WinSol +

After a cold start, it's turned nice.   Temps are 65/42F and the solar house is working beautifully.  inside temps exceed 85F with curtains open and no indoor fires. But when it gets cloudy, it's downright cold inside:  A solar house without sun really sucks. The 12ton Trombe wall holds latent heat for about 2-3 days without the firestove going.  I usually fire up the stove on the 2nd day without sun and that keeps things warm.  Over the years I've been able to 'train' my body to be comfy down to 45F.  There's a snow workshop back east where people are trained to stand barefoot in the snow -- the first day they last 5 minutes, after 5 days of 'hardening up'  they can stand barefoot in the snow for 30+ minutes.  The body adjusts... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last summer, the big project was building an RMH (Rocket Mass Heater - see other blogs) in the bedroom - which is heavily insulated in