Anyone have advice on a home heating conversion?
Need to move off oil and firewood. Long past due for my green heart.
@damselfly59
My first response would be ditch the oil *first*.
While burning stuff is bad in general, woodfired is at least sustainable so perhaps work in stages, keeping the woodfire until you *have* to change it.
It will enable you to spread the financial burden.
@stueytheround
I am with you. Oil is dirrrrty. 11 is getting bigger to help w the wood. But eventually will want to get rid of it when I get old...er....
@damselfly59 What Latitude? It almost doesn't matter. Heat pump.
Installation is dead easy, if you're in the USA, IRA will pay for 30%-ish.
@b4cks4w 46d mostly moderate couple weeks of 110 plus and -15 barbarian degrees
@damselfly59
I think they'll work. This fella has a big personality and good engineering chops, explains why heat pumps are now almost always the way to go for best energy efficiency and carbon footprint. In other videos he demonstrates: how easy they are to install.
Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J52mDjZzto
This dude is a good cookie. Recommend all of his videos, the more boring the topic the better the video.
@damselfly59
Central heat and AC?
Or baseboard heat with AC?
Or no AC?
Upgraded my 20 year old oil burner hot water forced air with a heat pump... Last October.
Saved myself at least $500 a month from oil in the winter..
Still use it for hot water and as backup emergency heating...
And saving me on AC in the summer
Daikin One with variable speed inverter and blower... Highly recommend.
2zones were from before but still works the same... Single blower does both...
Feel free to ask anything
Sorry stu... Had to fix the terrible typos...
@InvaderGzim
Oops no Ac now other than window units might be nice but not critical.
My hot water is electric. Electricity is cheap in the pnw. Well cheapER.
@damselfly59 solar, & electric heat pump. geothermal perhaps, but i'd go solar first
@redenigma basement stays warm/stable in the winter but sits in an old creek bed. The spring near the house stays warm in the winter. I am less familiar with geothermal. Will look at the thermal maps
Solar -Property is in a 1000' wide valley running south, have to figure out if I can't do solar because of the trees near my house or if there's enough light in the fields.
Window insulation on the list too. 2-3 year proj. When I oversaw a facility solar glass co. gave a good sale pitch. Thanks
@damselfly59 Depending on the climate you live in, geothermal is getting a lot of attention; heat pumps and the like…