home heating solutions
home heating solutions
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i live in knoxville tenn. i have a older block house with aprox 1800 sq feet. my house is well insulated. now i am presently using heating oil ( diesel fuel) to heat with and i have been very happy with the warm air provided by the btu stored in diesel. for years i have used this system with just maintiance twice yearly with the change of seasons. now with the rising cost of fuel i am rapidly moving away from a favorable cost/heat ratio. i am very intrested in converting to a heat pump. my wife is asian and raised only 300 miles from the equator. my wife will not be happy with the cold air flow found with most heat pumps. i would very much like to find info / contacts to go with a system that will use the heat / cold from underground. i am intrested in burying a series of pvc pipes in my yard and running water / gylcol thru them and using this water on the outside evap / cond coils. if you know of a source of products / info on determine size and flow requirements / enviromental issues. or you would like to converse on the subject please contact me.
best regards barry
i live in knoxville tenn. i have a older block house with aprox 1800 sq feet. my house is well insulated. now i am presently using heating oil ( diesel fuel) to heat with and i have been very happy with the warm air provided by the btu stored in diesel. for years i have used this system with just maintiance twice yearly with the change of seasons. now with the rising cost of fuel i am rapidly moving away from a favorable cost/heat ratio. i am very intrested in converting to a heat pump. my wife is asian and raised only 300 miles from the equator. my wife will not be happy with the cold air flow found with most heat pumps. i would very much like to find info / contacts to go with a system that will use the heat / cold from underground. i am intrested in burying a series of pvc pipes in my yard and running water / gylcol thru them and using this water on the outside evap / cond coils. if you know of a source of products / info on determine size and flow requirements / enviromental issues. or you would like to converse on the subject please contact me.
best regards barry





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Power disruptions ARE something to think about.
I do know the heat pumps typically use electric heat to supplement when the compressor cant keep up.
After you do your research you may find you have the best system now.
Buy you wife one of those parabolic radiant heaters (at COSTCO)turn it on her so she'll feel the "heat" it's great for the satisfaction value. The rest of the house can be cold but she'll feel warm.
Good Luck
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The power is an issue. But I bought a ups intended for the stove and use my boat batteries during the winter. Good for the batteries as it keeps them topped up. It lasts in excess of 13 hours. Thats when I hook up the generator to pump water for the cattle and I run the stove and refrigeration equipment then.
Pellet usage is 40 lbs per day down to about 5F. 80 lbs down to -30F. The house is well designed for a central heat system such as a pellet stove. I am all electric except for pellets. Counting pellets and electric I am using less dollars to live in twice the house in a much colder environment than my last home of 10 years ago. My last home was gas and electric.
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My system was for 48,000 and 27,000 BTU's (split) and had 4-100 foot long 5 feet deep 4 foot wide trenches. Cost installed 8 years ago $17,000. So 18k is not out of line. NG pipeline to the house was $20k plus the system. Propane electric was quoted at $10k. I broke even a few years ago on the excess costs.
If you have forced air you may be able to use the duct work. But GSHP uses larger ducting to handle the air flow.
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I use a wood stove primarily. We do have electric baseboard heaters, but I never once turned them on last winter.
Our home is 2200 sq ft and the stove which is an old Ashley Imperial (obsolete) managed to keep the house at a comfortable temperature all season.
We did have pellets as well as about 14 cord of hardwood. I found the pellets to work ok but I prefer the hardwood.
A good air tight wood burning stove can put out some nice heat and be very efficient.
I also burn on occasion wood pallets from our manufacturing facility as they get scrapped anyways. Cheap and easy source of wood.
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Wood stove for us makes most sense as it helps keep the property free of deadfall and nicely spaced. Due to the frequent power outages we experience it makes it preferential.
There are some really efficient wood burning stoves and furnaces around. The heat from a wood stove is very nice. Drawbacks may be increased insurance premiums, having to keep it stocked and cleaned of ashes.
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They have good WSHP and also good prices
Good luck
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