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[franky1]

You could have asked me to fly down to help,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,with the beer,,what kind bourbon the have there?

[slimjim]

  I would first have to know your true identity Brian says it's a secret and that you are keeping an eye on me to make sure I don't get out of hand, if you were here, we would both be in trouble!

[Jwood]

That sounds like a nice adventure, very dang cool that you go and visit people and talk boilers! Kinda crazy that when I decided I was going to get a boiler my attitude was just that I think I will start burning wood and be done with propane, now its turning into an addiction because of this site and Libertarians like you Slim

[slimjim]

THANK YOU, you have no idea how PROUD that makes me feel, Wood boilers, Politics and Love.

[Jwood]

Well your passion shows!

[Jwood]

Hey slim could this site be correct on figuring out my heat load? I figured the garage included with well insulated figures 3280 sq ft
 http://www.answers.com/topic/calculating-heating-and-cooling-needs

[TheBoiler]

That looks extremely crude, I did mine and came out with a load 75% more. I am in a high heat area of my State, if I was in the warmest spot it would be 3x too high.

I went through about 6 of the online calculators, I seem to remember about a 15% variance between them, I took the average. Thinking back on it I am oversized a bit.

[Jwood]

I was surprised how high it came out as well.

[slimjim]

I like to use a history of BTU used as I don't think any of the calculators will be spot on. I would agree if you are going to use a calculator then an average of several would be best.

[Jwood]

I wish I had more history to go off of I will probably end up buying some good software or just do a bunch online like you guys say.

[Sloppy_Snood]

I wish I had more history to go off of I will probably end up buying some good software or just do a bunch online like you guys say.

Sprinter really helped me out on my heat loss by suggesting the Slant Fin Calcualtor (free).  I was able to successfully download and calculate my heat load loss using this software (thank you again Sprinter!).


LINK:  Slant Fin Heat Loss Calculator (Click Here & Save to your PC)


Plan on a few hours measuring rooms and determining insulation levels, thickness of subflooring, etc. in order to input "more correct" information in the program.  I hope this helps you as much as it did for me!     -Slopster

[Jwood]

Thanks Slopster I will check that out

[rclay1981]

Thanks for posting the link it will be helpful

[Big Wood]

Jwood i might be able to give you some more info have a couple of questions how old is the house and does it have a fireplace in it thanks

[Jwood]

House is 11 years old and no chimney radiant in floor heat in the basement and forced air up stairs and the 26x30 garage will be forced air.