WISELIVING sustainable system ideal for house rebuild project

November 17, 2022

Find out how a Victorian couple haven’t used any electricity from the grid to provide heating, cooking or hot water since moving in!

When Andrew Holden and Julie Gujer began planning their house rebuild in Lauriston VIC they knew they wanted to heat their 400 square meter space with radiant wood heating and thought maybe they'd need a couple of heaters spaced throughout their home.


Due to the size of their project, a local retailer made the suggestion to contact WISELIVING as Australia's experts in hydronic heating. They spoke to WISELIVING's National Operations Manager who designed and supplied their entire heating and solar hot water system.


"After some consultation with Nick, he suggested installing a wood boiler-hydronic heating system with solar hot water. Nick designed the set up and was amazing calculating the number of panels required and the best location to install them along with integrating a solar hot water system," said Andrew.


The sustainable system consisted of radiator panels with all piping and fittings, Thermalux Gourmet Cooker, Belvedere wood-fire boiler, Centracoil hot water tank and WISELIVING solar evacuated tube hot water system. 




"Now we are in the house, the entire system functions beautifully. The Belvedere wood boiler runs our panels, towel warmers and hot water.  If we don’t run the boiler, the solar hot water provides plentiful hot water. We also installed the stunning Gourmet Cooker to heat and cook on this takes centre stage in our living area. Our house is heated beautifully, visitors comment on the heating and how beautiful it feels," said Julie.


"One of the amazing things is we haven’t used any electricity from the grid to provide heating or hot water since moving in. The advice, knowledge and service from Nick and the team at WISELIVING has been amazing and invaluable. Always able to assist during and after the installation. WISELIVING produce very high-quality products that not only look amazing but function and perform beautifully."


Thanks again to the WISELIVING team. 

 

Andrew Holden & Julie Gujer, Lauriston, VIC.


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