Re: off topic : alternative heating

Posted by Electric Ed on August 25, 2002 at 13:32:05 from (142.154.16.31):

In Reply to: off topic : alternative heating posted by Slofr8 on August 24, 2002 at 09:22:23:

I suggest that you keep these things in mind as you design and build your house-
1. Cutting/splitting fire wood is hard work, especially when one gets older.
2. Insulation is a one-time cost, and will keep doing it's job when we can't.
3. Any heat you can get from the sun is free, after you pay for the equipment.

We heat a 1500 sq. ft. house in PEI, Canada with aproximately one and a half cords of wood a year, using an inexpensive forced-air furnace.

Here's how.
1. 8" thick walls - R24 insulation.
2. 12" roof insulation - R40 insulation.
3. Slab-on-grade floors - 4" of styrofoam under.
4. Over 200 sq. ft. of windows on the south side - few on the north and west.
5. Roof overhang to exclude sun in summer time.

Ed

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