Today, I was dissapointed to realize that the wiseways pellet stove just might not work for me. Now I need as much advice as possible on my heating options for the below project.
I am building a 6x15ft mobile home for Canada's North. Tired of the poor housing insulation and construction quality, insanely overpriced rental and buying options, and ridiculous utility and heating bills, I am redesiging the way I live. I will be an energy leech no longer! As you can imagine, in temps of -30C to -50C for 4 months a year- this presents some unique difficulties. I have no fear of cooking outdoors in summer, eating raw food in winter and cooking at friends, or handwashing clothes, etc.
In an effort to have THE SMALLEST possible footprint and associated costs, I am building my house with foot thick, spray insulated, walls, floor, and roof. My biggest energy splurge will be a total of two, triple paned, windows (One bay and one skylight to view Northern Lights). The roof will be covered in solar panels- producing loads of electricity in summer, but during the black winters, it is not dependable at all. (Ie, I could not use this supply to run a pellet stove electrically) The idea is that the electricity produced by the solar panels and a small windmill will produce enough electricity during the day to charge the battery that will run a light, small stereo, and charging dock for phone and a laptop in the evening hours.
The wiseways stove seemed so perfect, gravity fed (no electricity) zero clearance against the wall, and could run for 36 hours on a low setting, AND, with an addition, it could even heat the water for washing clothes and washing up! The problem is, as the creator recently confirmed, it will be FAR too warm for this square footage. Wood burning stoves tend to require constant attention, while my job sometimes has me away from the house a day or two at a time, and the trees in this location take too long to grow, anyways, to make that an environmentally conscious alternative. I need all the help I can get here guys, my dream home I am set to build next summer is falling apart!
I am building a 6x15ft mobile home for Canada's North. Tired of the poor housing insulation and construction quality, insanely overpriced rental and buying options, and ridiculous utility and heating bills, I am redesiging the way I live. I will be an energy leech no longer! As you can imagine, in temps of -30C to -50C for 4 months a year- this presents some unique difficulties. I have no fear of cooking outdoors in summer, eating raw food in winter and cooking at friends, or handwashing clothes, etc.
In an effort to have THE SMALLEST possible footprint and associated costs, I am building my house with foot thick, spray insulated, walls, floor, and roof. My biggest energy splurge will be a total of two, triple paned, windows (One bay and one skylight to view Northern Lights). The roof will be covered in solar panels- producing loads of electricity in summer, but during the black winters, it is not dependable at all. (Ie, I could not use this supply to run a pellet stove electrically) The idea is that the electricity produced by the solar panels and a small windmill will produce enough electricity during the day to charge the battery that will run a light, small stereo, and charging dock for phone and a laptop in the evening hours.
The wiseways stove seemed so perfect, gravity fed (no electricity) zero clearance against the wall, and could run for 36 hours on a low setting, AND, with an addition, it could even heat the water for washing clothes and washing up! The problem is, as the creator recently confirmed, it will be FAR too warm for this square footage. Wood burning stoves tend to require constant attention, while my job sometimes has me away from the house a day or two at a time, and the trees in this location take too long to grow, anyways, to make that an environmentally conscious alternative. I need all the help I can get here guys, my dream home I am set to build next summer is falling apart!
