Heating wooden house: choose an economical option

It's not a secret for anyone that something new is a well-forgotten old. Therefore, let's talk about how to choose the heating of a wooden house after all. In Europe, electrical is widespread. But we live in Russia, so we will measure our problem with Russian standards, but without forgetting the experience of our foreign neighbors.

First you need to decide how long you are going to be in this room. If this country cottage house, in which you will come only in the summer, then it will be enough to bring the electric fireplace. Well, if you intend to live permanently in it, the heating in a wooden house should be thought out immediately.

For a start, we go down from heaven to earth, and for this we are determined with square meters, storeys, and remember that the winters are far from Thai.

The simplest heating of a wooden house is a stove with a water system that will perfectly suit our Russian severe winters, because there is not always gas supply. But the most important problem when using this type of heating is that the system is easy to unfreeze in winter. Therefore, it is better to provide two options at once.

We learn from neighbors and use electricity, but within reasonable limits. We will take advantage of innovative technologies. The most economic in terms of electricity is a film radiant electric heater, or shortly PLEN. In this case, the heating of the wooden house is performed by infrared long-wave heaters.

What is so good PLEN?

• First, when using this type of heating, the floor becomes the warmest place in the house. Therefore, there is no need to install a warm floor. And, probably, this is the most important argument in favor of PLEN. Well, who wants to walk around the house in woolen socks and felt boots in the winter.
• Secondly, it's not a secret for anyone that our solid fuel is not cheap. Therefore, coal (or other type of solid fuel) is used at the lowest temperatures, and at night we connect the PLEN. In autumn and spring, only PLEN can be used.

The heating system is installed on the ceiling. Used a film of the infrared system, which carries out the heating of a wooden house. We can do it ourselves. Approximately 10-15% of infrared waves emit, and the rest of the heat (85-90%) directly comes from the floor.

If we recall that the prices for housing and communal services are constantly growing, then this heating system will justify itself in the first two years. You yourself can regulate the temperature in your home, and not depend on the central heat supply. Do not have to on its site to release a lot of space for unloading firewood and coal. It is very important to do heat insulation at home. The better it is insulated from the outside, the less you have to spend money on heating the wooden house from the inside.

In any case, the heating of wooden houses must comply with safety standards. Therefore, when installing it is desirable to consult a specialist.