Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating.... 9Apr 21, 2009 8:42 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating.... 14Apr 22, 2009 9:25 am I stayed at a friends apartment in Scotland for a few month over xmas, they had hydronic heating which was also their domestic hot water. It warmed the house after sometime but when you had a shower the water would be hot then freezing cold. I hated that. Aslo you have these big ugly radiator in every room of your house. Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating.... 15Apr 22, 2009 11:28 am In our houses over time we have had an open wood fire (cosy once going but the bedrooms froze), a gas log fire which was beautiful to stand in front of but again only warmed up the living areas. Now we are renting with ducted heating and we love it and we are having ducted in our new house which I can't wait for Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating.... 16Apr 22, 2009 11:40 am Taffy - I don't exactly know how much we paid for the heating (we had one bulk figure for our house) but when I spoke to a person in a hydronic heating shop, he estimated around $15,000 for a 30 square house, mind you, we did not go into any sort of details as to how many panels and what size. I think we have 11 panels, including bathrooms and hallways. I agree the panels don't look all that great and can take up valuable space, but what else would you put under a window (which is where they should be placed ideally), but holes in the ceiling for ducted heating don't look any better, IMO. Mrs B might have a better idea about the cost as she's just finished building and has hydronic. Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating.... 17Apr 22, 2009 12:15 pm For what it's worth, we've recently installed hydronic heating panels in our half-renovated Californian bungalow. Retro-fitted, not a new build obviously. My partner is a plumber, so that helped with the labour costs. But his rough guide to estimating the price for installation is about $1000 a panel when the system is all finished. This includes the boiler and pipework, everything - we have 10 panels, plus another one to install when we finally do our extension. That would be about a $10,000 system. Acutally, it is exy when I think of it like that. It's fabbo though. We had a ******* old ducted heating system last year and this has been soooo much better. Gets the clothes dry too, as someone else mentioned. Were struck with: Colorbond Ironstone Grey roof and cream windows. What color should we render and paint the garage door to tone down the cream windows? Farm House, will… 0 35354 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. I think i plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room (mainly for entertainment so not used often),… 0 0 |