In Floor Heating...

[hammerhead]

The High Commander is pulling rank and putting pressure on me to stop heating with wood. It appears that she is not as enthusiastic about exercise as i am. Her idea of staying in shape is trying to make me fat...lol but that's not working. Out in the boonies we don't have many options. Our choices are wood, oil, propane. I'm planning on redoing the floors and have been considering in-floor heating as opposed to a new furnace. We currently heat with a large outdoor wood furnace the pumps heated water back into the house. We also have fireplaces on each level. Oil is too expensive and I'm not to too keen on propane (also read recently that propane has become the most expensive form of home heating). I'm thinking in-floor heating combined with the wood indoor fireplaces (if needed) should be sufficient.

My question is: Does anyone here currently use infloor heating to heat their home? and is it good, bad, indifferent...?

Thanks

[Screw]

What type of infloor you referring to ?

[hammerhead]

What type of infloor you referring to ?

Electric

[Screw]

I’m sure it would be good as a supplementary heat , how about a air-tight wood or pellet stove ?

[hammerhead]

I’m sure it would be good as a supplementary heat , how about a air-tight wood or pellet stove ?

We have two air tight fire places - I may replace one or both with new stoves

[5.4MarkVIII]

if you already have the out door stove. would water infloor heat be an option?

my dad is currently in the middle of an addition and is adding heat tubing to the garage and basement and will be running it off a corn boiler.

when he built the drive shed years ago he had the shop side piped as well. never hooked it to a heat source but trenched the outdoor loop 6 feet down and it keeps the shop just above freezing in the winter, this will now also be hooked up to the corn boiler.


not sure id want electric in floor as a primary source but to supplement cold rooms would work. I constantly wish when we redid the upstairs bath that I did in floor heat just in that room.

[Ponyryd]

I don’t have it but a friend does and he says it’s great, he also has a fag though and he says it really only works with that system, it’s only good for supplemental heating, not as a main heating system.

[hammerhead]

if you already have the out door stove. would water infloor heat be an option?

my dad is currently in the middle of an addition and is adding heat tubing to the garage and basement and will be running it off a corn boiler.

when he built the drive shed years ago he had the shop side piped as well. never hooked it to a heat source but trenched the outdoor loop 6 feet down and it keeps the shop just above freezing in the winter, this will now also be hooked up to the corn boiler.


not sure id want electric in floor as a primary source but to supplement cold rooms would work. I constantly wish when we redid the upstairs bath that I did in floor heat just in that room.

The outdoor wood furnace is around 15 years old now and needs to be replaced - I have to agree with my wife it is a bit of a pain in the arse - it currently leaks later from with in as well as the connection if the water cools.- also the the wife hates going out to fill it up - using wood is cheap but eats up a lot of my time - I may retrofit it to my garages to heat them. Also need to consider resale on the house. One thing that's nice is to have several heat source in light of a power failure. But yes I think hot water would be better

[Screw]

Some interesting products in their lineup but not sure if it would be applicable to your set up https://napoleonheatingandcooling.com/products/hmf150-hybrid-combination-furnace/

[Dilbert]

Electric product is available from Watts Radiant that allows one to design for enough BTU per square foot to be the sole source of heat. It’s called Warmwire.
http://media.wattswater.com/download/ES-WR-WarmWire.pdf

[RAT ATK]

In floor radiant electric is going to be expensive to run. Delivery fees for electricity in the boonies are higher as well, so that makes it even harder to swallow.
Like you I use an outdoor wood furnace. Hot water radiant heat is pretty hard to beat.
You might want to check out Northern Stoker wood furnaces, out of Sunderland. He has an auto feed option for pellets, sawdust etc.
We have a propane furnace for backup. When it fires up I can practically see the dollar signs spinning in my head.

[hammerhead]

Electric product is available from Watts Radiant that allows one to design for enough BTU per square foot to be the sole source of heat. It’s called Warmwire.
http://media.wattswater.com/download/ES-WR-WarmWire.pdf

Thanks for sharing this link I will look into that - I worked in a warehouse for several years that had a radiant floor over 80,000 sq' ft. An it was always warm in there - I'm thinking combined with wood it will be OK - because we have dogs I'm thinking of natural stone food as the dogs weren't too kind to the fresh hardwood I put in the basement.

[hammerhead]

Some interesting products in their lineup but not sure if it would be applicable to your set up https://napoleonheatingandcooling.com/products/hmf150-hybrid-combination-furnace/

Those at pretty cool I'm going to check into that we've been thinking of replacing the air tight inserts too much to think about when all I really want to do is make cars and bikes lol

[Screw]

Didn’t realize propane was that $$ I better take this stuff into consideration when I’m looking in remote pastures

[hammerhead]

Didn’t realize propane was that $$ I better take this stuff into consideration when I’m looking in remote pastures

I get a lot of confliction there - not reading good reviews with the big companies like Sparlings and Superior - I really hate dealing with large companies that kinda have you by the balls - I have to look into propane more as I'm a little Leary of tank rentals and maintenance on the tanks - I imagine they fall under the same regulations as BBQ tanks -