we are selling a house with a finished basement
there is no heat in the basement
in order to qualify for FHA financing a home must have a source of heat for the basement
Basement is 1,000 square ft
Main floor of the house has hot water heat and baseboard heat registe
We want to install something permanent- something that attaches to the wall – not a heater you set on the floor and it must be 12″ from the wall – (like they have at HD for $49)
Thanks for any suggestions
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we are selling a house with a finished basement
there is no heat in the basement
in order to qualify for FHA financing a home must have a source of heat for the basement
Basement is 1,000 square ft
Main floor of the house has hot water heat and baseboard heat registe
We want to install something permanent- something that attaches to the wall - not a heater you set on the floor and it must be 12" from the wall - (like they have at HD for $49)
Thanks for any suggestions
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Edited 11/15/2009 1:07 pm by mrfixitusa
use panel radiatiors... hook them into yur current system... zone thewm even...
http://www.buderus.net/OurProducts/RadiantHeatProducts/tabid/94/Default.aspx
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You want quick and cheap, electric baseboard radiators. For a thousand SF in your climate I'd say you'll need eight or ten four-footers or an equivalent number of shorter or longer units. They come as short as 24" and as long as 96". Run on 220VAC; wired with 12-2 with a ground but no neutral.
Or, for a bit more dough, put in a decent woodstove.
Dinosaur
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foolish men call Justice....
Electric baseboard would be an excellent choice. Relatively low cost of install, and probably not very expensive to operate as supplemental heat in a basement. If he doesnt' already have a code-approved flue for a wood stove, that would probably be prohibitively expensive. Also, I would imagine that FHA is looking for an 'automatic' heating system.
Bob
Gosh, too bad it got "finished" without a heat source. Are you faced with cutting out drywall to run wires or pipes?
I would think that extending your existing heating system would provide better resale value, as most people know that electric baseboards are cheap to buy, but hugely expensive in the long term.
I like Dino's suggestion of a wood stove, as long as FHA recognizes it as a "real" source of heat.
I like baseboard heaters, especially as back up for a wood stove. They are 100% efficient and make it easy to zone a house, allowing you only to heat where you want to. They are also quiet and don't blow dust around, have no duct work and are easy to replace. Probably not cheap to run where you are, but for many areas not too bad.
Bob thanks to you and the others for your suggestions
This is a situation where the basement stays warm and probably doesn't need anything in reality, but will be req'd for the loan
In other words we will buy it and provide it but the new homeowner probably won't even use it
We'll find something that can plug into an outlet(s) and go from there
thanks again to everyone
Hard to be sure from here, but I'd tend to think that if it 'plugs into an outlet' it won't be considered a 'heating system' but rather a 'portable heater.'
You're probably gonna have to hardwire units designed to be installed on a permanent basis.
One advantage of electric baseboard heaters for your situatioin is that you can put a cheap thermostat directly on the unit(s) and so avoid having to snake wires for wall-mounted t-stats.
Dinosaur
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Thanks I appreciate itI talked to an electrician today about the baseboard heat and he is directing me to Lowes to buy an 8 ft baseboard heater that will have a built in thermostat
thanks for the tip on the radiators
we're still looking around - lowes has a bigger selection than HD
but here's what I'm looking for today - chrome legs for a bathroom sink
http://www.antonline.com/p_L65-001-GP_332167.htm
The house I'm working on is close to Federal and I-70
George Sanders and HD do not have the chrome legs