Hi, been lurking and reading this forum a lot, finally registered last week so I could post and ask questions. We are just about to start building our off-grid home on the Olympic Peninsula of WA. Unlimited supply of hardwood (alder and a little maple) available, so we want our primary heat source to be indoor wood boiler, with storage. House will be about 4000 sq ft, all radiant floors. We've talked with several retailers (there are none here in WA that I can find) and they have said they are not even allowed to sell their boilers in WA! Fortunately I have a brother who lives in a neighboring State that may help us out on the ship to address.
We are planning a back-up propane boiler which we hope to use only if we go on vacation. Hope to also have solar coils for hot water in summer so we won't have to fire the boiler.
Cozyheat has been amazingly helpful in sizing calcs and info on putting together the entire heating/plumbing system. Other retailers not so much. After purchase long distance tech support will be extremely important. Any suggestions on where we could comparison shop? Looking at the Biomas 40 right now.
So, are any of you familiar with problems we may encounter here in WA? Our back-up plan if the inspectors won't go for it will be to install just the propane boiler and add the wood boiler later. We'd rather not incur the additional stupid expense for a 2nd plumbing job.
Thank you for a great forum!
We are planning a back-up propane boiler which we hope to use only if we go on vacation. Hope to also have solar coils for hot water in summer so we won't have to fire the boiler.
Cozyheat has been amazingly helpful in sizing calcs and info on putting together the entire heating/plumbing system. Other retailers not so much. After purchase long distance tech support will be extremely important. Any suggestions on where we could comparison shop? Looking at the Biomas 40 right now.
So, are any of you familiar with problems we may encounter here in WA? Our back-up plan if the inspectors won't go for it will be to install just the propane boiler and add the wood boiler later. We'd rather not incur the additional stupid expense for a 2nd plumbing job.
Thank you for a great forum!