By placing the fire and chimney on opposite sides of the house and constructing a tunnel between them, heat is pulled through the tunnel, heating the floors and helping distribute heat more evenly.
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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Note: caused a significant number of house fires and carbon monoxide poisoning.
You mean putting an open flame under a house could be a safety concern?
I figured there were some issues like that, I think I'm more into the general idea than this specific execution
Radiant heat using pumped hot fluid (I think usually a water antifreeze mix in a closed system) in tubes attached to the underside of the floor, seems like the closest, safer mix. Could be reasonably solarpunk if the source of heat is good
Did you just invent UFH? 😂
No, just recommending it since it sounds like what they're looking for. Some of my relatives have a house with it
Heat pumps are significantly more efficient than fire. Using a heat pump with a high r-value house will keep you toasty without the issues.
Piping it through the floor means you'd have the same radiant heat.
Yeah, it might be better to have it be a boiler system instead, with water piped around the house. Or since the house will have the heating in mind during construction, then make the heat source centralized with proper insulating house walls.