Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

2022-12-11 23:15:17

So, the idea of Winniefred wanting to buy his wood from a regional forest owner is a good one at first. I don’t know if you currently have the prices in mind, but they really charge a lot. Regionally it differs, sure.

But you have to buy it as round timber, have it transported to your garden, saw it into meter lengths there, then split it, then stack it, dry it for 3 years, then saw it again to stove size and split it small again, then stack it again and transport it into the house for heating.

With hip problems or herniated discs at an advanced age, that’s certainly a small fitness program. If you want to buy stove-ready wood today,
we’re talking about 250 euros per loose cubic meter.

Of course, you can get equipment. A tractor with a logging trailer, wood splitter, chainsaws, protective gear, chainsaw license,
circular saw, and various other tools for firewood processing.

Or you just buy a forest right away.

Here and elsewhere, people were still philosophizing about falling electricity prices not long ago. They will nearly double for most people at the beginning of the new year. The trend is upward. Heating and driving electrically will become a luxury. Everything else will naturally follow.

There remains only one solution, and that is to heat less living space. Reducing ceiling height saves just as much as reducing area.
Huge open kitchens combined with living and dining areas are just hard to heat. And what is perfectly enough for you when you are young becomes uncomfortable when you get older.

And don’t tell me that a heat pump still pays off at an electricity price of 1 euro.

Let’s not fool ourselves. Without cheap energy from Russia, Germany will become the poorhouse of Europe. Wages and salaries have been drastically halved. Unfortunately, debts do not halve. Anyone who thinks they are safe with a monthly income of 6000 euros here will be in for a surprise.

My father did that until he was 80, and without his double backward somersault from his apple tree, he would probably still be doing it today at 85.

For your horror scenarios, you’ll have to come up with something else so that you’re no longer recognizable, right?
And please stop writing so much nonsense, or you might start believing it yourself ;-)

P.S. I drive and heat cheaper even at 1€ per kWh than with petrol and oil or gas. Or do you think electricity prices are completely decoupled from gas and oil prices? Funny if that’s the case. If 1 kWh = 1 €, what do you think a liter of petrol and 1 kWh of gas costs?

2022-12-12 06:25:54

But you have to buy it as roundwood, have it transported to your garden, saw it into meter pieces there, then split it, then stack it, dry it for 3 years, then saw it again to stove size and split it into smaller pieces again, then stack it again and transport it into the house for heating.

Or you saw it into stove-ready pieces right in the forest, split it at home, store it, and can then use it in 2 to 3 years.

2022-12-12 08:05:25

Own experience: with 600€ you are well equipped. Buy 3m pieces from the forester, saw and split them on site to 1m. Take them home, cut them directly to 33cm, split again if necessary with a cheap splitter, stack them and be happy in 2 years. It’s like with everything else: if you have the work done, you have to pay for it. If you do it yourself, it costs time but you save real money. Of course, only if you earn under 100€ net per hour.

2022-12-12 09:35:58

Own experience: with 600€ you are well equipped. Buy 3m pieces from the forester, saw and split them on site into 1m lengths. Take them home, cut directly to 33cm, if necessary split again with a cheap splitter, stack and be happy in 2 years. It’s like with everything else: if you have someone else do the work, you have to pay for it. If you do it yourself, it costs time, but you save real money. Of course, only if you earn less than 100€ net per hour.

That’s how it is. There are always ways if there is the will. Of course, if you want the wood magically ready for the stove and stacked, you have to pay the money. I’ve also made wood from scratch with my ex, that is, cut the huge logs in the winter forest, split, loaded, unloaded, stacked. That’s a lot of work. But it was fun. You’re in nature, physically active, and at that time we were very young and glad for the savings. I probably wouldn’t do it like that anymore today (I don’t even have a chainsaw license) – but if I couldn’t afford the wood otherwise, then yes. But we are generally do-it-yourself types.

2022-12-12 11:15:18

Then the illusion that heating with wood is sustainable and everyone is happy. But if everyone did that, our forests would only last until mid-2025. That is the catch with a niche. It only pays off as long as it is a niche.

2022-12-12 11:58:17

Let's not kid ourselves. Without cheap energy from Russia, Germany will become the poorhouse of Europe. Wages and salaries have drastically halved. Unfortunately, liabilities do not halve. Anyone who thinks they are safe with a monthly income of 6000 will be in for a surprise.

The solution is actually quite different: - Finally strengthen the expansion of renewable energies - Reduce bureaucratic hurdles for renewable energies - Allow bidirectional charging - Energetically renovate existing properties - Implement sensible concepts for energy saving Why continue to depend on gas imports when you can produce the necessary energy yourself? At the current and, according to you, still expected energy prices, excess capacity from summer solar production can then be converted into H2O and burned again in winter.

Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

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