Does anyone have an outdoor type wood furnace?
Question:I am considering an outdoor type wood burning furnace to heat my house. It is presently heated by oil hot air. If you have an outdoor furnace, has it met your expectations? What make do you have? How often must you add wood? How much wood do you burn/year? What is the size of your house?
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Get yourself a heat pump about a 18 ceer. the wood stove you are talking about will burn a 1/2 truck load of wood a day,and you will need a place to put your ashes everyday the only way you will save money with this stove is if you don't work and have a lot of time to cut wood and keep the fire going and you can't go anywhere because your fire might go out and all your water lines may freeze. If you do need to go some place over night or for more than 1 day you will need to hire some one to come to your house and put wood in your stove and take out your ashes. That sounds like to much fun for me, knock yourself out Paul Bunion I admire your drive to save a little money.
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We don't have one, but I'd check out many sites and get as much info as I could.
Some people build small houses around them to insulate them.
A neighbor used one to heat his house, calf barn, and I don't know how many other buildings. He farmed so he was usually around to add wood.
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