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First time home owner: Furnace questions. Please help!! Topper 07-30-2006
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Posted by HeatMan on August 1, 2006, 5:43 pm

> "HeatMan" wrote:
>
> >
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > The heating/air conditioner system in our new house is about to be
> >> > installed in the next few days. The heating/air conditioner tech
> >> > mentioned that the price of our home includes a Maytag 100k BTU
furnace
> >> > and a 14 SEER air conditioner (forget the brand), both with 10/10
> >> > warranties.
> >> >
> >> > a) Is the Maytag 100k BTU, 92.5% AFUE efficiency furnace the right
> >> > capacity furnace for our house? Our house is a three level (Two
> >> > finished floors and unfinished walk-out basement) 3300 sqft house in
> >> > Minnesota.
> >>
> >> Sounds about right, it's ok to oversize a condensing furnace actually
runs
> >> more efficiently.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > b) As I understand from my builder and heating technician, they will
> >> > also be extending 6 heating ducts to the basement floor to provide
heat
> >> > runs as an alternative way to heat the basement instead of spending
> >> > extra money on heated floors. How well does this method of heating
the
> >> > basement compare to the traditional heated floors?
> >>
> >> Probably much less expensive
> >>
> >
> >What price is your comfort?
> >
> >Heated floors put the heat down low, where your extremeties need it
instead
> >of up high.
> >
> >
>
>
> Ssssshhh Dont tell John or the OP how absolutely fantastic radiant
> heat is compared to forced air heat, also dont tell them about the
> additional costs and expense of running a humidifier in the winter
> months to counter-act all the dryness they're going to be encountering
> with the forced air heat.
>
> HELL YES the basement floor should have radiant hydronic heating !!
> Add a few snow-melt loops for the sidewalk, front steps, maybe the
> driveway, etc. Try doing snow-melt with forced air heating!!
>
> People spend hundreds of thousands of dollars building their castles,
> then want to go cheap on the one system that provides them their
> comfort 24/7. Then they whine they're not hot enough or cold enough
> or the system makes noise or bla bla bla.

hey Fish, did you know there's a RPA chapter in your area?



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Posted by on August 1, 2006, 10:10 pm
"HeatMan" wrote:


>
>hey Fish, did you know there's a RPA chapter in your area?
>

J, nope, sure didnt. have ran across whole tracts of homes that do
have radiant in slab though, and have heard thru the grapevine more
are being built, so yeah the demand is certainly there!

Posted by HeatMan on August 2, 2006, 3:37 pm

> "HeatMan" wrote:
>
>
> >
> >hey Fish, did you know there's a RPA chapter in your area?
> >
>
> J, nope, sure didnt. have ran across whole tracts of homes that do
> have radiant in slab though, and have heard thru the grapevine more
> are being built, so yeah the demand is certainly there!

http://www.radiantpanelassociation.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=130

That's Berkeley, I thought there was one further south. There may be, just
in the 'forming up' stage.



Posted by on August 20, 2006, 3:19 am
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:10:26 GMT, gofish@gonefishin.net wrote:

> "HeatMan" wrote:
>
>
>>
>>hey Fish, did you know there's a RPA chapter in your area?
>>
>
>J, nope, sure didnt. have ran across whole tracts of homes that do
>have radiant in slab though, and have heard thru the grapevine more
>are being built, so yeah the demand is certainly there!


Please pardon a possibly stupid question: How do you handle cooling
when using radiant floor systems? Must one revert to window a/c
systems since there's no ductwork to handle cool air?

I can't imagine one can run the radiant floor in reverse and pump cold
water in..assuming some sort of boiler suystem to heat the water, this
ain't gonna happen absent a repeal of the laws of thermodynamics.

I like the idea of radiant heat in the floors but I need good a/c as
well.

Thanks for any replies that do not involve vulgar suggestions. :)

Jim P.

Posted by Steve Scott on August 20, 2006, 12:18 pm
Run ductwork for AC or install ductless splits if your home layout
allows for it.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:19:37 -0700, nobody@spamcop.net wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:10:26 GMT, gofish@gonefishin.net wrote:
>
>> "HeatMan" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>hey Fish, did you know there's a RPA chapter in your area?
>>>
>>
>>J, nope, sure didnt. have ran across whole tracts of homes that do
>>have radiant in slab though, and have heard thru the grapevine more
>>are being built, so yeah the demand is certainly there!
>
>
>Please pardon a possibly stupid question: How do you handle cooling
>when using radiant floor systems? Must one revert to window a/c
>systems since there's no ductwork to handle cool air?
>
>I can't imagine one can run the radiant floor in reverse and pump cold
>water in..assuming some sort of boiler suystem to heat the water, this
>ain't gonna happen absent a repeal of the laws of thermodynamics.
>
>I like the idea of radiant heat in the floors but I need good a/c as
>well.
>
>Thanks for any replies that do not involve vulgar suggestions. :)
>
>Jim P.


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