Questions regarding outdoor wood furnace

[Joey Wahoo]

How far from the house can they be?

Would love to hear comments from those who have one or have considered one.

thanks

[Chuck]

The one I just installed can be up to 100' away. I put it about sixty, though.

Woke up this morning to snow, so I guess it's time to fire it up!

[Pony]

My BIL's outdoor furnace is about 1/2 way between his house and barn, about 60'. It's pretty impressive.

Pony!

[Bruce in NE]

Mine's only 32 inches away from the house. It's not a "boiler" type, just a wood heater without water heating capability (and a lot less expensive). The warm air duct comes thru the living room window -- it's 16 deg. outside this morning and the house is too warm!!

[Ross]

Our insurance said 50 feet minimum, we're going at least 10 feet more. My friend has one 140 feet away but its starting to get too far away at that. The pipes are well insulated at least.

[Ken Scharabok]

Bruce: Did your homeowner's insurance agency OK your set-up? Did it affect your rate? Really impressed by this unit (www.outsidewoodheater.com). About as simple as you can get. Unit is designed for homeowner installation and the inside liner can be replaced if it shows signs of burning through. Somewhat more labor intensive than the big units (such as having to pull out ashes fairly often), but then the cost is far less also.

[bill not in oh]

OK you guys have got me hooked. I'm gonna start doing the math and drawing plans... Anyone care to share the cost-to-finished-installation on their outdoor furnace? And how deep are the pipes buried?

[mink]

Originally Posted by bill in oh

OK you guys have got me hooked. I'm gonna start doing the math and drawing plans... Anyone care to share the cost-to-finished-installation on their outdoor furnace? And how deep are the pipes buried?

i got a woodmaster 4400 cost 7000 installed . the pippes are about 15-18 inches below ground....mink

[Ross]

They're recomending 2 feet here but we'll drop them 4 feet down or below the frost line. Empyre 450 and it'll be heating 3 buildings one with no duct work so the cost will be pretty high. Total cost will be under 20k CND.

[Carol K]

Mines only about 20 feet from the porch, pipes are maybe 2 feet down, but in that special foam stuff. I think more than the distance you need to think "position". Know where your winds come from the majority of time, and then you won't have any problems. The farther from the house the more expensive it will be, and if you are like us, we didn't want to put it too far as we get tons of snow and didn't want to have to plow to get to the woodburner!

Carol

[Renee]

Bruce,
Please give us an update on your stove's performance after you've used it a couple of months. I found your link for the 'lil house' stove on one of the other threads and spent a half hour on their site looking and reading. I don't think it would work well for my three level dome home but I just emailed a link to that stove site to about five friends that I think may be interested.
Renee

[Bruce in NE]

"Bruce,
Please give us an update on your stove's performance after you've used it a couple of months. I found your link for the 'lil house' stove on one of the other threads and spent a half hour on their site looking and reading. I don't think it would work well for my three level dome home but I just emailed a link to that stove site to about five friends that I think may be interested.
Renee"

Will do, if I can remember.

b