I am finishing my basement. I need to be able to heat the basement. The rest of my house is heated by electric baseboard heat. There is a old woodstove in the basement but the chimney is cracked and i'm not sure i want to use wood.
2006-10-08 13:10:17 · 6 answers · asked by eric m 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Stick to electric heat, it is cheap to install and is cheaper to heat with than gas or oil. You could use baseboard heat but I like wall heaters better. If your basement is below ground it will not take much electricity to heat. Measure the square feet of the space you want to heat and let the place you get your heaters tell you how much kilowatt heaters you will need.
2006-10-08 13:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Graybeard 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a chimmney liner installed and put in a gas log. They look nice, and give off a lot of heat.
Add an electric space heater for those rare 40 below days.
2006-10-08 15:30:53 · answer #2 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electric heat is the most expensive kind there is. Fix the chimney.
2006-10-08 13:15:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try an apartment building.
Edit.
I didn't read the question properly. Ha ha.
I'm not sure. I'm going to use an engine running woodgas and extract the heat from that.Plus generate power. Good Luck.
2006-10-08 13:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look into the different types of heating systems that are flat, and go sub-floor, or sub-floor-covering.
Probably seal the floor well (It's typically concrete and will suck the heat out of your shoes), then add coils - electric, or whatever, then finish the floor.
2006-10-08 13:14:38 · answer #5 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would go with ventless gas logs......install them in many houses and never had a problem......
lic. gen. contractor
2006-10-08 13:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋