Lee,
It takes a lot of water for a system like that and you need to mix it with
antifreeze to keep it from bursting the pipes. That too adds to the cost. The
other thing I don't like about those systems is that you have to babysit them.
You don't dare allow them to go out and risk freezing all that water. One
bloody great ice cube.
We have a load of bush around here and quite a few people have those big wood
burning furnaces. Costs a lot of time and money cutting and hauling and
stacking and feeding those things then there is the ash. In the fall and spring
when they aren't burning hard they make buckets of creosote and that is filthy
stuff to dispose of. I am pretty sure they don't dispose of it in an
environmentally friendly way either.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee A. Stone
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Radiant floor heating.
also for those who live out inthe woods a little you might have a
hot water heat system inside the home in the floors or radiators
and as well down the drive way if one was using a outdoor wood
furnace. We have one such cousin who builds and sells log homes. He
has enough heat running thru his pip0es to keep the long driveway
snow / ice free as well as enough hot water to heat the place and
enough left over for a hot tub. However that is a set up which costs
just for the furnace some $5,000 and who has the ongoing wood supply
to feed such a outside furnace. Lee
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