"You must be the change you want to see in the world." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." --Mahatma Gandhi
"Preach the Gospel always, and if necessary, use words." --Francis of Assisi.
"Family farms work when the whole family works the farm." -- Adam Klaus
I guessed so; but I'm to new to all of this to make any firm statements about it.Marcos Buenijo wrote:Tony, you mentioned batteries while also mentioning the selling of electricity to the grid. Bottom line is that, if you have grid power available, then getting a battery system is a serious waste of money.
I aim to combine both. I get wood whenever I can. But that's another problem. I don't know much about burning wood. I know soaking wet tree sized logs are not what I need. I guess getting wood is an art itself.For heating in a cold climate, I see natural gas as unbeatable (assuming it's available). If not, then wood makes the most sense.
A geothermal system can make sense, but there are a lot of variables to consider such as the soil conditions at a site and the up front cost of the system.
Your view on the battery system was actually very useful to me. But as mentioned earlier I have no fixed demand on where to live exactly. Total cost of ownership is a big part of the picture. An all glass huge house on the North Pole would be great but I can't afford even one day of heatingYou did mention the following, and I concur that providing useful advice is impossible without having specific information. You can get a lot more useful advice by providing more information.
I know but I'm still resisting the thoughtR Scott wrote:First, WELCOME.
Second, there is no affordable way to size a solar system to what we are used to in a modern grid house. You HAVE to minimize your usage first
Good tips!built to catch the prevailing summer winds, tall ceiling in the great room with solar chimney exhaust, etc.
You can easily heat that home with a properly placed cookstove, rocket, or masonry stove. Build the house with transom windows and/or small fans to pump heat into the rooms.
By putting a kettle on; or by heating a pipe that runs to your boiler?My wood cookstove also heats my water all winter.
Tony Masterson wrote: For me part of the whole thing is a garden. And a garden means storing food. Which requires a big freezer. (Yeah I know about canning)
Tony Masterson wrote: I already considered that but I'm unsure on how to efficiently regulate the heat in each room. It would require a thermostat that regulates the fan.
Quick thought on that. Assume a well heated main room. A pipe from the main room each bedroom. In that pipe a fan that blows air into the bedroom and it's simply switched on/of by a simple thermostat.
Sounds like a good plan in theory. But I will only find out it works when I installed it. Quite often theories don't work as expected.
Tony Masterson wrote: By putting a kettle on; or by heating a pipe that runs to your boiler?
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." --Mahatma Gandhi
"Preach the Gospel always, and if necessary, use words." --Francis of Assisi.
"Family farms work when the whole family works the farm." -- Adam Klaus
Never heard about that but I'll Google when done with this post.R Scott wrote:
Tony Masterson wrote: For me part of the whole thing is a garden. And a garden means storing food. Which requires a big freezer. (Yeah I know about canning)
Two things: Root cellars and Ice houses.
A root cellar can keep a lot of your stuff fresh without power.
. I have designed my own house and roughly put the living room and kitchen is on the south The rest like storage, bathrooms and bedrooms are on the north. Between the bedroom and the living room is a corridor. A cavity wall idea so to speak. But that doesn't solve my whole problem because the kids may want to turn on heating when studying in their bedrooms. So that means each room has its own preferred temperature.Tony Masterson wrote: I already considered that but I'm unsure on how to efficiently regulate the heat in each room. It would require a thermostat that regulates the fan.
Quick thought on that. Assume a well heated main room. A pipe from the main room each bedroom. In that pipe a fan that blows air into the bedroom and it's simply switched on/of by a simple thermostat.
Sounds like a good plan in theory. But I will only find out it works when I installed it. Quite often theories don't work as expected.
We don't find the difference to be that bad, and would be better if the house was designed for wood heat to begin with. Put your bathroom closer to the heat, then bedrooms further down the hall that can be cooler
I have no idea what that is. So much to learn....Tony Masterson wrote: By putting a kettle on; or by heating a pipe that runs to your boiler?
Yes. I have a waterfront piped to the boiler
That I do understanda water tank on the back of the stove,
I started this thread stating I dont know where I'm going to build but that seems to make discussions/advise impossible.C. Letellier wrote:You are missing many possible. Is active solar heating needed for example? Passive solar is functional in many areas. Also can you tap passive geothermal by simply having a basement or building earth berm or an in ground home?
For example I live in a passive home and even given the month and that I am in northern WY I haven't even bothered to light the auxiliary heat yet this fall. The make up heat needed is relatively minor to stay comfortable here. But I live in one of the best areas for solar on the basis of sun days. So you location really matters in final design.
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