wood / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...wood order to match, along with pre-cut lengths whenever possible. This gave us multiple points towards LEED certification. Read more here about efficient framing techiques for home building

...wood combustion relies on getting the wood temperature up to 212 degrees Fahrenheit as the water in the wood begins to boil, then evaporates. Evaporation takes a lot of energy, which drastically reduces heat output. So first rule of wood burning in stoves or fireplaces is be sure your firewood is dry.  Maximum moisture...

...wood as smooth as possible.  If you are wondering why your deck is fuzzy after pressure washing, that is most likely due to choosing the wrong nozzle, not going with the grain, or having too high an angle. Going against the grain will rip the wood fibers loose, that is the fuzz you may be feeling. After watching a few ...

...wood mid-rise construction time-lapse video for Arbora LCA for buildings - wood v concrete v steel - embodied carbon Which is better, OSB or plywood - for roofs, walls and floors? The best lumber choices for wood frame construction of homes All about wood frame construction Find more about green home construc...

...Wood pellet stoves: A pellet stove looks pretty much like any wood stove, and gives you the same localized heat and ambience. But rather than firewood, pellet stoves only burn compressed waste-wood products, grain, seed or corn. One major difference with a pellet stove over a wood stove, is that they have a hopper whic...

...wood lumber to the housing industry. Read more here about other hemp building materials on the market and why they are sustainable.  Hardwood flooring companies will on occasion use wood reclaimed from river beds, recycled barn boards, or renewable building materials such as bamboo, but this hemp flooring from a Ten...

...wood comes from a sustainably managed forest, so FSC labelled wood is always preferred.  Where to buy wood: Wherever you live in Canada, there is without a doubt wood being harvested not too far away. If you want to ensure your wood qualifies in some sense as 'local', you can start first of all by species selection - c...

...wood products, like eco-friendly hardwood flooring, pay attention and look for the FSC certification.  Wood with a FSC logo ensures it should come from sustainably managed forests There are three FSC certifications for wood products All FSC Certified wood products are easily identifiable by carrying one of the follow...

...wood (when dry) is made up of carbon, which remains in the wood even after it has been harvested. It has thus been shown that using one square meter of wood in construction removes 0.9 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. That means that a typical wooden structure measuring approximately 2,400 sq.ft. retains the equivalent...

...wood that has seen years of weather will absorb a lot more stain than new wood. The area a container will cover should be on the label, so measure the deck and calculate what you’ll need considering the age of the wood and add a decent margin for error and it being an older weathered wood deck. Another suggestion we wo...

...wood floor finish, but the majority of them are high in VOC's which are detrimental to interior air quality and health. For this reason non-toxic wood floor finishing oils are gaining in popularity. There are a lot of benefits to oiled floors, especially with softwood which are prone to damage - it's very easy to touch...