OT: Any heating and A/C guys here?, I want a new heating system for my house Options

[Mark Henry]

I have baseboard heaters and I want something better. My bills aren't huge, 23yr old house with 6" walls and at least R-40 in the ceiling, but you know baseboards suck.

We only really "need" A/C about 1 month per year...having it all summer would be nice, but that's a "like" not a need. We use a window shaker, noisy but it does the trick.

No gas service here.

Been kicking around, propane (or oil) forced air, propane in-floor, propane fireplaces up stairs and down (and keep the baseboards to even things out)...wood is out, I'm not stacking, etc wood in my old age.
Ground source would be nice but $$$$$.

I use wood in the shop and I may also change that one day.

What would you go with? What's the best bang for the buck?

[SpecialK]

QUOTE (guywan914 @ Nov 20 2005, 09:40 AM)

Just to add to Kevin's response: York, Heil, Carrier, Amana all make multi position 90+ furnaces even horizontal and you will want to install it as sealed combustion as he states.

Sure enough, they're making 90+ multiposition furnaces now (haven't seen one in person myself yet). I'm wondering how they got around gravity when it comes to the condensate drainage? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

And I definitely need to learn to type faster......15 responses jumped on before I could get my reply in, including the type of home you have.

Basement....definitely your standard "high-efficiency upflow furnace w/ductwork [perimeter supply/central return]" installation. I did work with a guy when I moved out to Missouri that swore by installing returns in each room (except the bathroom/kitchen). Beautifully even heat throughout the house, but the customers complained about it being noisy (blower). If he goes with installing the returns in a central hallway (normal), have him install grilles high, and low on the wall (same cavity). You can block off the lower grilles in the summer to aid in extracting the heat from the house, and block off the upper grilles in the winter to draw the cooler air near floor level.......make sense? Here's a pic of what I'm talking about...