Re: [GBlist] Heat Sources

["Tim McCarthy, Architect" <barkeatr@westelcom.com>]

Eliminate the basement, save a good 10 percent of your construction budget.
Saying this, the spaces you mention being in the basment are not allowed (in
a basement)  anyway unless its a daylight basement and or you build some
extravagant exit means. (even then you still have to meet minimum light and
size and fresh air requirements.) Eliminating the stairs alone will give you
back at least 50 square feet....

Maybe your talking about a daylight basment? if so then its technically
called a story not a basment..and it would not demand much for energy,
especially if your husband is cold natured.


www.timmccarthyarchitect.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Watkins" <donna@theherbsplace.com>
To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:06 PM
Subject: [GBlist] Heat Sources


> Need some ideas from you creative folks!
>
> We're building a house with a basement that will have a section that is
> heated/cooled for offices, storage and bath.  Upstairs we will have a
> woodstove.  That's not going to help keep the basement warm where my
> cold-natured husband is going to be all day.
>
> If he runs the heat to keep the downstairs warm, I will be roasting up
> stairs with the additional woodstove heat.  Tried to find a way to put the
> woodstove in the basement but there's absolutely no way - that would be
> ideal!!  No way to get the flue outside - there's stairs going up and
> outside there's a screened porch that it would be under.
>
> What other heat sources could we consider to keep that area downstairs
warm
> in winter?  It's 420 sq. ft of space.  Don't want to run up a big electric
> bill for it.  We're building energy efficient and using Geo-Thermal.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Blessings to you!
> Donna
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