I am building a new home in the western mountains of NC. I have a full basement, of which, the front is at ground level and the rear is completely underground. The house will be heated via heat pump and backup heat strips. The basement is divided into 4 spaces, a
2 car garage and 3 rooms. The 3 rooms are framed but not drywalled ... not yet, anyway. Check out:
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front large room is for a future game room or the like. The back room will probably house the water heater and HVAC stuff. The "shop", wood and electronics, will either be in the back room or the right side room. I can drywall off either of these area for the shop. I am leaning to using the back room, as the HVAC will shed some heat and it would be easy to add a register for both heat and cooling. I could add an electric heater for winter. I could also add a non venting propane heater as there will be a propane tank for cooking. I see torpedo propane units and wall mount propane heaters. The torpedoes are fan forced, which seems to be a plus, and seem to have higher outputs. I wouldn't consider a kerosene unit as I have "smelled" them before. The wall heaters usually don't have fans. Is there a reason the propane torpedo would not be good for this application? The other thing about the torpedo is that it can be moved to the garage when needed as it is basically portable. Do they put out more pollutants than the wall heater? BTW, the usage might be a few hours a day, several days a week, but that's about it. Any comments? Thanks, Art