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Originally Posted by randen
Sunspot
Your investing a lot of time and energy to a new system. I would humbly suggest to educate yourself in the low temperature heating methods. One of the best is in-floor heating. There are others with larger surface area, heat exchange surfaces with a small fan force...
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randen,
Excellent notes on low temperature heating!
I checked out a
page on solar insolation for various parts of North America and South America.
Sunspot didn't say what part of BC he's from, but there's a good chance his solar gain potential is somewhat more modest than yours.
But at the same time, his location is such that his
Heating Degree Days will almost certainly be lower than yours.
I just took a guess as to his location (guaranteed to be wrong) that his location is Victoria, and if that's the case his severe months HDD would be maybe half of yours.
But a low temperature approach to installing radiant would still mean more days on stored solar energy, and less wood to chop in the periods of lower insolation.
Best,
-AC