Comments on: What's the best heating system to install in this house? http://www.heatcoolandinsulate.com/heating/whats-the-best-heating-system-to-install-in-this-house-434.php Energy Prices Are Rising - Ideas to Keep Energy Costs in Check Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Carole Q http://www.heatcoolandinsulate.com/heating/whats-the-best-heating-system-to-install-in-this-house-434.php/comment-page-1#comment-5183 Carole Q Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:26:50 +0000 #comment-5183 My neighbor's house is a 2-story house with small crawl space & no basement. They installed a natural gas furnace. They created a 'room' for the furnace by taking up a portion of two rooms. Check with your city's building codes for your options first. I would keep the wood burner as back up. My mom has electric baseboard. It did not heat the rooms as well as she had hoped. She is in the country and also has propane furnace (before that was oil furnace) and the wood burner. No matter what heat she wants to use, her place is chilly when the electric goes out - - need electric for the blowers. My neighbor’s house is a 2-story house with small crawl space & no basement. They installed a natural gas furnace. They created a ‘room’ for the furnace by taking up a portion of two rooms. Check with your city’s building codes for your options first. I would keep the wood burner as back up.

My mom has electric baseboard. It did not heat the rooms as well as she had hoped. She is in the country and also has propane furnace (before that was oil furnace) and the wood burner. No matter what heat she wants to use, her place is chilly when the electric goes out – - need electric for the blowers.

]]> By: hermitofnorthdome http://www.heatcoolandinsulate.com/heating/whats-the-best-heating-system-to-install-in-this-house-434.php/comment-page-1#comment-5182 hermitofnorthdome Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:26:49 +0000 #comment-5182 you say it has no basement . does it have a crawl space? if it has a crawl space you could put a forced hot air heater in house itself and then run the ducts under the floor. if it has no crawl space you could run the ducts up into the attic and then have the heat blow down from the ceiling you mentioned radiant heat it is good but there one problem that happens with it a lot and that is the the pipes break and since they are under the floor not very easy to fix. and also you have to consider if you get a winter power outage and it is out for several days and it is very cold the radiant heat pipes will freeze and burst as they have water in them you say it has no basement . does it have a crawl space? if it has a crawl space you could put a forced hot air heater in house itself and then run the ducts under the floor. if it has no crawl space you could run the ducts up into the attic and then have the heat blow down from the ceiling you mentioned radiant heat it is good but there one problem that happens with it a lot and that is the the pipes break and since they are under the floor not very easy to fix. and also you have to consider if you get a winter power outage and it is out for several days and it is very cold the radiant heat pipes will freeze and burst as they have water in them

]]> By: shaula359 http://www.heatcoolandinsulate.com/heating/whats-the-best-heating-system-to-install-in-this-house-434.php/comment-page-1#comment-5181 shaula359 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:26:49 +0000 #comment-5181 I think radiant floor heating would work well in a place like that, but it would mean having to redo pretty much every floor in the house. It is, however, quite efficient. I think the cost return would be good as well and add value to the place should you decide to resell later. I think radiant floor heating would work well in a place like that, but it would mean having to redo pretty much every floor in the house. It is, however, quite efficient. I think the cost return would be good as well and add value to the place should you decide to resell later.

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