rmac Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 An area is considered a heating or cooling zone depending on when the most energy is expended to keep a living space comfortable. Thanks Vic. Makes sense now. -- Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Great Space! Are you sure you will be able to fill it with tools??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Chad, Unfortunately, when the DOE states on their site the heat loss associated with a tank type water heater and the advantages gained going to a tankless, the majority of the heatloss is the line loss. Didn't I see something (might have been a few years ago) that stated the best location for the tankless heater was within a few feet of the faucet / fixture? (Which does not make financial sense, given that we have, in my home, no less than seven items that use the hot water line... and naturally they are not next to each other. This implies the need for 3 tankless heaters, spaced next to the closest junction for these diverse exit opportunities.) Admittedly, this is not feasible. Setting up feed lines to all of these units, insuring adequate venting, and running heat source lines to all of these units - IMHO - outweighs the cost of insulating the lines from one unit and installing just one "central" unit. Then again, I'm debating a tankless heater versus my "dream" water system, which starts with a solar set up on the roof, runs to a converted 50 gallon tank in the back yard in a sealed cabinet, then runs inside to the storage tank. yes, still requires power, but - in theory - uses less of it because the sun is heating the majority of it for you. Ironically, the best location to test this right now is my father's garage... once it gets rebuilt. A shame it's not going to house the tools or the shop, however. (And nowhere near as nice as this new shop. Still very impressed with it, by the way.) (Please make sure I don't do something stupid with water... it's not my usual field of operations.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Didn't I see something (might have been a few years ago) that stated the best location for the tankless heater was within a few feet of the faucet / fixture? (Which does not make financial sense, given that we have, in my home, no less than seven items that use the hot water line... and naturally they are not next to each other. This implies the need for 3 tankless heaters, spaced next to the closest junction for these diverse exit opportunities.) Admittedly, this is not feasible. Setting up feed lines to all of these units, insuring adequate venting, and running heat source lines to all of these units - IMHO - outweighs the cost of insulating the lines from one unit and installing just one "central" unit. Then again, I'm debating a tankless heater versus my "dream" water system, which starts with a solar set up on the roof, runs to a converted 50 gallon tank in the back yard in a sealed cabinet, then runs inside to the storage tank. yes, still requires power, but - in theory - uses less of it because the sun is heating the majority of it for you. Ironically, the best location to test this right now is my father's garage... once it gets rebuilt. A shame it's not going to house the tools or the shop, however. (And nowhere near as nice as this new shop. Still very impressed with it, by the way.) (Please make sure I don't do something stupid with water... it's not my usual field of operations.) Actually, given the right system, solar thermal is by far the best ROI of any of the renewables. It actually has a just as good or better ROI than going from a traditional furnace to a heatpump. Here's the site of a friend of mine's system. I'm hoping to get this put in in the next year or so. Of course it's just my wife and I, so the ROI is farther out than it would be for a normal size family. http://www.silkrdsolar.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tad Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Is your shop heat in the floor or forced air? Nice shop either way!! I too just bought a saw stop 3hp looking forward to getting it set up. Are you going to set yours directly on floor or on a platform? What are you doing for dust control? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Palmer Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Awesome shop, Gtray place to practice the craft. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 great space! i hope to have a shop like that someday. be great for retirement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTC Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 including the kitchen sink... and you have a house because.... GREAT space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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