B Deereborne wrote:Currently nearing completion of our home build. Initially the heating system is an in floor radiant on basement level, along with a wood stove. Down the road, planning on a rocket heater to replace the wood stove. I also have room and basic foundations to pre-heat the radiant with solar and / or a mulch pile.
I’d be very interested in updated info on this thread
Boy old thread! I would say for radiant just use a heat exchanger to keep the potable
water loop and the radiant water loops seperate is a great place to start. I use A 5 micron filter and uv treatment of my well water and usually shock the system quarterly with bleach as I have a dug well prone to spring flooding. If you are going to heat water using an alternative method again a heat exchanger is a great idea as it keeps the volume of standing water to a small amount and everytime you use any
hot water you are flushing the system. Think a large reservoir of alt heated water and a copper pipe coiled through it as it comes in from the well and heads to the hot water heater as opposed to trying to heat the water you use directly...