outdoor furnace help needed

[Funnyfarm]

We would like to get an outdoor wood furnace,the kind you can hook to your furnace and use as well as hook to other things like your toolshed. But, they all seem so expensive. Anyone know a good reputable company that isn't 5k or more? That works in Indiana or where to get building plans to make one ourselves.

[WisJim]

Any good ones are going to be at least that much. Cheaper ones are going to be less efficient, last fewer years, etc. Around here, they are not allowed in town any more due to excessive smoke and pollution.

[cchapman84]

Yeah, the smoke and pollution is equivalent to about 20 regular woodstoves. I swear that's why there seems to be more smoke haze everywhere this winter (we never used to have much, this year it seems like every valley is full of it).

[Funnyfarm]

So do you think I should just get a woodstove inside instead? Are they safe?

[scorpian5]

there are some brands such as royall and aqua-therm that sell boilers that do not have the enclosure. They are cheaper but need a small shed or garage to shelter them

[Ross]

Yeah, the smoke and pollution is equivalent to about 20 regular woodstoves.

We have two out door boilers on the farm servicing 4 buildings. There is nothing like that much smoke. We used to run an indoor wood furnace and two wood stoves and oil burners plus electric baseboards. Today we're using less wood replaced all the oil burners (except the water heaters and they're next) and replaced all the electric heat. We had a 5 digit heating bill two years ago today we burn about 4 k in oil and 2k in wood. Total investment in the two systems ran about $35,000 and we did the work but we're saving 6000+ per year. Like anything else it has to be done right, I probably put 20 hours into set up alone, and those boilers/heat exchangers have to be sized right or you will waste wood.

[michiganfarmer]

Originally Posted by Funnyfarm

We would like to get an outdoor wood furnace,the kind you can hook to your furnace and use as well as hook to other things like your toolshed. But, they all seem so expensive. Anyone know a good reputable company that isn't 5k or more? (

nope

That works in Indiana or where to get building plans to make one ourselves.:

I have pictures, and can talk you through it. I built mine.



PM me

[buffalocreek]

You might want to check out http://www.outsidewoodheater.com/

I bought the lil house furnace from them for around $1300, and after buying ductwork, etc. I figure I got mine up and running for under $1700. It's my second winter with it and I'm generally satisfied, although I think if it had a baffle inside it would be more efficient. It doesn't heat water, which I think jacks up the price of most other stoves. Go to the photos page and the pictures of the house in Nebraska is mine.

I would never go back to an inside stove with all the dust and dirt, although I still have mine in place should the electricity disappear.

bruce