Hey folks that have installed the FP 30 I need some wisdom.
I am about to pull the $15,000 trigger on the FP 30 + Craftsman surround but I have some questions/concerns.
Andrew
I am about to pull the $15,000 trigger on the FP 30 + Craftsman surround but I have some questions/concerns.
- 2800sq ft home built in 2005
- 17 foot great room ceilings lofted to 3 upstairs bedrooms
- master,kitchen,office,great room, den on first floor
- additional 2000 sq foot unfinished basement
- FP30 will sit on exterior wall with 20ish foot chimney in a newly built chase
- home has geothermal hvac
- ohio - on 30 acres of hardwoods, Stihl.
- we assume we are going to finish part (1200sq ft) of the basement so I am now considering the duct to the basement directly below the unit
- is this worth it? - seems like a small investment to move some heat down, if possible
- the great room and upstairs will be easily heated and the basement not to much so this may be an economical way to get heat down there
- is the fan as noisy as others say?
- is this worth it? - seems like a small investment to move some heat down, if possible
- outside air kit (OAK)?
- installer said he would install one if I wanted it but he could argue both ways
- install it and cover 3/4 of it up like others have done?
- if we do add the remote heat transfer to the basement could I pull air from the basement as well?!
- have the heat exiting by the basement floor and an intake 10 feet away on the basement floor?
- could the basement be my "outside air kit"
Andrew