Currently I have a shack with walls that are only 1/2" thick. If I put some sort of insulation along the walls would that increase my boil time and overall success? The shack is approximately 12x14 and insulation isnt cheap!
Sugarhouse insulation
Currently I have a shack with walls that are only 1/2" thick. If I put some sort of insulation along the walls would that increase my boil time and overall success? The shack is approximately 12x14 and insulation isnt cheap!
Insulate ?
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With door closed 30 degrees outside
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Door open
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The only insulation that will increase your boil will be in the arch. One problem with insulating the arch is that ALL the heat stays in there and the sugarhouse can get a little chilly. Won't be a problem here thou for my last 2 boils. It's suppose to be 70 outside.
Dave C.
2011 - 130 Taps
2017 - 300 Taps (all gravity)
2x8 Leader Revolution Evaporator
12x18 Sugarhouse
2021 - 350 taps
Leader Micro2 RO
Leader Clear Filter press
2023 - 390 Taps
No it will not help . Only keep you warmer save your money. An old timer once told me the heat is in the tools son, so get to work!
Tap'em if ya got'em.
Never heard that saying but I like it.
2016 - 64 taps (47 gravity fed to buckets, 17 hanging on a tree)
2015 - 50 taps (35 gravity fed to buckets, 15 hanging on a tree)
2014 - 5 taps hanging on a tree
pair of showshoes and an inner tube and toboggan to haul it to the stove.
Boiling under a tarp again this year, hoping to build a shack in summer 2016. (Of course that was the plan for 2015 too)
I now know how easy it was for old timers to say such things. Now that I have a layer of fat protecting my six-pack, it only takes a little effort to keep warm. When I was younger, I couldn't hustle enough to keep warm.Originally Posted by Burnt sap
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
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