Tyler Hamlet

So my main floor is over a foot of cement thick with iron reinforcement. My question is can send the exhaust though the floor and out and unused basement window? Or will this have adverse reactions on the flow?

David Baillie wrote:first thing I would want to do is figure out your heating load so; where abouts is the property?... Next would be how insulated is the building? what is the foundation or basement and is it insulated? what is the quality of the windows what is the general ceiling height?

The property is in in Olivet, Michigan. On Duck Lake just 30 minutes south of Lansing. The Roof was redone in the 90's and they added insolation. Our outer wall is red brick and inner was in concrete brick. We covered the inner walls with 2x4 wood frame walls with r17 insolation. Windows are newer circa early 2000's. The foundation is cinderblock construction. The basement is not insulated. The entire basement is cement. The walls are cement block and the ceiling is 12 inch thick reenforced iron segments that are hollow allowing a portion of the HVAc to run trough them. The technology is called a hypocaust. One thought of mine was if I heated the basement it would warm the upstairs in radiant fashion to some degree.

Greetings all! My Wife Ashley and I are new to permies.com. We live with our 4 children Ezra 7 Joran 5 Noe 2.5 and Ellowyn 9 months in a 1960's church that was converted into a home in the 90's on an acre of land. Needless to say it is big! W have lived in the house for almost a year. The old furnace was shot so we put in a new Goodman. It's only purpose is secondary  heat. Being a church we have a stage in our living room,  on it use to sit a wood stove insert. It has seen better days. as part of our 203k we just removed in instead of having to frame it in. That being said this is a big house the upstairs alone is 2300 sf and basement is the same. This is a larger residential space than most RMH are used. We would like to put one in.