Hello all, haven't been on here in a while but would love to get your opinion on my current situation. We are looking at adding onto our house. We currently have a ~900 square ft house that is well insulated. I have always wanted to heat with wood but couldn't justify the expense of getting up and running considering it was only costing us about $600 per year to heat our place. We live in southern indiana and the winters are fairly mild. We get below freezing often, but never for to many days in a row. We are looking. At adding on to our house. The plan is to add a 30' x 30' split level addition off the side of our current place. The bottom level would have a walkout garage with the upper level being bedrooms and bathrooms. We would also have a partial attic room that would start out ad a playroom and storage that may eventually turn into more bedrooms.
What I am trying to figure out is how to heat and cool the place. I plan on insulating as well as we can, spray foam and the whole bit. I do not have a whole lot of windows in the design, so i shouldn't have to worry about to much loss there. In terms of the lack of windows for solar gain, we are in thick woods, so the sun doesn't get to the house very well. I have been considering a boiler with storage and either radiant in floor heat or radiators plus wall unit ac units in certain rooms. I would like to eventually add circuits for the old house to the new boiler.
A few questions:
Would a Garn unit be overkill for this situation?
If another boiler was used that didn't contain storage, could the sand under the slab be used as storage if it was surrounded by insulation?
I am sure I will have more questions as we get into the discussion. I appreciate all of your thoughts. Thanks.
What I am trying to figure out is how to heat and cool the place. I plan on insulating as well as we can, spray foam and the whole bit. I do not have a whole lot of windows in the design, so i shouldn't have to worry about to much loss there. In terms of the lack of windows for solar gain, we are in thick woods, so the sun doesn't get to the house very well. I have been considering a boiler with storage and either radiant in floor heat or radiators plus wall unit ac units in certain rooms. I would like to eventually add circuits for the old house to the new boiler.
A few questions:
Would a Garn unit be overkill for this situation?
If another boiler was used that didn't contain storage, could the sand under the slab be used as storage if it was surrounded by insulation?
I am sure I will have more questions as we get into the discussion. I appreciate all of your thoughts. Thanks.
