Thermosiphon Wall?

Griff · 12-18-2006, 07:11 PM

I'm going to add a sun room to the walk-in basement on the south face of my house, possibly as soon as this summer. I'd like to build a thermosiphon air collector into it to take advantage of clear cold days to heat the floor above. The linked page has a version very similar to designs I've seen elsewhere. I don't want to use up my whole wall since a sun room lets in well... the sun. So I thought I'd throw it to the Dwellars for design/material refinements. I'll be placing a pellet stove along this wall for zone heat. I intend to build with fieldstone for the first couple feet but haven't worked out the height of the front wall yet. IDEAS?

12-18-2006, 07:11 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thermosiphon Wall? I'm going to add a sun room to the walk-in basement on the south face of my house, possibly as soon as this summer. I'd like to build a thermosiphon air collector into it to take advantage of clear cold days to heat the floor above. The linked page has a version very similar to designs I've seen elsewhere. I don't want to use up my whole wall since a sun room lets in well... the sun. So I thought I'd throw it to the Dwellars for design/material refinements. I'll be placing a pellet stove along this wall for zone heat. I intend to build with fieldstone for the first couple feet but haven't worked out the height of the front wall yet. IDEAS? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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