Been lurking here since I got my first home in October. It is a 1200 sqf ranch on slab with in-floor radiant heat via a 5-7 year old oil burner. There is all a 2300 sqf detached garage that is also on slab with in-floor radiant heat coming from the same oil burner. The install looks very well executed and the home was built like the preverbal brick chit house and is well insulated. The only thing is to keep the house at 70 and garage around 55 takes a lot oil. More then I feel it should but this is my first experience with any type of heat besides naturel gas so maybe im wrong on that. Anyway im more confused now then when I found the site so I figured it was time to join and ask some questions.
1.What is the cheapest way to get whole house and garge heat with wood tieing into the system that is already in place?
2.Why dose no one here suggest OWB’s? most everyone on my road uses one what is so bad about them?
3.I have no room for storage, yes even with a garage twice the size of my house I have no room for large tanks anywhere. So what is the best way to go without storage?
4.How much am I looking at from an initial investment point of view. I only plan to stay here for at most 5 years as the home is just to small for more then just me and the girlfriend and I want a family soon.
1.What is the cheapest way to get whole house and garge heat with wood tieing into the system that is already in place?
2.Why dose no one here suggest OWB’s? most everyone on my road uses one what is so bad about them?
3.I have no room for storage, yes even with a garage twice the size of my house I have no room for large tanks anywhere. So what is the best way to go without storage?
4.How much am I looking at from an initial investment point of view. I only plan to stay here for at most 5 years as the home is just to small for more then just me and the girlfriend and I want a family soon.