Basement will be approximately 1400 sq ft. It will be unfinished at first. I was hoping to have my installers stub in the heat zone near the center of the basement to provide some heat for where I plan to have a woodshop. I am not expecting to get the temperature the same as the first story but warm the area up a little. I will be insulating the exterior poured walls of the basement. When I eventually finish the basement I would like it to be able to heat a 400 sq ft rec. room.
Hooking up the Quadrafire 7100 and heat zone kit
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That's not too large an area. I'd go ahead with the plan to stub a feed into the basement. You'll get some benefit, especially once it's insulated.
Thanks for the response! As this is new construction it will not cost much to have it installed from the start so I am going to go with it. It would be much harder to add later. Once I have a few months of use with the heat zone Ill come back here and let everyone know how it worked. This will be next winter when the house is done and it is cold enough outside to use.
any update on the efficacy of the heat zone kit. I have two on my pioneer 2 C done with proper bvent pipe of less than 10 feet. Air temp out of them is 80Deg F. No way it is getting hot enough to require the bvent but what can you do. Bvent is rated to 400F due to the aluminum liner but it won't get anywhere close to that on my unit.
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