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 '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 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 '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 6986 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 20943 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 4207 |