fowlerrudi said:Hello folks,
I am a lurker - been absorbing the wealth of knowledge you all have. I don't think money can buy the education one can obtain on the Internet. Whether its a good education or not....
Anyway, my wife and I are planning on building an off-grid home next summer. I will be a handcrafted log home and will be powered by water turbines on off a river that runs by. We are currently living in an off-grid home and use wood heat and ceiling fans to get the job done.
Here is my plan for the new home, call me a dreamer:
Froling 3000 Turbo - with storage - how much - I do not know. I like what Justburnit did - inspirational! But is bigger better?
Warmboard throughout the home - Check out the Breckenridge on this site - http://www.yellowstoneloghomes.com/floor.html
I would like to run Pex in parts of the basement (not the mechanical room) and then on the main and upper floor run Pex in Warmboard (which requires different temps).
We would like to have a loop for an outdoor hot tub (currently heat with a Japenese Chofu heater) - and also would like to put PEX in the slab of the garage - all running from the basement Froling boiler.
I am thinking of putting unpressurized storage under the basement floor (built into the basement floor) perhaps using ICF blocks and a pool similar to Justburnit.
This winter it went to -40 C. That -40 F as well.
In the future when I am too old to handle firewood - I am thinking I can just swap out the firewood boiler for a pellet boiler (P4 looks nice).
So how can I build this with min amount of circ pumps since I am offgrid (check these out - http://www.grundfos.com/web/homeuk.nsf/Webopslag/DMAR-6EGDHG)
I don't completely understand why I would go pressurized or not however I do like the simplicity of non-pressurized storage at the moment - add a loop in the tank for supplement solar for after DHW tank is hot - add a loop for hot tub, etc.
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nice home, make sure to have a sealant on the logs or they will turn grey with time