Borrow from the stove thread...https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/little-cabin-in-the-woods.131086/
My dad finally bought his "little cabin in the woods." Its an A-frame that basically sits on a cliff overlooking a beautiful farmland valley. Right now it has three kinds of heating units, Olympia wood stove, a Warm Morning Propane heater and an electric 220v heater. With a virtually endless supply of firewood possible and myself using an 13-nci, he decided to go with a new, more efficient Englander stove and put the old one out to pasture.
The cabin is about 1300 sq. ft. set up in a T shape (if you looked at from above) and is basically two rooms, a bathroom and everything else. The kitchen, bedroom, living room and mezzanine are all an open floor plan.
We know there is insulation in the roof/walls but there seems to be no insulation underneath the flooring. The way the cabin sits, it is on piers on a virtual cliff that always has a breeze. Would it be feasible to insulate and or seal the floor joist from underneath to help keep the wind from blowing through and infiltrating the cabin?
Right now somebody is going down there every week and half but I expect that to pick up once the leaves start changing.
My dad finally bought his "little cabin in the woods." Its an A-frame that basically sits on a cliff overlooking a beautiful farmland valley. Right now it has three kinds of heating units, Olympia wood stove, a Warm Morning Propane heater and an electric 220v heater. With a virtually endless supply of firewood possible and myself using an 13-nci, he decided to go with a new, more efficient Englander stove and put the old one out to pasture.
The cabin is about 1300 sq. ft. set up in a T shape (if you looked at from above) and is basically two rooms, a bathroom and everything else. The kitchen, bedroom, living room and mezzanine are all an open floor plan.
We know there is insulation in the roof/walls but there seems to be no insulation underneath the flooring. The way the cabin sits, it is on piers on a virtual cliff that always has a breeze. Would it be feasible to insulate and or seal the floor joist from underneath to help keep the wind from blowing through and infiltrating the cabin?
Right now somebody is going down there every week and half but I expect that to pick up once the leaves start changing.
