So for the long and convluted newbie post. I could not find a thread in your form that seemed to answer my long list of concenrs and questions....
I am builiding a new house. I have a rumford fireplace in my living and a second flue in my basement that I put in as a "just in case". Well my carpenter brought in a nice temporay woodburner for the basement while we are working this winter and so far the heat is great. The ease of ashes and getting wood in the basement on pallets with a tractor is not so bad either. I burned wood for a number of years in the past but "burned out" on the unit in my livinging room that had blow back issues and gave up on it as my wife could no longer deal with the smoke and ashes. The basement set up great and now has us thinking wood boiler. In the new house I have about 1,200 sq feet of concrete basement floor that has been well insulated underneath and has pec's tubing run through for in floor heat. Plan was to move the basement air upstairs with air circuiting and a propane boiler for the basement floor with baseboard on 1st and 2nd floor as backup.
Rather then have the propane heat the floor and the current wood burner generate heat in the basement too, the best idea seems to be installing a multi wood propane fuel unit (we travel in the winter, so need propane too). I'm open to a heat storage water tank if i need one in additon to my basement infloor heat that would act as storage too. There are many brands to choose from. Also wondering if I should do a high efficiency propane unit and a separate wood boiler. Rather then list brands I've looked at online, I'd like some real guidnece from this very well informed group. Also, simpler the better. While I have no intention of selling now, having a NASA space control center in the basement will not help to sell the place a few yrs down the road. I have an good supply of hard wood, so fuel should not be an issue. If doing two separate furnaces for wood and propane, the propane will need to be on a power vent-er since there is only one flue in basement.
The foundation is ICF ( Insulated Concrete Forms) with 2" of foam inside and out with 12" of concrete. I'm getting bids for blown in shredded paper and glue product as well as Isonyne, so any input on that would be much appreciated. House is about 2.700 sq feet and have pecs pipe in a 10 x 38 foot outdoor concrete / blue stone porch floor that I plan to make a seperate zone. It was done as a just in case it ever becomes living space or has snow build up as porch is a seious weather catcher.
Unsure what I will do for domestic H/W since it may depend on type of storage I go with....infloor concrete or tanks.
I'm very nervous about trying these systems since I suspect the wood aspect may add $5,000 plus to the cost of my heating system. And any direction as too what brand or brands and instaltion/ storage I should consider would be great! Thank you.
I am builiding a new house. I have a rumford fireplace in my living and a second flue in my basement that I put in as a "just in case". Well my carpenter brought in a nice temporay woodburner for the basement while we are working this winter and so far the heat is great. The ease of ashes and getting wood in the basement on pallets with a tractor is not so bad either. I burned wood for a number of years in the past but "burned out" on the unit in my livinging room that had blow back issues and gave up on it as my wife could no longer deal with the smoke and ashes. The basement set up great and now has us thinking wood boiler. In the new house I have about 1,200 sq feet of concrete basement floor that has been well insulated underneath and has pec's tubing run through for in floor heat. Plan was to move the basement air upstairs with air circuiting and a propane boiler for the basement floor with baseboard on 1st and 2nd floor as backup.
Rather then have the propane heat the floor and the current wood burner generate heat in the basement too, the best idea seems to be installing a multi wood propane fuel unit (we travel in the winter, so need propane too). I'm open to a heat storage water tank if i need one in additon to my basement infloor heat that would act as storage too. There are many brands to choose from. Also wondering if I should do a high efficiency propane unit and a separate wood boiler. Rather then list brands I've looked at online, I'd like some real guidnece from this very well informed group. Also, simpler the better. While I have no intention of selling now, having a NASA space control center in the basement will not help to sell the place a few yrs down the road. I have an good supply of hard wood, so fuel should not be an issue. If doing two separate furnaces for wood and propane, the propane will need to be on a power vent-er since there is only one flue in basement.
The foundation is ICF ( Insulated Concrete Forms) with 2" of foam inside and out with 12" of concrete. I'm getting bids for blown in shredded paper and glue product as well as Isonyne, so any input on that would be much appreciated. House is about 2.700 sq feet and have pecs pipe in a 10 x 38 foot outdoor concrete / blue stone porch floor that I plan to make a seperate zone. It was done as a just in case it ever becomes living space or has snow build up as porch is a seious weather catcher.
Unsure what I will do for domestic H/W since it may depend on type of storage I go with....infloor concrete or tanks.
I'm very nervous about trying these systems since I suspect the wood aspect may add $5,000 plus to the cost of my heating system. And any direction as too what brand or brands and instaltion/ storage I should consider would be great! Thank you.