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Posted by Autumn on November 20, 2007, 10:09 pm
Thank you I will look into these.
>> We are building a cabin, 24x17feet, on crawl space in a place that has
>> heavy snow in the winter. Honestly, we probably won't go there in the
>> winter because it is off the road too far to keep the road plowed. I
>> want to heat it with a wood type stove and propane logs, but code
>> requires we have some form of heat in the bedroom and bathroom. We
>> were thinking some electric baseboard heat but are hearing how
>> incredibly expensive it is to run. We would be using the heat in the
>> spring and fall, probably a few times a year when there is snow.
>> Everything will be winterized and shut down for the winter.
>> We have put the hot water heater in the crawl space, but don't feel it
>> is big enough to go to the expense of a forced air furnace, also in
>> the crawl space. The bedroom is really small, I made it big enough for
>> walking space around a queen sized bed so we could have more space in
>> the living room/kitchen area.
>
> I recommend wall mounted electric heaters. We use the "Pic-a-Watt" models
> made by King Electric (www.king-electric.com) to heat our entire house,
> one
> heater in each room. They work great, don't require any ductwork, and the
> temperature of each room can be set individually. Here in Washington
> state,
> most Lowes stores carry them (Cadet makes similar heaters and are often
> sold at Home Depot).
>
> The wall heaters are nice because they don't take up a lot of wall space,
> and can heat up a room quickly (unlike baseboards). Just be sure not to
> mount them where you'll want to place furniture. Ours are all next to the
> doors where we'll be walking anyway.
>
> In small rooms like bathrooms, or in situations like my in-laws house
> where
> there just wasn't any wall space, I mounted them above the doorways (over
> 9
> foot ceilings). Not the ideal location, but they still heat the rooms
> nicely and there's no danger of piling anything in front of them.
>
> Anthony
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