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Here are all the details..
I have an old house around 2200 sf.. and a large shop a 28x 40 attached to a 38x40.
the wood stove will be located beside the shop 110' from my house.
Its an older Hardy stove that i "inherited" (it has some problems but im able to fix them)
I live in central pennsylvania and have access to hundreds of acres of hardwoods, lots of locust, oak, cherry, walnut you name it..
I'd like to run this stove for a while till I upgrade..
I've been researching piping thermo pex etc..
I have a line from my shop already, an empty 4" pvc line that is glued below frost line..
A) should I buy thermopex piping and be done with it, pay for the excavation and things associated with it??
B) make my own pex piping and insulate it with bubble wrap and pull it thru the existing conduit??
C) buy the pex piping with the bubble wrap and pay to have it excavated in??
The shop will be heated but probably just to take the chill off of it and possibly just part of it..
I know thermopex is great stuff but the heat loss in 110' would equate to how much wood??
and who sells thermopex in central pennsylvania, anyone know??
Im sort of on a budget till i get back to work..
I appreciate all your thoughts
thanks in advance..
Here are all the details..
I have an old house around 2200 sf.. and a large shop a 28x 40 attached to a 38x40.
the wood stove will be located beside the shop 110' from my house.
Its an older Hardy stove that i "inherited" (it has some problems but im able to fix them)
I live in central pennsylvania and have access to hundreds of acres of hardwoods, lots of locust, oak, cherry, walnut you name it..
I'd like to run this stove for a while till I upgrade..
I've been researching piping thermo pex etc..
I have a line from my shop already, an empty 4" pvc line that is glued below frost line..
A) should I buy thermopex piping and be done with it, pay for the excavation and things associated with it??
B) make my own pex piping and insulate it with bubble wrap and pull it thru the existing conduit??
C) buy the pex piping with the bubble wrap and pay to have it excavated in??
The shop will be heated but probably just to take the chill off of it and possibly just part of it..
I know thermopex is great stuff but the heat loss in 110' would equate to how much wood??
and who sells thermopex in central pennsylvania, anyone know??
Im sort of on a budget till i get back to work..
I appreciate all your thoughts
thanks in advance..