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ivenh0 schrieb:
Tomorrow afternoon, the foundation slab will be poured. On Thursday and Friday, the precast concrete elements for the basement walls will arrive, and on Saturday they will be grouted.

Absolutely, this project is going to be really great. The foundation slab... I can hardly wait.

The chimney and wood-burning stove are the most unnecessary things we have in the house. We should have spent that money on a vacation or something instead...

Finally, someone who gets straight to the point.
I never wanted this Kikifax from the start^^

RFR schrieb:
The chimney and wood stove are the most unnecessary things we have in the house. We should have spent the money on a vacation or something instead...

We do have the chimney built in, but I’ve lost interest in the fireplace (which is still missing). I’m seriously wondering if I should skip building it altogether and install a tomato greenhouse with a ventilation system instead.

RFR schrieb:
The chimney and wood-burning stove are the most unnecessary things we have in the house. We should have spent that money on a vacation or something instead...

Let's wait and see. If the power goes out for weeks, at least you won’t freeze.

I love tile stoves and fireplaces and would have liked to have one that works more like a masonry heater, but with a glass door to watch the fire. Not for ecological reasons, but because it’s so nice to watch the fire on a gray winter evening and feel cozy. In terms of heat, it actually became a problem because it made our house too warm. For various reasons, I had to give up on it, which was tough for me. *sniff*

But still, many people here still have wood stoves; also heating systems that can be powered (at least in part) by wood.