Im considering building a freestanding mass wall / trombe wall with insulated masonary floor componet . It will be detached from the house and the heat gains will be ducted into the house and cold air will return also . The house is oriented in the wrong direction . I think some mechanical / electrical componets will also be incorporated to open and close insulated vents as temps rise and fall in the heating and storage cycle . Just hoping to discuss this with others to see if my idea is viable . To describe my idea I
should say the collector will be highly insulateD and contain about 600 sq ft of masonary surface painted black and incased in insulated galss facing south . The walls will be insulated as will the
concrete slab this is built on . Im looking at 16ft long x 8ft tall with a floor collection surface also .