I could make a list of regrets for my house I built five years ago. They all have to do with things that cannot be changed now. They include not insulating under the slabs. The garage heat isnt one of them. I have an attached garage with a hanging modine heater and I like being able to quickly raise the temp in there. After the barn is built I see me using this only occasionally. We use the attached garage for parties as much as for working on stuff.
New Home with attached garage heating options
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My other regrets include not enough air sealing, cheaper windows than I now want, and inferior materials used in several places. There are several things that are wearing out and they really don’t bother me that much but the things I mentioned above I can’t do anything about it drives me crazy.
My house is icf from basement floor to main floor ceiling. The house is sealed effin tight.
Put pen in basement slab. I wish I would have went infloor for entire house. That being said I’m in Canada and have a 3 ton variable speed heat pump with coils in the air handler for backup. The ac side is too big but that’s the benefit of variable speed. More money initially but will be more efficient and more comfortable because it can run longer and lower temps making the air more equal throughout.
I haven’t installed the boiler in my basement yet but most likely will. My house is 1840 sq ft main floor with full 10’ basement. It cost me the same to heat as a friend with a 1400 square ft house and 7’6” basement. I expect it to be a little cheaper this winter once cement looses some moisture. Love the sturdiness of the house too. Never know it’s windy until you step outside.
Insulated under the basement slab no matter the direction you go. Even at 6-8’ down the ground is at plus 7 or so degrees Celsius. So it will steal heat from the slab. My basement is probably 1.5 degrees colder than the main floor. Isn’t much but you do feel it.
Insulate the slabs and run pex. I matter what you think you will do. You can’t do it later and would **** if you wanted to.
Put pen in basement slab. I wish I would have went infloor for entire house. That being said I’m in Canada and have a 3 ton variable speed heat pump with coils in the air handler for backup. The ac side is too big but that’s the benefit of variable speed. More money initially but will be more efficient and more comfortable because it can run longer and lower temps making the air more equal throughout.
I haven’t installed the boiler in my basement yet but most likely will. My house is 1840 sq ft main floor with full 10’ basement. It cost me the same to heat as a friend with a 1400 square ft house and 7’6” basement. I expect it to be a little cheaper this winter once cement looses some moisture. Love the sturdiness of the house too. Never know it’s windy until you step outside.
Insulated under the basement slab no matter the direction you go. Even at 6-8’ down the ground is at plus 7 or so degrees Celsius. So it will steal heat from the slab. My basement is probably 1.5 degrees colder than the main floor. Isn’t much but you do feel it.
Insulate the slabs and run pex. I matter what you think you will do. You can’t do it later and would **** if you wanted to.
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Thank you guys for your insights. I plan to run the pex tubing in the garage and house. The hiccup right now is with the city and the garage size.. They say the garage should only be 40% of house size so 750 sq ft. The current house I have is smaller than the new one and the garage is 840 sq. ft. so im not sure where this comes from. Im betting we can work around this, just have to figure out how to make them happy I guess 