Top 5 Tiny House Heating Options for Winter Living - Off Grid & On Grid

[@woomeebly]

Is that your house? I clicked because of the thumbnail. Its gorgeous. Saved to my happy campers playlist.

[@jocelynelangis777]

The main thing really is to put good insulation in the house. This is basic. After that it seems that we have a pretty good choice of options. Thanks for sharing those options.

[@Kikinahm]

The difference between sick & not!

[@lucasirwin5276]

Great video content! Apologies for butting in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you thought about - *WoodBlueprints. Com* It is an awesome exclusive guide for building better sheds and woodworking without the normal expense. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my mate at very last got astronomical success with it.?

[@hayleyflowe5815]

And double pane windows!

[@Chris_at_Home]

We heated a 384 sqft sitting on a full basement using a Toyo Oil Heater. We only use about 150 gallons a winter.

[@timothyoborsky1261]

One common cold weather feature for homes large and small a double door entry. Small space large heat loss out of doors just a thought. Perhaps a small three season porch turned mud room come cold weather.

[@djc2164]

Please do more videos like this going over tiny home feature options! Like toilets, water systems, electric systems, other utilities. Thanks! Love the video

[@alternatenutters2524]

We realize your reference here is to tiny houses on wheels and you have done an excellent job of covering the serious contenders, however for those who may be living in a somewhat larger tiny space, there is another option. We live off grid in a 400 sq ft cabin in Alberta and our main source for heat, hot water and cooking is our old kitchen cook stove, running on wood and coal. We supplement in the porch with propane heat at night, when the temps drop below -20 C but the cook stove heats the cabin very well and will produce significant heat for 10 hours on one fill of coal. There is never any need to stoke it through the night and our coal consumption is approx 2 tons / year, depending on the severity of winter. Current pricing here is $80 / ton, so a very affordable option for low budget living. Perhaps another option to consider for those headed down the tiny living road. Thanks for all you do, we look forward to your every posting.

[@jo-lynnhodgson8746]

Rob and Sylv's Alternate Life except coal is dirty and very bad for the atmosphere.

[@1985bjaycat]

So cool that you live off grid. I live in northern Alberta also.

[@stevenharris9941]

@@jo-lynnhodgson8746 COAL is NOT dirty and its NOT bad for the atmosphere. Your stupidity is bad for the planet. Coal is a beautiful fuel when used correctly and its a shame its not available nationwide. If you had coal available, you'd never use wood. The industrial world ran off coal as a main source of energy and heat or centuries. Only the availability of natural gas and propane made it 'extinct' because you don't have to shovel propane and natural gas....but you can haul coal in a wagon with a horse, or a truck. If coal was available in all over there would be a lot of off grid people a lot happier.

[@Blublod]

Steven Harris - tisk, tisk, mind your manners sir. The fact is coal remains one of the world 's great polluters due to greenhouse emissions, although this is mostly due to ongoing industrial use by heavy polluters such as China and India. That said, you are correct that when used on a small individual scale coal is an effective heating fuel, much like peat is in some Northern European countries. What I find is that a great majority of off grinders are also environmentally conscious people and would not consider coal as a fuel source because at the end of the day it is a dirtier fuel (to the environment) no matter how you dice it.

[@alexfaith1184]

This world needs to be more simple :) Love these videos

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thank you :) :)

[@cliffp.8396]

Very informative, precise, concise, organised and presented. I say that often and I mean every time, as I'm learning new things with each video.

[@roypowell2403]

One thing that has been forgotten in the modern age is that heating with fire is best when there is a heat sink to soak up the heat while the fire is going, then give off the heat when the fire is out. 60+ years ago, fireplaces were made of large amounts of rock, brick, or cement. Today, lighter weight heat shields can be used as the heat sink that stores heat while you are awake keeping the fire going, then keep the space warm after you have banked the fire and gone to bed. I used to keep a 2000 SQ FT home heated all night with a good sheild that was placed behind my wood burning stove.

[@junglejim7664]

Thanks for the info. I don't have a tiny house but I do have a sailboat that will become my retirement home in a year or two. It is heated with a diesel fired water heater that heats the water in my hot water tank if I am not connected to shore power and also sends hot water to 3 zones in my boat where there are hot water to air, fan driven heat exchangers. This system can also be used to provide in floor radiant heat off grid. Diesel fired heaters by Webasto and Espar are very popular but they are not cheap. They are also available as air heaters rather than hydronic heaters. Bottom line, you live in a tiny house. If it is well built, sealed with a Heat Recovery Ventiltation System and exceptional insulation (best investment in "heating systems" you can make is in ultra high efficiency insulation like spray applied polyurethane foam insulation throughout.) you can approach a Net Zero heating and cooling requirement.

[@0HARE]

Thanks, Matt. This was very helpful and informative. Every year my Korean wife and I spend some time in Korea, where they use radiant floor heating exclusively. It is super comfortable and trouble free. Wish we had it here in our house in Texas. Yes, we do occasionally have cold winters here in Texas! Happy Camping

[@watcher3709]

Thanks for this nice comparison. In the propane section you mention the extra task of changing bottles, procuring them and such. But that also applies to wood-burning of course. That's even more work since you have to keep filling the fire with wood, going outside to get more and such. Also the cleaning of the ashes the next day is an additional task with wood-burning.

[@offgridjack5779]

If you have a propane heater, like the ones that hang on the wall, just leave the pilot light on and watch how much that makes a difference in the chill in your tiny house. Especially when you are gone.

[@tomtompkins9897]

Also you can use a solar hot water heater usually with glycol or something that's not water-based so it doesn't freeze but that also supplements your radiant heat to allow off grid use

[@bntravelin2]

always have more than one heat source

[@joshmcaloon6998]

How about an ac with a heat pump

[@phyl1283]

If temps drop very low a heat pump will use strip heater to make up for what it can't do in really cold situations.

[@deschutesmaple4520]

Farting also works.

[@jerrymaxey4664]

Run around in circles really fast

[@SirRamdomgames]

@@jerrymaxey4664 learned this one in the army, sergeant just points at a hilltop and says "run over there, it's warm in the top"

[@claudiaw9246]

Thanks for one of the best summaries I've seen of all the options!

[@TerrydeAlaska]

I built a airplane hanger house once and used in-floor Radiant heating. I used a combo boiler that gave me on-demand domestic hot water and also provided thermostat controlled hot water that circulated in the the pex tubing water lines in the floor. The temperature of the floor was always maintained at about 70 degrees and the whole house felt very comfortable. I did have a thermo mass of about 4 inches of concrete in the floor to hold the heat, but this can work on wood floors as well. I have seen simple systems done with a simple gas hot water heater instead of a boiler to make this work. Thanks for the video...

[@TimFuller]

I was hoping someone would point out that you can do in floor heat with a gas boiler. We had it in Germany. Enjoy.

[@RhysGFrelsa-Eudyptula]

Traveling Terry that is great... For an airplane hangar house.... Not conducive to a tiny home. An airplane hangar is the size of a regular home+ not a tiny home.

[@Mayax33]

Traveling Terry Have you or can you do a video on this?

[@Mayax33]

Tim Fuller I would love to see a how to video! Looking to do an extremely simple version of this.

[@TerrydeAlaska]

Sorry but no, It was years ago in Alaska and it's already built....there are lots of how to videos available if you look...good luck..

[@CanMan-pd9vh]

All the Heat recovery ventilation units i've seen are huge ! good to see a smaller sized unit.

[@Jhollywood3698]

This guy knows his stuff , good job bro

[@ILOLnumber1]

Another great video guys! Really educational. :)

[@ExploringAlternatives]

+Gen Smiley Thanks Gen 🙂🙂

[@johninokla2635]

I have a 10 ft X 16 ft insulated building and I have used an oil filled electric radiator heater to heat my little house on some of the coldest days and nights here in Okla. I use it for backup now as I have a propane cabinet heater now.

[@r.blakehole932]

I concur on the wood heat, this is especially true in a tiny house with, a tiny wood burning stove. For maintaining a fire all night you have to have a large wood capacity which a tiny wood stove does not have. I live in a small, not tiny, house. My wood stove is great but small and if I do not feed during the night it is out and cold in the morning.

[@phyl1283]

Good info. You could also stress using better quality glazing on windows and doors and weatherstripping as well as better insulation like closed cell sprayed insulation (if applied properly) or closed cell rigid panels in walls, floors and roof. If you want to pay the price, you could put in radiant heating (electrical) in the bedroom floor (bonus if your bedroom is over the kitchen/bath). If budget is not critical, you could have a wood heater and gas or electrical as a back-up to keep the house warm when you go to bed. Perhaps some would say that defeats the simplicity of the tiny house. It's a matter of its importance to you and what your budget will allow. Also circulating the warm air in a house can make it more comfortable throughout.

[@johncnorris]

Wood pellet heaters used to be popular when I lived in Colorado. The auto-feed feature seemed to make sense too.

[@SimpleTek]

love radiant heating options!

[@AnnieGill7]

Thanks for your insights! Well thought out! I would think that in-floor heating would be wonderful, but hard to fix if broken?!

[@dougmc666]

Usually they're all hard to fix if broken. You can connect all the wires under one floor board to make it much easier to fix.

[@robincrook5630]

This is a very informative video, but hubby said "IF we ever go tiny when I retire...we are NOT going to live North". I agree, ha.

[@jacksimper5725]

Surprised you never mentioned any Rocket mass heater systems which can be used under floor or above floor level and use up to 90% less wood than conventional woodstoves .

[@kaligans1439]

My thought also!

[@johninokla2635]

jack simper, wouldn't that be too heavy for a tiny house on wheels? I understand it would be ok to use in a tiny house that is not going to be moved, but the one he showed was a moveable trailer type of house.

[@sjefhendrickx2257]

A Rocket like Space x! 😂😂 x

[@Marimilitarybrat]

I would really appreciate a similar presentation on options for heating water. I don't live in a tiny home but I live in a small, 1,200ft hundred-year-old house in northeast Florida. Tiny homes inspire me to simplify and economize my lifestyle.

[@daleval2182]

Marimilitarybrat if you use a wood or corn stove build or buy a copper tube heat recovery loop in the exhaust flue of your stove. Or Best today is on demand hot water heater simple and cheap. Or use both to get every BTU out of every dollar you spend. Wasted heat is half the battle. Always seal air leaks and use a thin solar foil in your attic to keep your heat from going out the roof. A roll to do your whole 1200 sq foot attic 249 on Amazon. Pay back 1 winter. And saves you 300 every winter after.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Marimilitarybrat I would think that with your climate solar thermal would work well for water heating. It's tried and tested technology, relatively affordable and very reliable as there are so few components and only really an easily replaceable pump to fail.

[@ross1116]

Navian on demand can heat water and heat the tiny house

[@hannahmich7342]

We burned wood for over thirty years and we miss the type of heat this type of heat provided. Right now we are using a gas fired fireplace unit that has the ability to completely heat our home in the even of a power outage. If we do build one more home it will be a super insulated one that doesn’t not require a very large heat plant. We built a house in 1990 like this and it worked very well but the size of the house was much too large for our current needs. As a result we will do an advanced design of this house but with a much smaller footprint. We also employed a massive heat sink into every design we built and will also do this once more. In addition a earth shelter greenhouse will be placed on the site. The one question is if we plan to incorporate the greenhouse into the living structure or not.

[@angelita_bandita]

Really great ideas and info. Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@ExploringAlternatives]

You're very welcome, happy this was helpful :)

[@stilcrazychris]

A pellet self feeding is a great way to go. But still have a 2nd & sometimes a 3rd source to. Better safe then sorry if you run out of wood or electricity.

[@dougmc666]

People don't usually run out of wood, pellets or propane accidentally, that would normally require a little negligence. But I totally agree with having a 2nd & sometimes a 3rd source, things do go wrong.

[@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR]

There's a recent report on wood burning stoves that discusses the issues of micro particles that are given off into the room space. These micro particles are burn wood particles and some are saying they are as dangerous as asbestos. So in a small houses the micro particles could be more concentrated for the user than those in a standard sized house which has a larger space.

[@sbrichcreek]

This was a great video. Please make another about toilet options and/or plumbing options in general. Thank you!

[@bennetfox]

You stoke the fire before you go to bed and you turn the air way down low on it. That's how it keeps you warm all night long.

[@bighammer587]

Bennet Fox Those tiny, miniature stoves will burn a full load of wood in only about 3 hours max, putting out very little heat. They’re more of a novelty than a real heat source.

[@HastyHeatLLC]

That is your recipe for a chimney fire 🔥! Build a fire and smoulder it, 80% of the heat will be lost in the wood gas smoke creosoteing up the exhaust pipe... There is health and safety reasons airtight stoves were banned decades ago... People lost thier lives and homes choking down their fireboxes like that.

[@jasonmorehouse3756]

@@HastyHeatLLC you obviously don't know how to operate a stove if smoke comming back in and creosote build up is your problem. 80% heat loss, I think not.

[@bighammer587]

Jason Morehouse What “@Hasty Heat” was (correctly) explaining was the fact that up to 80% of the AVAILABLE heat is lost (in the form of smoke, combustible gasses, and creosote) as it goes up the chimney. Modern, efficient wood stoves are designed to dramatically reduce this, (as it’s inefficient and bad for the environment) by means of a better air-to-fuel mixture, preheated and diffused combustion air, baffles, minimum draft stops, and several proprietary designs which contribute to cleaner, more efficient combustion. However, there’s still some issues with “user error” (as you eluded to) with the result of smoke spillage into the home. But there’s also many other contributing factors that, no matter how ‘good’ of a job you do, it’s still going to be a disappointing failure. Regardless of the stove brand, model, or design, it relies on the chimney as the ‘engine’ that makes everything work. Whether it’s too short, too small of a diameter, too many elbows, or even too large of diameter, all of these things are beyond the user’s control. The chimney will allow smoke spillage into the home. But wait! There’s more! Even if the chimney is perfectly designed and built, there can still be issues with smoke spillage into the home. One cause is negative pressure in the home. This scenario is achieved with the use of kitchen fans, bath fans, clothes dryers, etc. which all are designed to exhaust air to the exterior of the home. This creates negative pressure inside of the house and the replacement air is sometimes pulled inside thru the chimney by overpowering the natural draft of the flue. Yet, There’s still more to consider ... “Stack effect” is a known occurrence where sometimes the house makes a better chimney than the actual chimney itself. Here’s why: The same natural law that makes smoke rise (aka draft) can be applied to warm air inside a heated home. Heat (in the form of warm air) always rises; you can’t stop it. This will cause negative pressures in the lower areas (where the stove is typically installed) and can sometimes overpower the chimney, causing it to reverse and spill smoke into the home... All of the afore mentioned scenarios can result in smoke spillage into the home, excess creosote formation, poor heating ability, chimney fires, home fires, and loss of life. Be safe!

[@johninokla2635]

Bennet Fox, the way it keeps you warm all night is you sleep under a whole lot of quilts for warmth.

[@cmc7106]

Great information!! Love my off the grid wood stove, your right about putting wood on at night!! A lot of alternatives , good options!! Thank you!!

[@DJNickMichaels]

I think you skipped some common ways to heat your tiny house. You mentioned electric in floor heating, but there is another type of in floor heating. If you have a instant hot water heater there is also a hot water in floor radiant heating system that uses a second coil in the heater to circulate under your floor. This also has its own thermostat and is a closed loop. These systems can be powered either by propane or electricity. And the only extra cost would be the installation of the system. The good thing about this system is it doesn’t raise your humidity and since these units are usually installed on the outside of your house eliminating the danger of gas leeks inside your home. One other advantage is unlike the solar system, it would heat your house day or night and doesn’t depend on sunny days. I personally like my propane heater system because because I am off the grid and it saves my house batteries for mostly my electronics and lighting my home at night.

[@waynedavis2505]

I like what you're doing with your heating. I was thinking those tinny stoves would be quite a pain in the butt as a main source of heat. No room for coals to build up which is necessary for overnight heating.. I can see a cycle of fill it up burn for what maybe a few hours? empty the ash fill it up and repeat. I think they're fine for a backup or for tent camping on a cold weekend...

[@DJNickMichaels]

Wayne Davis thank you. I have to admit I got the idea from my friends. Class a motorhome.

[@sadsak123]

I am in the process of creating an OFF-THE-GRID heating system that will incorporate several heating options. it's based upon an in-floor (PEX) system. My heat source comes from two sources - First is the roof (or solar) heat collection system - this will warm (heat) the coolant before it is circulated to the boiler - Second is the Propane Boiler (if necessary) - this will bring the temperature of the coolant to a usable temperature . My goal is to also have a solar powered 12volt DC circulating pump that will move all the liquid with the need for being on-the-grid. My issue will be at night when there is no sun, for this I am installing batteries to collect the unused energy collected during the day. Now for those times when I have little or no sunlight. I need to explore the possibilities of a mini-propane DC generator that will run when everything else fails.

[@phyl1283]

One weak spot in a "water" based in-floor heating system is the fact that it can freeze and rupture which imperils your comfort not to mention the likely possibility that it will seriously damage your structure. I would only use such a system in a fixed residence and not in a movable house like a tiny house. Plus they can be inefficient if not properly designed and installed.

[@incorectulpolitic]

@@sadsak123 i thought light in general is enough for solar panels, light still crosses clouds... no?

[@ciaobella8963]

No pellet stove heat? Why eliminate that? It's clean and easy and puts out great heat for the value of fuel.

[@LiLBitsDK]

pellet stoves are usually fairly large (for tiny houses) + uses a lot of electricity (if offgrid)

[@bighammer587]

Jesper Andersen Only about 250 watts of power consumption. Maybe 400 watts at startup with the igniter. But that’s only for about 15 minutes. Light with a match, run the pellet stove on high, and you’ll only need 250 watts. Not bad!

[@normanhenrickson6250]

@@bighammer587 what kind of pellets are they?

[@bighammer587]

Norman Henrickson The best wood species for manufacturing pellets is Douglas Fir!

[@katieamey3286]

But if you lose electricity, the auger stops and your heat stops with it.

[@tomtompkins9897]

Your presentation put out a lot of very important information that will help people decide on what heating system to use thank you

[@JAM-zb2vh]

Very nice video and all the information was great. God bless you and all your family brother

[@georgerosado5194]

Wow..thanks abunch for such good information i didnt know about👌great job.

[@duncandean6457]

Kudos for the video content! Sorry for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you tried - *WoodBlueprints. Com* It is a great one of a kind guide for building better sheds and woodworking without the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my cousin finally got astronomical success with it.?

[@georgerosado5194]

@@duncandean6457 thanks a bunch 💨👍

[@Deniera]

Thanks for summarizing these heating options for small spaces. Kinda sad though you didn't talk about infrared heating.

[@cabinlife2347]

Sizing your heat requirement is super important. Installing a wood stove that provides too much heat can make the house too hot, and create a challenge in staying comfortable and warm. Infloor heating would be really nice for a small cabin or tiny home.

[@MassHysteriaHD]

Wood boiler works good too. It heats my house and garage and runs the hot water as well. I can fill it at 10pm on a winter night and not have to touch it until about lunch the next day

[@amphidory7600]

wonderful video .... a comparison of cost of operation would also have been helpful

[@Shindinru]

Another option is a Thermal Battery. It stores heat though a phase change material and is off grid friendly getting it's heat from the sun.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Shindinru Much cheaper and easier to use a thermal store, water is an excellent storage medium for heat. 1000 litres takes up one cubic meter, so relatively little space, and can hold upto 80 kWh of heat energy, more than sufficient for a small well insulated home over a 24 hour period.

[@Shindinru]

@@spencerwilton5831 - 1 cubic meter is a lot of space in a tiny home. A thermal battery also can be mounted on the outside, taking up no internal space.

[@kiplindsay8576]

Great video. Just wondering which tiny house is being shown in the video around the 8:40 mark. Thanks.

[@IWishUDidntNoMyName]

It's a tiny house in Quebec I believe. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipWoY4d7jq-eedE

[@kiplindsay8576]

awesome. this is just what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@margaretwandel5660]

My tiny house uses a propane rv water heater to heat the radient floor heat. Anti freeze is in the radient floor heat. A point of use electric water heater is used for hot water.

[@sarcasmo57]

So interesting. But I'm glad I live in a warm climate.

[@wesleyseymour8857]

A propane combi boiler is another brilliant option. Instant hot water and central heating and it fits in a kitchen cupboard.

[@muserwood]

Curious if you've run across any Tiny Houses that heat with a rocket-mass type stove. The thermal mass in these stoves store heat and would solve the problem of #1. Burning soo much wood, and #2. The stored heat would prevent the need to get up in the middle of the night to feed the stove.

[@KeepOnSmashing]

I would say look into the diesel heaters like the ones they have for vans. You can get the 1200 name brand or the cheap eBay ones that have good reviews. It puts out a dry heat.

[@LAPGOCHINSTRUCTOR]

You can provide heat to secondary water filled radiators if you put a series of copper coils rapped around your wood burning stoves chimney . The radiant heat usually wasted going up the chimney heats the water in these copper coils and with a small electric pump the hot water can circulate around the radiators - providing heat to all areas of your tiny house.

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Thank you for this video! It couldn't have popped up on my play list at a better time! I have been studying this because I would like to add to my existing system and looked at the wood stove from cubic and the propane heater from Dickenson. Well put together and useful information! :D

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Opps! I forgot to ask, what is the radiant floor system, running a wire in a pattern on the floor or mats and what brand is best? Thank you!

[@sentientarc]

"Couldn't have popped up on my playlist at a better time" You DO kmow that this is a common odservance/complaint among people who don't even use Cortana nor any other "useful" audio responsive system... don't you? You might ve interested in watching "Stare intomthe Lights, My Pretties' Meanwhile, there is an electric floor heat system shown briefly on This Old House while Rich and the Homeowner/Architect are at a Builder Home Show - it is respomsive to zones. Most Recent Episode or perhaps one prior

[@rainygreene9161]

So if someone is living in the foothills of NC and wanted in floor heating, prefers the house temperature between 65 maybe even as high as 68........... Would this be a good option?

[@ddemporium3752]

This was helpful for my decision making.

[@matcheer9909]

how about using charcoal in a woodstove ? no smoke and burns for a long even heat ?

[@rock2water]

PROPANE: also do not forget a insulated thermal blanket to wrap around the tank in cold climates as tank sits outside?

[@bstr-ey6wl]

the matter with gas heating, it does not delete humidity. Bath oil heaters are super efficient for that. 100 watts electric blankets are also super cheap to use.

[@tjinnes]

Do you consider diesel to be basically the same as propane?

[@imcharmed4evr]

Very helpful information! Thank u! What about a mini split, that gives ac and heat, what are ur thoughts about those?

[@tomtompkins9897]

In floor radiant heating or in wall or in ceiling can be propane Heat so you can be off grid with it it's just as comfortable as electric maybe more so but of course then you have the tanks to deal with but it's very simple and allows for off-grid use of radiant heat

[@kcjoe82]

Great video. Please do a video with Cooling Options for Summer Living! Looking for suggestions for a system (or systems) that will work in both extreme climates.

[@eringovoni5198]

the wall mounted propane heaters also come in heating/cooling units that can be run off propane or electric.

[@melissamoskaluk3159]

Really helpful info, thank you!!

[@newdogatplay]

Self feed pellet wood stove ,i think be good resource to use as well as the solar and wind electric heating

[@tswrench]

An informational and well-organized rundown on heating modalities for tiny homes. I was hoping to see something about hydronic radiant floor heating.

[@e1woqf]

Never heard of BTU before. Why not use KW, especially when considering electric heating?

[@canneux]

Very useful video. Very well explained when starting to plan. Thanks to Mat and Danielle.

[@Poweredbyanime]

Thank you very much for this video. It was very informational and helped me a great deal when it comes to picking a hesting unit for my house. It made me subscribe haha Thanks again!

[@lemontea2065]

Make a video review on tiny house insulation options?

[@taralambert9343]

Thani you! Very helpful episode 🙂🙂

[@td8383]

LOVE loled at the siren reaction

[@allenmarlatt]

Sir - when you talked about the drawbacks of a wood stove I might have mentioned cutting the wood and kindling and also having to empty the stove of its ashes. These are daily chores that can become very tedious

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

so much useful information. thank you for the video😊

[@SlykeThePhoxenix]

Can you buy multiple solar radiant heaters?

[@alaincarpentier8002]

Great information and what about water floor heating

[@ewing21139]

Do propane heaters need electricity to operate properly.

[@adventureguy4119]

Would you think, steel frame and metal sheeting homes would be worth it or a heating money pit?

[@frank9649]

the best advice , for on grid time....floor heat... off grid...wood or gas...you can have both also, the cost of wholesale pricing for floor heat is quite low, when you build your tiny house or small house, start a proprietorship company, get a GST number and open account(s) with a credit card to back it up and save $$ buying wholesale !! it's just that easy :) I've done it for many diff. projects over the years, works just fine, great for windows too. Living in the western prairies, you NEED good heating and venting.

[@dougmc666]

I live on the left coast and electricity is priced in tiers, the bottom tier is the lowest usage (and price), to get commercial pricing you must buy commercial quantities.

[@woulfe42]

What about the pellet stove? That can keep you warm the whole nite with the extra pellat loader timer set.

[@michellemarie1197]

There's also pellet boilers for heating the air AND also for heating your water.

[@liamcarey1085]

Fantastically helpful video!

[@aprilstrawn2629]

Can you do a video like this about plumbing ?

[@ArthursHD]

Air source Heat pump - mini-split would take a bit more space, jet use 1/3 of a resistive heater. South facing, wider angled triple glazed low e Windows could help as well.

[@lxmzhg]

It depends on hyow tiney your house is, but if it's too tiny, a wood stove is not a good option since it will severly limit the already limited space. You need to keep a certain distance from the wall & combustibles.

[@DwadeIsHere2010]

On that fresh air intake/stale air can is work anytime of the year without minimal energy loss or is it just for winter time?

[@stevenmcgarva574]

Great video, very informative.

[@iselinhaga1199]

Omggg thank youuu! Been looking for a video like this for sooo long

[@kurtbaier6122]

Good content and presentation

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thanks Kurt :)

[@lynneswinkels6885]

wonder if anyone uses a infra red heating setups in a tiny??? As you can mount them on the ceiling it doesn't take up limited space

[@yellowjasmine2009]

Amazing information love it

[@abemagic10]

and a video about wall/window thickness & insulation would be good

[@tyronetripod4047]

what about in floor radiant heat from a propane water heater? electric grid heat of any kind only makes sense in provinces like man or Qc because they have cheap hydro eletric dams, other provinces pay double their rates.

[@wanderfulllife2407]

Could you talk about other forms of in floor heating a saw a video about another option and was intrigued but did not save the video. Good video thanks

[@evanstaite1474]

you have to be plugged into the grid for radiant floor heating?

[@daythinker1704]

Hi. Love your videos. Would you please let is know the best foundations for tiny homes? I need to know if my gravel foundations are good enough for long term. My tiny houses are 96 square feet and 198 square feet. Thank you, Rae

[@rogerkerkmann]

You got everything but, check out the eberspatcher deisle hydronic, used in boats, rv, also makes hot water.

[@richardche]

If u don't mind me asking, what brand and model are ur glasses? :)

[@subaas_baig8756]

great video!! learnt a lot

[@lydiagbrown]

Very informational, thanks!

[@alexzanderarmstrong]

Hopefully you can do a video for Canadians looking to get into a tiny home. We looked to building in Ontario but there is a minimum of 1000sqft building code. We are willing to move outta province. Thanks and love your vids!

[@IWishUDidntNoMyName]

If you want to put your tiny on your own property then yes that's not legal to do at the moment. I know that Orillia allows tiny's as long as they are on a foundation. Or try and find yourself a year round trailer park until they become more acceptable. That's what I did! Or you can always do the illegal thing and park in someone large backyard, but I hate the idea of one day coming home and finding an eviction notice on your front door!