We install heating in a country house - options and prices

What to consider when choosing heating in a wooden house

When choosing heating, like others, it is necessary to focus on the availability of energy resources. If a gas main passes near the house, then it is advisable to install a gas boiler and water heating in the house.If there is no gas main, you will have to choose between electric, liquid fuel and solid fuel heating. Each heating system has its pros and cons.

1. Electric boilers, infrared and convection systems
   5-10 times cheaper than any other type of heating, but they depend on the stability of the supply of electricity and the cost of energy resources is noticeably higher than for firewood, coal, peat, pellets or main gas.
2. Liquid fuel heating systems
   work not only on diesel fuel or fuel oil, but also on waste oil. Therefore, owners of large car services often install this type of heating, despite the high cost of equipment. Because during the year dozens of tons of used oil accumulate at the service. If you heat the house with fuel oil or diesel fuel, then the cost of energy resources will be 3-7 times higher than when heating with electricity.
3. Heating and heating-cooking stoves
   heat the house for 10-14 hours from one firebox. Their main advantage is thermal radiation, which has a beneficial effect on the body. The disadvantages of such heating are the need to heat the stove 1-2 times a day and the inability to heat remote rooms.
4. Solid fuel boilers with a heat accumulator
   heat the house for 30-60 hours from one bookmark of firewood or coal. Boilers with automatic fuel supply will cost 5-10 times more. In this case, the cost of installing heating is comparable to building a high-quality stove or installing a liquid fuel system.
5. Fireplaces
   more suitable for the role of additional heating and decoration element. The exception is fireplaces with a built-in water heating register and a heat accumulator.In this case, they successfully heat the house and create a place of comfort and coziness, where it is so nice to sit on a cold winter evening. But even in this version, a fireplace is the most inefficient way to heat a house.
6. Combined heating
   combines the best features of all the systems listed above. For example, a water heating register is inserted into a heating or heating and cooking stove, due to which remote rooms and a bathroom are heated. Or, in parallel with a gas / solid fuel / liquid fuel boiler, an electric convection or infrared heater is installed.

In addition, when choosing a heating system, other factors must be considered:

• house area;
• house layout;
• the height of the house;
• heat loss of walls, windows, doors, roofs and floors;
• average and minimum winter temperatures;
• wind speed and humidity in winter.

Therefore, choosing the right system home heating from a bar can only be a qualified craftsman with extensive experience. Otherwise, it is likely that it will be hot in some rooms and cold in others. If this happens, the walls of cold rooms will begin to dampen. After all, warm air, in contact with a cold surface, leaves water condensate on it. As a result, a house made of timber will not only lose in coziness and comfort, but will also lose reliability. After all, dampness in the room for 10-15 years will lead to the appearance of mold and rot even on the treated walls themselves.

How much will it cost to heat a house, on different types of fuel and systems?

Now let's look in order. The example will describe a method for predicting the cost of heating a house with an area of ​​100 m2:

Input of initial data:

After selecting the area and setting the basic characteristics, the calculation of the average annual costs is automatically performed

It is important to note that the heat loss coefficients from SP 50.13330.2012 “Thermal protection of buildings” are used in the calculation, and the latest standards imply initially good insulation of the house with low heat losses

Checking the cost of energy resources:

If your prices differ from those indicated, then you can make an adjustment in the “cost” field and an automatic recalculation will occur.

Let's analyze the result:

Now you can see how much it will cost to heat a house of 100 m2 per year on different types of fuel. The actual figures may differ, but as practice has shown - no more than 15%. This is due to heat losses, living conditions, temperature, etc.

The cost of heat on different systems and types of fuel

Of the possible ones, we will compare gas, solid fuel and electricity, there is also the option of diesel heating, but as practice has shown, it is used less and less, due to the high cost of the diesel itself, and the need to install a container, the high cost of boilers running on diesel burners and naturally - a smell that is difficult to get rid of.

The table below shows the rates for 1 kW of heat, for different heat generators and combinations of boiler room equipment, with prices and tariffs (order of the Committee on Prices and Tariffs of the Moscow Region dated 06/20/2019 No. 129-R - gas; electricity - 12/20/2018 No. 375 -P) in 2019. If your prices and tariffs are different - enter your data and an automatic recalculation will occur!

Name	Unit price	Description	The price of 1 kW of heat
Natural gas (main)	RUB/m3	Main gas is considered the cheapest way of heating and it is difficult to argue with this, but there is an even cheaper option (and this is not firewood). Boiler efficiency - 92%, calorific value from 1 m3 - 9.3 kW.	RUB 0.6817/kW
Liquefied gas (propane-butane)	rub./liter	Most boilers can also run on propane-butane, for this you need to put jets on the burner. Efficiency - 92%; calorific value of 1 liter - 7 kW / liter.	RUB 2.95/kW
Firewood - birch	RUB/kg	In the example, a conventional solid fuel boiler with an open combustion chamber without a heat accumulator. Efficiency (actual) - 50%, calorific value - 4.2 kW / kg	RUB 1.42/kW
Charcoal	RUB/kg	The equipment is the same as on wood. Calorific value - 7.7 kW / kg	2 rub/kW
wood pellets	RUB/kg	The most automated, high-efficiency, solid fuel boilers are pellet boilers. Efficiency - 0.87%, calorific value - 4.7 kW / kg	RUB 1.98/kW
Email boiler with the tariff "single"	RUB/kW	Classic inexpensive electric boiler with a water radiator heating system. Efficiency - 98%. You can also include here electric convectors, air heaters.	RUB 3.96/kW
Email boiler with two-tariff el. counter and heat accumulator	Tariffs: Day — rub./kW; Night - rub./kW	Inexpensive email. boiler with a water heat accumulator (TA). The calculation is made in such a way that at night the boiler heats the house and heats the water in the TA, and discharges during the day. The efficiency of such a system is 95% (taking into account the heat losses of the HE).	RUB 1,768/kW
Heat pump "air-water" with el. tariff "single"	RUB/kW of electricity	Since the efficiency coefficient (COP) of a heat pump (HP) depends on the required temperature of the coolant and outside air, then, taking from SNiP the average temperature of the heating period in Moscow -1.5 ° C, COP - 2.8	RUB 1.389/kW
Geothermal heat pump with el. tariff "single"	RUB/kW	Heat pumps with a geothermal system are distinguished by a stable heat conversion coefficient (COP) throughout the entire heating period. For each TN it is different, so the comparison will be carried out in two: a) 3.9; b) 5.3	From 1.389 (b) to 1.389 (a) RUB/kW

Thus, it can be seen that the pre-calculation method is quite simple. Naturally, in each case there are many factors that affect the actual cost, but they do not play a significant role on a local scale. It is also worth mentioning that the calculations are made on the basis of water heating systems.

So which system and type of fuel should be preferred? It is necessary to understand perfectly that each of them has its own cost for creation and payback period, in comparison with cheaper analogues.

Main selection criteria

When choosing heating systems, one of the important criteria is the availability in a particular region of a certain type of fuel, which has an acceptable cost. This can be centralized gas supplied, the possibility of ordering solid fuel or other options.

It is important that a particular type of fuel does not run out in the next 5-10 years, since otherwise the heating system will not be able to pay off, except in cases of living in the northern regions.Therefore, if it is known in advance that, for example, coal mining may end, then it is worthwhile to soberly assess the prospects for reworking the heating device or take one in advance that is designed for several types of fuel

Another criterion is the efficiency of heating devices. In financial terms, this means that the same area when using a device with a greater heat output will take less time and reduce fuel consumption, that is, there will be savings in the range of 20-40% of the total estimated costs. In practice, greater efficiency will affect the ability to generate more heat in the room for a certain period of time.

Comparison of the efficiency of various heating boilers

The choice of heating system also depends on the temperature difference between the street and the room. That is, it must develop the required power. First of all, it depends on the material of the housing in which combustion takes place, the method of heat transfer, the coolant used, the radiators used, as well as the effectiveness of the thermal insulation of the house.

Typical way to install a powerful heating boiler and expansion tank

Comparison of costs of different types of heating

It is important to understand that heating costs of even one type can vary greatly by region. It all depends on the terrain

Near a powerful power plant, energy will be the most affordable. But in most regions, gas plays the role of a budgetary energy carrier. Therefore, the comparison of one or another type of heating is advisory in nature, and not dogma.

traditional firewood

Simple, accessible. The downside is the high cost and a lot of trouble - it is almost impossible to automate.

Diesel fuel

It is good where there is no powerful source of electricity or low consumption limits. Of course, where there is no gasification. Probably the most expensive heating source.

Electricity

Cost may vary by region. One of the best options for occasional living and vacation homes. In terms of costs, it is between diesel and gas.

Gas

The cheapest fuel in the presence of a supply branch. If not, then a gas tank is required. But then gas delivery can cost a pretty penny.

The choice of heating method always depends on a lot of factors, which should be taken into account individually, locally.

Wood burning stove

When choosing heating for a country house, it is necessary to consider such options and prices that meet all the criteria and are fully justified from a financial point of view. This means that one should not forget about stove heating with wood, the use of which can be justified by the impossibility or high cost of laying centralized communications or the cheapness of fuel.

Wood burning stove for home air heating and cooking

A feature of such structures is their massiveness. Due to thick walls or large volumes, they can provide long-term preservation of temperature or instantaneous heating. They can be made with your own hands from metal or brick. This makes such stoves quite a budget option, which is suitable for houses with a small area. If it is necessary to expand the heating area, a boiler is installed on top of the furnace and connected to the water heating system.

Furnace with heat exchanger for domestic hot water heating

Which heating is better for a private house: basic definitions and selection criteria

To connect such facilities, even in cities, centralized systems are rarely used. It is unprofitable to lay expensive networks with enhanced thermal insulation in low-rise buildings. There are too few consumers per unit area of ​​the territory. That is why only autonomous systems will be considered below.

Combined equipment of a country house

This figure schematically depicts a typical set of engineering systems. Water supply is connected to centralized networks, there is a common sewerage system. The owner decided to install solar panels.

Even in this case, it cannot be argued that there are no costs. In addition to the initial investment, preventive work will be needed to clean the solar panels from pollution and replace the failed parts. An energy storage device must be installed to ensure that the system operates at night. At server latitudes, the low height of the sun above the horizon and a large number of cloudy days will reduce the efficiency of energy generation in this way.

Based on this example, the following remarks can be formulated:

• In order for the calculation to be accurate, it is necessary to accurately establish the actual needs. As a rule, 80-120 W is enough for 1 sq. m. premises area.
• The project should be evaluated as a whole. Not only the initial financial investments are important, but also the costs in the process of operation. It is necessary to consider a period of 10 years or more to make sure that the decision was made correctly.
• You can reduce costs by reducing losses. It is necessary to determine the places of heat leakage, to take measures to improve the insulation characteristics of buildings.

Comparison of costs of different heating systems

Often the choice of a particular heating system is based on the starting cost of the equipment and its subsequent installation. Based on this indicator, we obtain the following data:

• Electricity. Initial investment up to 20,000 rubles.

• solid fuel. The purchase of equipment will require from 15 to 25 thousand rubles.

• Oil boilers. Installation will cost 40-50 thousand.

• Gas heating with own storage. The price is 100-120 thousand rubles.

• Centralized gas pipeline. Due to the high cost of communication and connection, the cost exceeds 300,000 rubles.

Heating a country house with a gas tank

A system with a gas tank is somewhat simpler than a balloon supply, it also has characteristic features:

Occupied space

Quite cumbersome, capacity requires a large amount of excavation or takes up a lot of space on the site

The volume of the gas tank requires careful calculation, since it is important to take into account both the gas consumption of the heating system, and the possibility (and frequency) of replenishment of the stock, and the availability of volume where this gas tank can be accommodated

System cost

The price of a gas tank is relatively high. To it are added the costs of the necessary fittings and installation work.

Accommodation

The scheme is only possible outside urban areas - it takes up too much space.

What should be the heating in a country house?

The heating system must meet several requirements:

Be economical. This will allow spending little money on the purchase of energy.
Be efficient. Each room must be heated equally.
Include the minimum number of elements. Thanks to this, it will be possible to rationally use the space of the room where the equipment is located.
Fully fit in one room

At the same time, it is important that the current standards are observed.

There are several options for private houses, when choosing which it is important to take into account the availability of energy carriers

Installation of gas heating for country houses at competitive prices in Moscow

No matter how simple and attractive the chosen scheme seemed, you need to listen to the opinion of a professional. Only a pro is able to calculate the heat loss of a room and recommend the scheme that will most fully meet the conditions of a particular country house.

The GSK heating company will calculate the cost, design, and install gas heating at affordable prices. Contact us via the feedback form or call +7 (495) 967-40-05, we will get acquainted with all the nuances and perform the work efficiently and on time. We work in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Gas heating

Gas heating is one of the most economical, which allows you to recoup the cost of all purchased equipment in the shortest possible time, depending on the intensity of its use. The system includes a boiler, pipe communications, radiators, a circulation pump, a heat exchanger, an expansion tank, as well as control and safety devices. The boiler provides heating of the coolant by means of a heat exchanger, which circulates in a closed system. To prevent emergency situations in case of overheating of the coolant, an expansion tank is used. Heat is transferred to the premises through radiators.

Scheme of combined gas-wood water heating

Depending on the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe house, it is necessary to select the number of heating circuits. This will ensure uniform heating of the premises and minimize heat loss by reducing the length of communications. Gas heating for a country house with a large area shows itself to be the most efficient and in demand, and equipment options and prices are quite flexible.

Boiler for heating gas system

The advantages of such systems are: efficiency, ease of use, low cost of fuel. The disadvantage is the danger of using gas equipment with improper control, the need for high-quality ventilation.

Mobile gas holder for organizing an autonomous heating system

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Diesel heating

The most suitable system for private houses in remote areas of residence. Diesel fuel is used to operate this system. The system is autonomous, there is no need to control its operation. A special diesel boiler is mounted: single-stage, two-stage, modulating. Any installation is mounted in several stages.

• A separate room is provided. The height of the ceilings in it should be at least 2.5 meters;
• the installation must be mounted as far as possible from windows and doors;
• laying pipes for supplying hot water;
• there is a direct installation of the boiler, the connection of all its elements;
• an autonomous control system is established;
• a test run of the heating system is in progress.

What factors affect the formation of the cost of heating?

Prices for heating a country house depend on several points:

• the level of complexity of the work carried out (depending on which heating method will be chosen);
• the price of the equipment used to establish the system;
• the climate of the region in which the house is located;
• the needs and desires of residents.

It is up to you to decide which heating option to give preference to. The establishment of any system should be trusted exclusively by experienced professionals. In this case, you can be sure that the heating system will perform the functions assigned to it.

Pros and cons of centralized and autonomous heating

The choice between autonomous and centralized heating is not as straightforward as it might seem. Both options have a number of parameters that are more beneficial in a particular case, so one of them should be preferred based on a combination of pros and cons. So you can get high efficiency at minimal cost.

Heating system

Autonomous sources of heat supply include: heating a country house with electricity, water and solid fuel boilers, heat pumps.

This type of heating allows you not to depend on the supply of a third-party company, its pricing policy and interruptions that may happen to the fuel source. If the owner of the house regularly performs service maintenance and operates the equipment in strict accordance with its specification, then, given the high duration of operation of all units, the system will pay back the initial investment many times over.

Automated autonomous heating system

How to calculate everything correctly?

Whatever type of heating of a country house you ultimately prefer, remember that only the system that is correctly calculated will be effective and economical.For an approximate estimate, it is quite possible to use the standard formula - 1 kW of energy per 10 square meters. m area of ​​the house. But this is only if your housing is really well insulated and the ceiling height in it does not exceed 2.7 m.

It is possible to fully and quickly calculate the required power of the heating system for a country house using special online calculators

When calculating, in no case should one ignore the presence of a basement, an attic, the type of windows, and it is also very important to take into account the material from which the house was built. Each of these factors introduces its own “corrections” into the general formula.

It is always desirable to add 20-30% of the “reserve” to the result obtained. The power reserve will definitely not be superfluous, but it will allow the equipment to work as successfully as possible and not at the peak of its capabilities.

How the heating system works and some of its features

If you set yourself the task of creating heating for a country house with your own hands, then you need to have a minimal idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat it is and how it works. Heating of the room occurs due to the movement of hot water or other coolant through pipes and through heating radiators.

About the types of circulation

There are systems in which circulation is forced or natural. In the latter case, it occurs due to the laws of nature, and in the former, an additional pump is required. Natural circulation is carried out extremely simply - heated water rises, cold falls.As a result of this, water moves through the radiators, cold leaves, hot comes, and after it cools down, it also leaves, giving off heat to heat the room.

Open heating system with natural circulation

If you are going, for example, to do the heating of the cottage with your own hands and use forced circulation for this purpose, then you will need to additionally turn on the circulation pump in the return pipe. It is at the end of the pipe through which water returns to the boiler - and nowhere else.

Natural circulation requires the obligatory fulfillment of certain requirements, namely:

• the location of the expansion tank above all other heating devices;
• placement of the lower return point below the heaters;
• providing a large difference between the lower and upper points of the system;
• the use of pipes of different sections for the direct and reverse water supply, the direct line must be of a larger section;
• installation of pipes with a slope, from the expansion tank to the batteries and from them to the boiler.

In addition, it will be cheaper due to the absence of the need to use more expensive equipment designed to withstand the increased pressure that exists with forced circulation, as well as the absence of safety valves.

Components of an open heating system

About system types

It should be noted that open and closed systems can be created. In an open one, there is direct contact of the coolant with the atmosphere, while in a closed one this is impossible. This was done to prevent oxygen from entering the coolant from the atmosphere, which should ensure a longer service life of pipes and radiators.

Here we must immediately make a clarification - an open system with natural circulation is the simplest and safest. And to create autonomous heating of private houses with your own hands, especially if this is done for the first time, this may be the best choice. In the future, it can turn into a closed system with forced circulation, for which it will be necessary to change the expansion tank and install an additional circulation pump.

Scheme of a closed heating system

About Mounting Types

Scheme of one-pipe and two-pipe heating systems

The next choice that will have to be made, considering, for example, the possibility of creating heating for a wooden house with your own hands, is which installation to use. You can use one-pipe and two-pipe installation scheme. In the first variant, water passes through each radiator in turn, giving off part of the heat along the way. In the second, water is supplied and discharged to each battery separately, independently of other radiators.

The single-pipe system is simpler and cheaper, both in terms of materials used and installation costs. But the two-pipe is considered more versatile, suitable for any conditions and characterized by high heating efficiency.

About choosing a heating boiler

This is one of the defining stages in the creation of autonomous heating. For him, the boiler must be designed for local, cheap fuels, or at least available ones. Otherwise, heating costs will be extremely high. When choosing a boiler, one must also take into account the size of the heated area, the height of the premises, the material from which the house is built, and its geographical location.

Water heating is used to heat any houses, for example, you can do the heating of a frame house with your own hands, the only question is that the elements of such a system must be designed for specific conditions, only then it will allow you to get the maximum heat output from it.

It will also be useful to study - autonomous heating of a private house

How much does home heating cost? Calculation scheme.

When choosing a heating system, follow the following calculation scheme:

• decide how many rooms or square meters you need to warm up;
• what result is needed: temporary or permanent;
• is there gas heating;
• are you ready to combine stove and electric heating;
• what is the heat output.

This check will help to summarize the question: how much does it cost to heat a house with electricity

Pay attention not only to how much a particular installation or heater will cost, but also what related materials will be needed:

• additional rooms for the boiler room;
• fuel storage tanks;
• purchase of high-quality solid fuel;
• a place for storing solid fuel with protection from moisture, etc.

We present the mathematical scheme of the calculation in the average version. We take into account a house of 50 sq.m. and heating season 6 months. If your house is 100 sq.m., multiply the result by 2, 150 sq.m. - by 3, etc. Taking into account the different cost of gas, electricity and various types of fuel in the regions of the Russian Federation and the CIS, the scheme is very approximate, but we make the following general calculations:

Gas heating:

• Standard gas boiler. Natural gas consumption 2m³/hour * 2160 hours (6 months) * gas cost in your region / 0.93 (93% efficiency). For example, the cost of a cube.gas meter 9.25 rubles, so the calculation will be as follows: 2 m³ / hour * 2160 hours * 9.25 rubles / 0.93 = 42968 rubles for 6 months. This means an average of 7161 rubles per month.
• Condensing gas boiler. 2m³/hour * 2160 hours * gas price in your area / 1.07 (efficiency 107%)

Electric boiler

• A heating electric boiler consumes an average of 7000 kW / h per month * the cost of electricity in your region = the cost of heating per month
• An electrode electric boiler consumes 4200 kW/h per month * the cost of electricity in your region = the cost of heating per month

Liquid fuel

Seasonal average consumption 2 l/h * 2160 hours (6 months) = 4320 liters * cost of diesel in your region = cost of heating with liquid fuel for the whole season

solid fuel

• Wood (firewood) with a solid fuel boiler power of 20 kW burns about 9 kg of fuel per hour (if we take into account the efficiency of 80%): 2160 hours * 9 kg / hour = 19440 kg (19.4 tons). Price per ton of firewood in your region * 19.4t = cost of wood heating per season. Do not forget to add the cost of delivering firewood to your home to this amount.
• Coal 2160 hours * 4 kg/hour = 8640 kg (8.64 tons) * price per ton of coal in your area = cost of heating with coal for a season of 6 months. Consider also the cost of delivering coal to your home.