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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1529)10/24/2005 8:50:57 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (3) of 218093
 
I wonder whether much wood is being leftover these days. The new technology they use for building houses is plywood made out of wood chips. I think they even chip the wood on site. If you see one of the sites where they cut down the wood, it's clear cut, and the cut site is circular.

The new houses they are building with it around here are huge -- at least 6000 sq. foot, with high ceilings they call cathedral ceilings. I wonder whether they're as expensive to heat as they look.

My dad's house is a modernist huge thing like that -- very tall ceilings but post and beam construction, lots of exposed timber, exposed rough rocks. It costs him a fortune to heat and cool, $500 a month just for electricity.

Last year we spent $2000 total for electricity and $1000 total for fuel oil, for a 3000 sq ft house.
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