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Royalwapiti
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# Posted: 25 Jul 2021 09:19pm
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I bought a cabin on a lake with all amenities (Electric, cable, gas, water, sewer)
All my neighbors remove their water meters and blow the water lines out every year. I want to use mine for ice fishing...thus year round!
Does anyone know of some modern furnace heating devices that could be used for a 16 x16 section of a cabin. The whole cabin is larger then that but I plan to consolidate the water lines into the newer addition which I want to be 4 season use.
Only the 16x16 will be heated with natural gas so I don't have to mess with draining water system. The rest of the cabin will be heated with electric baseboard or nat gas stove (Jotul: looks like wood stove but gas) only when I am there.
Looking for a heat source as it has a bathroom, bedroom and kitchen area. I could use a small gas furnace with ducts. But am wondering if there is any other options or new technology?
It gets too cold here for the mini-splits, but the idea does appeal to me. Typically they heat with outside air temp of 30 degrees, and cool all summer, a plus. Some new ones are more efficient and can heat with air temp of 5 degrees F. Chi-Ching.
Any ideas on a modern heat source with AC a plus?
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 26 Jul 2021 11:44pm
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Direct vent wall heater?
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Brettny
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2021 05:40am
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You could just use heat tape and drain sections of the pipe that you can get heat tape on.
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Royalwapiti
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2021 07:00am
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Thanks for the replies.
I thought about direct vent heaters, I bought one for my ice fishing house. They definitely are worth it in a small area to get that propane moisture to vent outside. The 16x16 room is walled into separate rooms, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/entryway so I would need a couple of them. Which is still cheaper then a furnace install, but I lose the ability for central AC. Thou right now we use window AC units.
The whole purpose of consolidating water lines and heating the small part of the cabin is to make it turn key. I walk away on Sunday night and don't have to mess with anything, like crawling down into the crawlspace to drain water. It's not a bad crawl, it's 42 inches high and a concrete floor. But I would rather not.
I like the reliability of natural gas as well, you never hear of a tree landing on gas lines and interrupting your service like electric - (heat tape).
I just didn't know if there was a newer fangled heat source out there, like mini splits, that I am not aware of. I have wifi in the cabin and plan to have wifi temperature monitors, wifi thermostat and other technology to help watch the place.
Thanks again
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Brettny
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2021 07:43am
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I believe even some direct vent heaters also need 120v power to operate so you could still be relying on electric. And for sure any heater that also does AC will need to have a fan and 120v.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 27 Jul 2021 10:48am
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And BIG 120 or 240 vac!
Central air!? Our house is an Old, 940sf 1 story, multi room structure and we ac it with one 7000btu window unit in the living room. A hvac guy told us it was not worth the expense to put in ca when we had him come out to give us a ca estimate. I gotta respect his honesty.
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