Wood shop heating and cooling

[wliggett]

Norm likes hydronic but I'm having a hard time with the initial outlay. I'm in Hickory NC, and while we do have winter, it is usually on the mild side. I'm more concerned about cooling in the summer, which can be toasty. I read where condensation would be an issue if one tries to run chill water to the slab tubes. I'm leaning toward a standard electric heat pump and would like to hear feedback. Shop size is 26x40x10. Walls are 2x6 and truss bottom chords are 2x10 and I plan to insulate well. There will be a single 16x7 1/2ft garage door on the front gable end. No plans to condition the attic space but will be able to run ducts in the knee walls. Comments, please.

According to the philosopher Jagger, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you'll find, you get what you need."

 

[Friartuck]

North Carolina, think I would be more concerned about cooling than heating. My initial thought is to use two smaller size heat pump units at opposite ends of the shop. Personally, I'm leaning towards a Fujuitsu brand based on recommendations from GJ users

 

[Full Throttle]

I would not go with a minisplit system on a wood shop. I would have a ducted Heat Pump system with a big sock filter in the return.

 

[rburke65]

Why. And What is the difference between a split and a heat pump? Thanks.

 

[ineedagarage]

Hello from Lenoir!

 

[Full Throttle]

Why. And What is the difference between a split and a heat pump? Thanks.

the mini splits resemble a motel through the wall unit (they don't go through the wall though) the have a filter that lacks the ability to handle very dirty air that a wood shop will dish out.

A heat pump is a split system, not a mini split as reccomended in an above post. A fugitzu is a mini split.

I agree with 2 smaller units 1 at ea end though.

 

[Highbeam]

So the concern is that the wood dust will plug the evaporator/condensor of the inside unit? I suppose in cooling mode that the evaporator will have moisture on it that dust will stick to and make a sort of mud that might be hard to blow out.

 

[Full Throttle]

So the concern is that the wood dust will plug the evaporator/condensor of the inside unit? I suppose in cooling mode that the evaporator will have moisture on it that dust will stick to and make a sort of mud that might be hard to blow out.

yes, thats why you need a ducted system so a high quality dust sock filter can ber used, like on a dust colection unit. You can not filter a mini split well enough.