Wooden houses
Apr 2nd 2008, 11:46 am
#31
you dewty owld maan!
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Re: Wooden houses
erm, so a room sealed appliance is going to increase condensation in your home.....beg to differ on that one and with a decent flue even conventional appliances are going to reduce condensation problems - unless of course you are dragging cold damp air into the room at a tremendous rate, which a wood burner would also tend to do....
Apr 2nd 2008, 9:20 pm
#32
Here in Dunedin
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Location: Dunedin
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Re: Wooden houses
I supply ground/air source heat pumps and solar panels as a day job and when we build I shall be looking to insulate using the latest materials and will have a ground source/geothermal system for the heating/hot water which will be supported by solar hot water panels, any pumps for the system(s) will be powered with photovoltaic panels so as to avoid using the grid therefore being independant and avoiding outages.
I'm also interested in your view of when pv technology is likely to have a payback period of say 5 years or less (probably the point at which it will really take off without Govt subsidy).
