"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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What a selling point! No full heating system, warm in winter, cool
in summer and fully sound suppressed throughout. See if any estate
agent would see those benefits and sell accordingly.

Nah, they'd just knock off several thousand because it doesn't have GCH.
Besides, how can it get away with no heating at all? Even with perfect
insulation, with no heat source, it will settle to average outside
temperature. You can't rely entirely on human heating, as it would take
time
to heat the thermal mass when you get in.

Usually a small kickspece fan heater under the stairs is enough to raise the
temperature, then people, TVs etc take over. You could have Full passive
solar too. In a new house easy to accommodate, with no extra cost.

However, it could be a case for
electric heating, as the losses are so tiny, that the reduced installation
and maintenance cost of a simple electric installation to quickly preheat
could outweigh the running cost (and environmental) benefit of gas.

That is a possibility. You have to do your calcs though. Also most
probably less capital cost to install. An air tight house would most
probably have a Heat recovery and vent system. It is a matter of having a
heater batter in the main duct. I would have a solar collector to assist
the electric DHW heating.

Simply spend your money on insulation rather than expensive heating systems.
And make sure you have an excellent design, which cost nothing at all.


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