Add on furnace for condo?

 
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Post by ASea » Tue. Jan. 16, 2018 9:23 pm

My mother has a condo with just under 1000sqft. She heats with forced hot air/ natural gas. Not sure what the BTU rating is on her current unit. She also has a gas hot water heater. I had thought of suggesting tying a stoker stove with a hot water coil into the duct work to heat the house and hot water. The Condo is fairly well insulated with newer doors and windows.

What stove would you suggest?


 
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Post by ASea » Tue. Jan. 16, 2018 9:35 pm

The Leisureline Independence seems like a good choice.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 7:53 am

ASea wrote:
Tue. Jan. 16, 2018 9:23 pm
My mother has a condo with just under 1000sqft. She heats with forced hot air/ natural gas. Not sure what the BTU rating is on her current unit. She also has a gas hot water heater. I had thought of suggesting tying a stoker stove with a hot water coil into the duct work to heat the house and hot water. The Condo is fairly well insulated with newer doors and windows.

What stove would you suggest?
Wow, that sounds like a tough call. I know from past experience when you own a condo, you only own the space inside the stucture not the building it's self. I would be asking the condo association first.
Does anyone else in the association have an alternate heating appliance?

 
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Post by ASea » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 8:09 am

michaelanthony wrote:
Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 7:53 am
Wow, that sounds like a tough call. I know from past experience when you own a condo, you only own the space inside the stucture not the building it's self. I would be asking the condo association first.
Does anyone else in the association have an alternate heating appliance?
Some do have pellet stoves direct vented through the wall. There are only four units in the "Association" She is an end unit. I was thinking she could power vent the stoker under her back porch.

 
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Post by michaelanthony » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 8:14 am

ASea wrote:
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Some do have pellet stoves direct vented through the wall. There are only four units in the "Association" She is an end unit. I was thinking she could power vent the stoker under her back porch.
It figures they allow pellet stoves lol! Is she in Mass? Mention the coal stove and see what happens, you may need protective clothing and a hard hat at that meeting.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 8:38 am

Venting under a porch does not sound like a good idea.

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 10:02 am

For a condo where do you store the coal and how do deal with the ashes? Sounds like NG Rinnai time to me.


 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 10:13 am

ASea wrote:
Tue. Jan. 16, 2018 9:23 pm
My mother has a condo with just under 1000sqft. She heats with forced hot air/ natural gas. Not sure what the BTU rating is on her current unit. She also has a gas hot water heater. I had thought of suggesting tying a stoker stove with a hot water coil into the duct work to heat the house and hot water. The Condo is fairly well insulated with newer doors and windows.

What stove would you suggest?
Even many coal forum members claim that NG is the cheapest fuel to use...
If she is living in a condo (townhouse) why would you bother ??
Coal storage, ash disposal.....the extra cost of the additional unit + hookup.....
Doesn't make any sense to me yet.

BUT.... neither will you ever find me living by choice & still with my sound mind, in a house with fuel that can go ........ BOOM !!! :)

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 10:38 am

Even many coal forum members claim that NG is the cheapest fuel to use...
Especially in MA where coal is not the cheapest. At 1000 sq ft it hardly seems worth it and there are some very strange people up there ... G'morning Doug how are you today?

 
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Post by ASea » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 1:59 pm

coaledsweat wrote:
Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 8:38 am
Venting under a porch does not sound like a good idea.
I don't see an issue, it's open underneath in the back of the house. Plenty of ventilation. Could go through the concrete side wall as it is an end unit.

 
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Post by ASea » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 2:01 pm

coalnewbie wrote:
Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 10:02 am
For a condo where do you store the coal and how do deal with the ashes? Sounds like NG Rinnai time to me.
I may have her look into it.

As far as NG being Cheaper, demand has increased. Unitil the local provider is brutal, always with the highest rates. All the hippies up here have managed to protest and prevent any new pipelines from going in.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 3:27 pm

:?
I must be overlooking something...

If she is already heating with NG,how will spending $$ on another NG heater help ?

I am not trying to argue,just have yet to see the point. :)

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 4:24 pm

I assumed the heat was not keeping up, she is not going to save money whatever. Assuming that a HOA will allow a coal stove in MA is a pipe dream unless Doug is on the board. He will only allow a 1300 EFM, purchased from him of course.

 
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Post by Qtown1835 » Thu. Jan. 18, 2018 4:32 pm

For ease of use i would source a bigger NG furnace. If, in fact, the existing NG furnace is undersized. Switching to coal for primary heat does not make sense living in a condo IMO. Heck you could probably find a NG furnace for a couple hundred on craigslist.


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