Kazpian
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Hi all I am hoping I might be able to get some help and suggestions from all you fine folks.
I am building a new house and am looking at the overwhelming choices for heating and would love more information.
I want to be able to heat a house, 2 car garage and possibly a larger shop. I am looking at putting in floor heating using pex pipe in all the concrete and possibly on the main story as well. The two main sources of heating up here (In Manitoba) seem to be natural gas or electric.
Winter can get as low as -40 (that is Celsius or Fahrenheit they are the same at that temp). What I am hoping to do (and please let me know if you have other suggestions or better ideas) is to have the system heated by a natural gas furnace with the option to run a wood boiler as the main heat if it is viable.
I will be putting a large amount of insulation in to ensure that it is easier to heat, so I don't think the btu's is the main concern, I think it's more the viability of hooking up such a system. The other issue I have to contend with is that I am located in a city, which I am sure will lead to many wonderful adventures on it's own.
Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.
So far the only thing I have come up with is to have a wood boiler heat up the liquids in the pipes and have a thermostat that would have the natural gas kick in if it gets to low. Anyone with technical knowledge on this would be able to help me would be greatly appreciated.
thanks again.
I am building a new house and am looking at the overwhelming choices for heating and would love more information.
I want to be able to heat a house, 2 car garage and possibly a larger shop. I am looking at putting in floor heating using pex pipe in all the concrete and possibly on the main story as well. The two main sources of heating up here (In Manitoba) seem to be natural gas or electric.
Winter can get as low as -40 (that is Celsius or Fahrenheit they are the same at that temp). What I am hoping to do (and please let me know if you have other suggestions or better ideas) is to have the system heated by a natural gas furnace with the option to run a wood boiler as the main heat if it is viable.
I will be putting a large amount of insulation in to ensure that it is easier to heat, so I don't think the btu's is the main concern, I think it's more the viability of hooking up such a system. The other issue I have to contend with is that I am located in a city, which I am sure will lead to many wonderful adventures on it's own.
Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.
So far the only thing I have come up with is to have a wood boiler heat up the liquids in the pipes and have a thermostat that would have the natural gas kick in if it gets to low. Anyone with technical knowledge on this would be able to help me would be greatly appreciated.
thanks again.