When we built the new house I told my wife we are not ever going to cut wood again. Our old 134 year old farm house ( chicken coup ) was, strictly wood usually about 23 cords a winter for 27 years Full cycle... LP is going up taxes are going up and if we plan on staying in this house, on the home farm we need to make some changes to save money.
In the planning stages for installing a gasification boiler this summer. God is the only one who knows what kind that may be yet. It seems the more I read the more confused I get. I have been reading about boilers going on a year now. Just don`t want to make a major mistake ( can`t afford to ) or have to baby sit one eiither. At first we will not have storage but want to do the intial setup so when storage is added it won`t be a big redo.
1 Our house design calls for 65,000 BTU furnace it is a Cap Cod 28 ft by 46 ft. Would that include the basement? How would I caculate for the basement. Due to contractor error our basment floor has 2 inch pink foam with pex on top but concrete ended up being seven inches thick. I don`t know if that makes a differnce. It is an unfinished poured wall basement. Our plan is to use water to air HX in furnace plenum, hot water side arm, and heat the basement flour.
2 Trying to calculate for HX for my garage using an LP furnace now. Would install water to air HX in furnace plenum. Gargae is 28 X40 X 11 foot ceiling. 2X6 walls R19 with R38 in ceiling. 5 double pane windows 36 X 36 inches and two insulated commercial 10 X 16 foot doors, and two 36 inch entry doors.. That`s where my clincher comes in can`t seem to find a way to calculate for the big doors?
3 How would I size a GB for future plans for storage and size of storage?
When it comes time I will being doing the install my self and asking a bunch more questions.
Thank You to all the great people that take there time and put in a lot of effort to make this site what it is.
In the planning stages for installing a gasification boiler this summer. God is the only one who knows what kind that may be yet. It seems the more I read the more confused I get. I have been reading about boilers going on a year now. Just don`t want to make a major mistake ( can`t afford to ) or have to baby sit one eiither. At first we will not have storage but want to do the intial setup so when storage is added it won`t be a big redo.
1 Our house design calls for 65,000 BTU furnace it is a Cap Cod 28 ft by 46 ft. Would that include the basement? How would I caculate for the basement. Due to contractor error our basment floor has 2 inch pink foam with pex on top but concrete ended up being seven inches thick. I don`t know if that makes a differnce. It is an unfinished poured wall basement. Our plan is to use water to air HX in furnace plenum, hot water side arm, and heat the basement flour.
2 Trying to calculate for HX for my garage using an LP furnace now. Would install water to air HX in furnace plenum. Gargae is 28 X40 X 11 foot ceiling. 2X6 walls R19 with R38 in ceiling. 5 double pane windows 36 X 36 inches and two insulated commercial 10 X 16 foot doors, and two 36 inch entry doors.. That`s where my clincher comes in can`t seem to find a way to calculate for the big doors?
3 How would I size a GB for future plans for storage and size of storage?
When it comes time I will being doing the install my self and asking a bunch more questions.
Thank You to all the great people that take there time and put in a lot of effort to make this site what it is.
