Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: request to post the following about fire elements in cohousing developments

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

I'd like to see the responses go back to the list, as we too are again
starting to discuss a fire element for the CH. We initially built a flue
into the upstairs Great Room for possible future use, but left the actual
decision for later as it was rather contentious. So, 12 years later, we
decided that we'd like to have a power-outage heat backup in the lower
level. But what should it be?

As a backup for the uncommon winter-time power outages, presumably it would
only be used for a few days every year, so the particulate matter from wood
wouldn't be a serious concern. There is no gas line here but we do have
propane for the CH kitchen range.

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:51 PM, JOAN OLECK <joanoleck [at] optimum.net> wrote:

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> Dear Cohousers:
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> I'm part of a cohousing community, Village Hill, being developed in
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> Northampton, MA. We're doing some research on fire elements, as one of our
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> community members, is seriously allergic to wood particulates. So I'm
> hoping
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> you might post this on your blog for us to gather input from other
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> communities. Our questions include:
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> Do other communities allow wood stoves? In both individual units AND the
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> common house or just one or the other?
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> If so, have individuals in these communities suffered any ill effects?
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> If woodstoves are not allowed, are stoves with eco friendly fuels (pellets)
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> allowed as an alternate?
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> What about back-up heat in general (should the electricity go out/the solar
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> panels fail, etc.)? Are communities putting in generators with propane, or
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> backing off from that too, as a fossil fuel?
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> Please email me privately, at: joanoleck [at] optimum.net
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> We'll be very, very grateful from any guidance other communities offer.
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> Thanks so much! -- Joan Oleck, (based in Brooklyn, NY, for now)
> my email: joanoleck [at] optimum.net
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