Another long time lurker finally jumping into the fray. :cheese:
Current setup: 110K BTU Plus90 propane furnace. I hate propane. Main floor: KozyHeat z42. Basement: 1980's Lopi
Dream setup: Geothermal forced air in place of Propane. 28-3500 furnace in basement, Z42 on main.
I'm one step closer now, my Englander add on furnace arrived last week (thank you overstockstoves.com!). My 12 year old son and I gently eased it off the pickup and got it into the place formerly occupied by the Lopi. Now I'm getting ready to hook everything all up and have a couple of questions, as HVAC stuff isn't my area of expertise...
The main one has to do with clearance issues... see the attached pic. The 8" hot air line will enter the main plenum inline with the right edge of the overhead duct (one of the main trunks). That leaves me with 11" of space between the duct and the propane lines/regulator... any issues with that?
Also, note that there is a propane (tracpipe) that runs from the regulator, across the top of the main trunk over to a water heater (you can see it in between the main trunk and the return air to the right). Is there any issue with that being in such close proximity now that I'm dumping 'add on furnace air' into that duct?
Anyway, I'm excited to get this up and going. I'll take a bunch more pics tonight (camera battery died last night) as I go along.
Current setup: 110K BTU Plus90 propane furnace. I hate propane. Main floor: KozyHeat z42. Basement: 1980's Lopi
Dream setup: Geothermal forced air in place of Propane. 28-3500 furnace in basement, Z42 on main.
I'm one step closer now, my Englander add on furnace arrived last week (thank you overstockstoves.com!). My 12 year old son and I gently eased it off the pickup and got it into the place formerly occupied by the Lopi. Now I'm getting ready to hook everything all up and have a couple of questions, as HVAC stuff isn't my area of expertise...
The main one has to do with clearance issues... see the attached pic. The 8" hot air line will enter the main plenum inline with the right edge of the overhead duct (one of the main trunks). That leaves me with 11" of space between the duct and the propane lines/regulator... any issues with that?
Also, note that there is a propane (tracpipe) that runs from the regulator, across the top of the main trunk over to a water heater (you can see it in between the main trunk and the return air to the right). Is there any issue with that being in such close proximity now that I'm dumping 'add on furnace air' into that duct?
Anyway, I'm excited to get this up and going. I'll take a bunch more pics tonight (camera battery died last night) as I go along.