mrhart wrote:Being an HVAC guy, I see the supply and return ducting, are you going to tap off those for heat or did you come up with a separate source?
The new wall is on the west side. The east wall (outside wall) has two heat outlets (currently capped) that I can use if needed. So far my only heat problem is getting the shop less hot. The wood furnace puts out a lot of radiant heat and I will pipe all of its hot air output out of the shop. Next summer I want to build a new chimney and move it completely out of the shop. At that point I may want to open those two heat outlets or at least one of them.
If anyone wonders why we use a wood furnace... This is a very large spread out house with a lot of glass. Our "T" shaped living room is 1,100 sq. ft. The last year we used the gas furnace the heat bill for January was over $1000... Even buying all of our wood (I'm getting lazy) I will not spend that much for heating the entire winter. More like $700 to $800 for the winter.