Looking for an indoor wood furnace - need help

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I recently remodeled my great grandparents 100+ year old farmhouse and have just moved in. With fall beginning to set in, I am starting to worry about heating costs with the price of propane. I installed a gas furnace as my primary heat (I also have a gas fireplace to supplement), but I am thinking about adding an indoor wood buring furnace to supplement even more. I love to burn wood and don't mind cutting it. If I get an indoor furnace, I want to hook it into the fan on my existing furnace. I do not want an outdoor furnace, because I would like some of the residual heat off the furnace to heat part of the basement.

I am looking for any information pertaining indoor wood burning furnaces. Who manufacturers these types of furnaces, what are good ones that are recommended, things to watch out for with them, and where can I get any information on them as well as the kits to tie into a gas furnace. Also, what are the pro's/con's with them compared to other sources of heat?

-- David Hoff (David_Hoff@hill-rom.com), November 06, 2000

Answers

David! Check "centralboiler.com. They have an inside wood burnin boiler. By installing a heat exchanger [radiator] in your duct system you can heat your house with this unit. It's called the "Ezee heat" and will do a fine job. The additional thermostat will turn on the blower when heat is called for. email me for more info if you wanna. Matt.24:44

-- hootgibson (hoot@pcinetwork.com), November 06, 2000.

i have to deal with both types of wood furnace .i have an taylor outdoor furnace at the trailer /greenhouse and an indoor wood furnace in my fathers house i plan to replace it with another outdoor furnace.just put an regester in the basment if you want heat there. the outdoor furnaces are so convenient and safe i wouldnt have anything else

-- george darby (windwillow@fuse.net), November 06, 2000.

We have a charmaster wood/oil furnace. It is GREAT! burns wood and oil in the same fire box. In the dead of winter if I don't want to get up at 3:00am and stoke the fire, the oil kicks in and keeps us warm till I get up at 5. You MUST have the correct type of chimny for any wood furnace. Oil and wood are both solid (class A) fuels so the same chimny works for both. We live in NW wisconsin and go through about four cords of wood in a season. That includes the fireplace and the sauna, and last year we burned about 150 gallons of oil. Send me an email if you want more info.

Steve

-- Steve Collins (collins@cpinternet.com), November 06, 2000.


Where are you. We have a used energymate wood add on that we had hooked up to our oil forced air heating system. It is now dismantled and for sale...cheap. We are in Delaware County, New York.It really put out the heat and we had water pipes inside to heat our water as well.

-- kate henderson (kate@sheepyvalley.com), November 07, 2000.

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