Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Aug 31, 2008 8:27 pm Building in remote, regional Vic We have roof, frame, walls, plumbing, electrical....but no bricks! Re: The great debate over the best heating options 4Sep 02, 2008 7:16 pm Building in remote, regional Vic We have roof, frame, walls, plumbing, electrical....but no bricks! Re: The great debate over the best heating options 8Sep 03, 2008 4:03 pm Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: The great debate over the best heating options 9Sep 03, 2008 6:53 pm Building in remote, regional Vic We have roof, frame, walls, plumbing, electrical....but no bricks! Re: The great debate over the best heating options 12Sep 03, 2008 8:45 pm Cabinfever We get them on a cheaper power tariff here (about half the normal power cost - no idea why That sounds like Hydroheat, CF (where you get your electric heating at your hotwater tariff). Can I ask if the panel heaters are your only or main form of heating? When we last looked into it, Hydroheat was only available if the electric heaters were your main source of heating and the total had to come to a certain kW value (which I can't remember). We are planning to do something similar to Pebbles (woodheater, as we have our own source of wood and are planning to replant what we take so hopefully we will be carbon neutral) But we may need additional heating in the kids' rooms (will decide on that after our first winter) and we are hoping we can get panel heaters on Hydroheat. 'chelle We have a hand-over date...15/10...but I won't hold my breath! http://people-in-glass-houses.blogspot.com/ Re: The great debate over the best heating options 13Sep 05, 2008 8:45 am Hi 'chelle. Aurora have a PDF on their site somewhere detailing Hydroheat.
It's somewhere around here: http://www.auroraenergy.com.au/resident ... harges.asp But I can't find the exact page atm. But here's the vital part though... To get the Hydroheat rate (about 12c/kwh rather than the usual 19c/pkh) you need to satisfy just ONE of the three listed conditions. Here's the extract: (f) Permanently installed wired-in electric heater(s) may be eligible with this tariff on condition that the wiring of any electric heater is installed by a registered electrician in accordance with AS 3000 wiring rules and associated regulations and acts, and one of the following conditions are met: (i) If a residence has a permanently installed wired-in electric heater with an output of 3.5kW in a living area, on a single functional switch then this, and any additional permanently wired space heaters throughout the residence, may be installed on this tariff. (ii) A total rating of at least 5kW of the same heating system installed throughout the residence. This heating system must be the priority heating system of the main living area and must have a single functional switch in each heated area throughout the residence. However where a ducted heating system is installed, the control switch must be located near the heating unit in order to qualify for this tariff. (iii) Heating in secondary areas such as bedrooms and hallways if the residence has OffPeak storage heating in the living area(s) as its priority source of heating. The secondary heating system should be a permanently connected single propriety heating system with a total of 5 kW or more heating capacity. ------------------- We qualified under condition (ii) as most of our panels were 1.5Kw panels in the bedrooms which easily totalled more than 5Kw. We had just replaced the fireplace in the main living area, but said this was just 'for aesthetics' (which is true). If it's a bit less clear cut in your case, just get the electric system installed first. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: The great debate over the best heating options 14Sep 05, 2008 3:45 pm Thanks Cabinfever,
Hmmm not sure if we will qualify, and we were hoping not to install electric heaters until we live there and see what it is like with the passive solar and a wood heater. We might have to rethink this. Thanks again. 'chelle We have a hand-over date...15/10...but I won't hold my breath! http://people-in-glass-houses.blogspot.com/ Re: The great debate over the best heating options 15Nov 01, 2008 3:54 pm overthebuildingprocess Hi all we're still debating what the better heating option is. Here's our choices: * Put in a refrig ducted split system - quoted at around $13k (not really in budget) * Put the Brivis 5 star back on the plan and live with the high lpg cost * Put in a kenara or a gas log fire heater in the living area and do nothing in the bedrooms, other than maybe a heat transfer system to pump some air into other rooms. LPG = very expensive 3x natural gas Wood = cheap for unit of energy produced, need some kind of ducting system if you want to distribute hot air, nice ambience, hassle to run and slow to get going, radiant heat is cosy, pollutes locally (rather than electricity which pollute remotely), modern combustion stoves quite efficient, fireplaces very inefficient Electricity = currently twice the cost of natural gas to produce the same unit of energy, most efficient to run AC, not very efficient when running radiant type system including slab floor, polluting in OZ because most if it is generated from coal, inherent line losses from power station (i.e. wasted energy) Natural gas = cheaper than electricity to get same heating benefit, burns more cleanly with less emissions, fossil fuel (will run out but not in our generation) See Sustainability Victoria for cost comparison: http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/re ... system.pdf Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6997 Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20950 Ha all, I am now about half way (maybe a bit more) through my build with Carlisle Homes - double-storey knockdown/rebuild project. So I am now doing my due diligence and… 0 4222 |