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Re: O/T Positioning of Home
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Posted by Slofr8 on January 29, 2005 at 08:45:54 from (66.231.218.249):
In Reply to: Re: O/T Positioning of Home posted by doug stockman on January 29, 2005 at 02:15:16:
Hi again Doug.
Thanks for the quick reply! Yes, it all makes sense and helps alot. I'm in Northern Maine and my lot will have a lot of winter sun. Sun rise till sun set. I planed on rather long eaves, 3'. I'll have a daylight basement towards the south and single floor on top of that. I can't see pouring a concrete floor in the basement and not instaling tubes for radiant floor so the basement will have floor heat. However, trying to keep costs down, I considerd baseboard on the main living level. We are definitely going to have a wood stove in the living room for secondary heat and for astetics so I question how much heat that level will need. By that I mean, will raidiant floor be worth the cost and/or be overkill?
I belive adding the 1.5" of mass to the upstairs floor will really help. Questions are, (1) will a wood floor keep the mass from absorbing solar heat, and (2) if I'm going to be adding mass (gypcrete) should I just go ahead and add the tubes there also. Funds are limited so consesions would have to be made elsewhere.
On a slightly different note, What is your opinion on insulation under the basement slab with radiant floor. There seems to be two schools of thought here. (1) insulate completly, or, (2) leave the middle uninsulated to create a "heat sink" that will store, and give off heat if ever needed. May even add to summer cooling? The guy thats going to be doing the foundation says to insulate completly.
Thanks again. Dug was right. There's a wealth of information on this board. Dan.
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