tiny house winter
tiny house cold climate
AmIRight?
Well, tonight might be a good example. It’s December 30th, -6 degrees outside,
The Kimberly Stove is burning a mix of firewood and Eco Bricks.
The temperature fluctuates a lot in the Tiny House (from warm to uber hot). I should get a good thermometer and give a better report. Last night we were roasting in the loft and I had to open a window; it was left open for several hours (with an outside temp similar to tonight’s). I’m certain we must be in the high 80s up there often enough (with the windows closed of course).
I like the heat but I don’t necessarily want to sleep in a sauna.
We like to throw the Eco Bricks in once in a while -or when it’s super cold out- because they burn really hot and for about two hours before the stove needs to be reloaded. The Kimberly Stove inventor dude highly recommends Home Fire Logs, claims that they burn hot for 8 hours, but they’re only available on the coasts! I’d love to try them! But paying for shipping is a pain. Next time I’m road tripping to Oregon visiting my sister I’ll take the truck, buy a ton of it, and pray it’s as awesome as he says!
We have spray foam in the walls. So apparently that works really well. (Likely terribly toxic and I would have chosen that denim stuff -I mentioned it- but whatever.)
And, as I’ve said before, we’re skirted.
Tiny House + Extreme Cold Climate + Kimberly Stove + Skirting + Spray Foam Insulation = really nice, warm, better-than-just-surviving, cozy Tiny House Dwellers.
So when people say, “yeah, but what are you going to do in the winter?”
You just tell them, “The Kasls are Tiny House Living in MINNESOTA and they’re staying so warm that they have to open the windows when it’s below zero outside!”
Does that answer your question?
*If not* Ask me!
🙂
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