considered earthbags, next project perhaps!
yeah if it isnt too cold then it should be fine.. but for sure get a nice fireplace in there.. maybe more than one even.. thicker walls wont help much ..
I thought about building a stone fireplace, maybe have a built-in fireplace and then a wood burning stove.
im not an expert on fireplaces.. but i know that the thick heavy metal wood burning stoves ones are really amazing .. they push a lot of heat out.. a stone fireplace or built in isnt nearly as good as most heat goes out the chimney and the stones don't get nearly as hot as metal.. i made a builtin one on in my earthship and it is pretty useless.. u have to sit right next to it to feel much,, and it seems so silly to watch most of the heat fly out the roof!
hope that helps!! <3 x
That is a really good point, most the heat is lost. And I can cook on the wood burning stove. I think I still want one for dramatic effect 😄
fair enough! they are amazing to sit in front of for that cozy feelin... i guess you can have both.. the cast iron ones are quite cheap i think.. just a few hundred dollars.. well at least in Portugal they were!
sending you full power energy for this job.. hoping you dont have a deadline.. it sounds like your happy to go slow and sure.. x
No deadline, I figured at least a year. Although we will see when I start hauling rocks out of the wash. lol!