From a related yet different perspective, do I introduce any trouble by burningmy wood burning fireplace insert?://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Your insert with a fan is probably 300% more efficient than a fireplace. That means instead of 98% of the heating value of the
I know its not much better but, I believe our insert is rated at 40%
efficiency. We plan to move to a more efficient catalytic wood burning
insert as soon as we can swing the finances. Vermont Castings claims
78% efficiency of one of their models.
Kirk wrote:
Your insert with a fan is
Hi all,
I know that this has been discussed in the past but, a search of the
archives turns up discussions from a few years ago (unless my searching
was less than adequate). Seems to me that the timing is right to rehash
the topic.
I have been researching solar hot water and radiant heating
Ken Dunn wrote:
7. What is the group's collective experience?
I have radiant hot water heat in my house and I'm happy enough with
the system to say that I don't wish to live WITHOUT radiant heat in
the future. It's probably colder where you live during the winter
than it is here
As a rule of thumb a dollar of insulation buys more BTUs than a dollar of collector.
This is probably true until you pass R50 for the roof/ceiling and R40 for the walls.
Moveable insulation is much cheaper than hitek windows but only you know if you will be diligent in its use.
On 9/4/05, *robert luis rabello* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you do this, however, you'll want
to install grommets in the floor joists. We didn't, so whenever the
boiler fires up, the plastic pipes tap against the joists. It sounds
like a myriad of golf
On 9/4/05, *Kirk McLoren* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a rule of thumb a dollar of insulation buys more BTUs than a
dollar of collector.
This is probably true until you pass R50 for the roof/ceiling and
R40 for the walls.
I couldn't agree more. I'd like
Ken Dunn wrote:
Is there a specific type of material or will any old grommet do?
Neoprene rubber is the recommended material.
(Plumbing complexity)
This is something that I've been trying to figure out for a while. I
was way over
complicating the design in my head. As long as I
robert luis rabello wrote:
Ken Dunn wrote:
Is there a specific type of material or will any old grommet do?
Neoprene rubber is the recommended material.
(Plumbing complexity)
This is something that I've been trying to figure out for a while. I
was way over
complicating
