Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Feb 22, 2013 10:36 pm Hi, we are building with a project builder and looking at what options we have for heating / cooling. We have no water or gas main but do have electricity. Gas ducted heating is 'standard' but we are considering having this removed as we would need to use bottled gas which is expensive. We will be getting a wood heater installed as fire wood is easily accessible for us and at our current house we have a couple of economical electric heaters to get through those chilly mornings, etc. We can get evap cooling installed or have $5,000 to spend on upgrades but being on tank water I'm wondering if it will use too much water? I like the idea of outside air coming in and I'm not worried about the odd day that it doesn't work because its too hot/humid. We would prefer not to have any gas bottles but I'm wondering if we are going to need them for the hot water service anyway and if so we'd have gas hot plates too but it is sooooo expensive!!! Any help with this would be greatly appreciated Re: Help - Heating / Cooling - tank water and no gas 2Feb 22, 2013 10:41 pm Get refrigerated reverse cycle air cond. Induction cooktop is as good if not better than gas. Solar boosted electric hot water. Solar panels to help offset the cost of the air cond and hot water. Re: Help - Heating / Cooling - tank water and no gas 3Feb 22, 2013 11:01 pm Thanks JB1. Induction cooktop and solar electric sound like winners, ill look into them further. Why do you recommend refrigerated cooling? I don't know much about it. Thanks so much for your help!! Re: Help - Heating / Cooling - tank water and no gas 4Feb 22, 2013 11:33 pm Why refrigerated? You don't have mains gas. Use the refrigerated reverse cycle Aircond as a heater. It's going to be cheaper to run than gas bottles. As a bonus you can use it for cooling. Re: Help - Heating / Cooling - tank water and no gas 5Feb 25, 2013 10:19 am wirlz We can get evap cooling installed or have $5,000 to spend on upgrades but being on tank water I'm wondering if it will use too much water? I like the idea of outside air coming in and I'm not worried about the odd day that it doesn't work because its too hot/humid. The advice from JB1 is on the money. With evap air con, people often refer to the dump rate. This use to be 10-12 L per hour on the older models but newer design have this down to 3-4 L per hour. This figure however is insignificant when compared to the amount of water that is used per hour to provide the cooling from an evap air con. You are in the Yarra Valley and Victoria now experiences long dry summer periods. Given that you are on tank water and you would be using the air con during the dryest and hottest period, evap air con would not be the best choice. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Thank you for the generous offer. I need to get the plumber out to give me an explanation. As mentioned I haven't seen any rain water discharge from pipes 1& 3. It… 7 10805 I want to build a decking to the drawn shape outlined in black. The problem is how close can I build to the gas hot water unit? Will I be able to build around it and be… 0 20219 18 90417 |