The cottage insulation is not all that great, but it was a lot worse. It was originally a 1967, 60 by 13 trailer home. So it was not well insulated to start with. A 13 by 20 extension was eventually built to the side to enlarge the living room with lots of windows (the cottage is L shaped) and a 60 by 26 sheet metal roof to cover it all.
Since we bought it, we covered it all with pine planks, so I guess that helped insulate it a bit better (dunno the insulation factor of pine). We also added a lot of glass wool outside under the floor and in the attic. All smaller windows were replaced with insulated double pane glass. Just the 2 large bay windows are single pane and have not been replaced yet (pretty expensive).
The new name translates literally to pile of wood.
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