Hi! We are purchasing a home in Missouri and plan to fully gut & rework the house. It was built in 1951, about 1,000sf finished currently. However, it also has a sunroom, carport, and attic space (no basement). The idea is that we will rework the sunroom to have a laundry area and finish the carport space to be 2 miscellaneous rooms (hom3 gym, man room, etc). The attic will be finished out to have a boys side & a girls side with a 3/4 bath in between. By the time everything is finished, we are looking at roughly 1800sf. We are planning to spray foam all exterior walls & attic space. The house currently has no ductwork for heating/cooling. This will be our family home, hopefully for decades after my husband and I are long gone. We have 6 children, the house is on 80 acres. We want the house to be as efficient as possible. Ideas for be8ng more sustainable in heating/cooling/anything else? Looking into RMH, but idk that it could heat the whole house?? We do have a wood cook stove, but other than that, it’s a blank slate. Would like to be as off grid as possible, or at least small footprint, but doable as hubby and I get older. :)
TIA for thoughts/ideas,
Blessings,
Veronica
