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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Woodwizard

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4. No natural gas availible here.

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 07:59 AM

Oct 2021

Propane is through the roof we have been heating with wood for the last 25 years here.

I designed my shop for sustainable heating I put radiant heat piping in the floor I have it connected to a 20'x8' hot water panel I made hanging on the south wall on a clear sunny day it puts out around 34000 btu of free heat. I converted a pellet stove to burn all my sawdust the shop uses no fossil fuel for heat at all. It is insulated to r38 even in the coldest days I can maintain 55 60 degrees in the 2400 sq ft building perfect working temperature.

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Installed a mini split heat pump yesterday [View all] Woodwizard Oct 2021 OP

Congratulations! I've got 3 mini-split heat pumps and love them. walkingman Oct 2021 #1

Glad to hear that Woodwizard Oct 2021 #3

My first was in 2010 - 18K, then anther in 2014 - 24K and then the last in 2019 - 18K walkingman Oct 2021 #5

Thank you for the input. Woodwizard Oct 2021 #6

You are set, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #2

No natural gas availible here. Woodwizard Oct 2021 #4

I'm seriously considering this. hunter Oct 2021 #7

We have propane and wood stove Woodwizard Oct 2021 #8