Heating a new house?

[GeneralTJI]

Make sure you insulate the snot out of it to begin with. Well worth the extra cost up front.

My house is small, but insulated well, I can practically heat it with a match :rofl:

 

[ecc_33]

How bout a wall mounted boiler with energy star ratings and low emissions...

Thats freakin awesome and prob a hell of a lot cheaper than a outside woodboiler or inside pellet boiler

 

[GMC_2002_Dmax]

I heat with a pellet stove insert, Quadrafire Castille is the stove I have, I heat 2400 sq/ft - two level house to 72-76 degrees for 5 months for a bout $1100 total.

I use oil for my hot water and burn 225-240 gallons a year for that.

If you can get corn for free then a corn/pellet stove is a no brainer

 

[dmaxbowtie]

Do you know the efficiency of that same unit fueled by propane?

I'm not 100% sure but I believe it's also 96-96.5% efficient using propane. These boilers modulate as well so once the feed and return temps get close enough it sort of idles down and runs the burner down in the 20% range. They have many fuel saving features, and just a lot of comfort features as well. They can be programmed with a laptop using their software which reminds me of using efi live.

 

[dmaxbowtie]

A guy I work with just installed a whp155 model with a 50 gallon indirect, I can give you a better idea on propane consumption if anyone is that interested ill do some homework.

 

[rms2012]

Our place up north near Flagstaff has no natural gas service. The propane tanks range from 125 to 500 gallons - ours is 250.

Been thinking about buying the vacant lot behind us & doing something new with a concrete floor, insulated block walls and a double roof (metal).

I'm amazed at the efficiency of these new systems, but still would like to have wood as either primary or secondary. Not sure what would make sense - based on usage, I guess.

 

[DeMax LB7]

we run a harman pellet burner, awesome way for heat. Just try out different brand of pellets some are way better than eachother. Nothing but good on my end.