[Greenbuilding] Heating Options

[Frank Cetera]

I'd like to pose the following question to the group:

Whereas I am renovating a home from a vacant shell condition in which it is
currently inhabitable;
Whereas I desire a Finnish Masonry ContraFlow Stove as the eventual primary
heating source of my home;
whereas I likely won't have the time to have one installed before the next
heating season at which time I desire to be living in this house;
As well as I likely won't have the funds to install one immediately as I
will need some extra cash to install a foundation block of concrete below
where the heater will be positioned;

What would be a good heating system that:
Doesn't rely on ductwork
Would be able to heat by zone or room (it would just be me living in the
home at first)
Would function as a backup/secondary source once the Masonry stove was in
place

Upstate NY
Single Family, 2-story, 1300 sq. ft.

~ Frank Cetera
www.alchemicalnursery.org
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