Indoor Wood Boiler?

[tramp bushler]

Any one have one. What brand, what size building are u heating? How much wood do uuse ?

Thanks.

 

[NCPABill]

Any one have one. What brand, what size building are u heating? How much wood do uuse ?

Thanks.

I do. I have a Biomass 40. I like it very much, but it almost requires dry wood. I bought it from Zenon at New Horizon. He is very helpful with details, sizing, etc. Google wood heating forum and you'll find a lot of reading!

Good luck,

Bill

 

[Mike from Maine]

I've got an indoor gassification boiler. (Biomass 60 by new horizon)

I use about 10 cords of mostly pine to heat 3500 square feet. With no oil used. Been very happy with the boiler.

 

[tramp bushler]

OK. Thanks. I will be burning it to heat 1200 sq ft. But sometimes the temps don't get above-60 for the the day time high .

 

[tjoyce511]

Alternate Heating Systems

Got an AHS WC-70. Burns wood or coal. 1st season this year heating 3600 sqft + domestic hot water. Burned about 5cords since Jan 1st. They also make the "WoodGun" gasser.

 

[tramp bushler]

I did some web searching. Some of them are pretty Heavy, which is probably good. . I'm hoping to to find a dealer up here. Anchorage, Fairbanks or Whitehorse. As long asNAFTA works to my benefit. Shipping would be a deal breaker from the lower 48 .

How much electric do your circ pumps draw?

 

[Mike from Maine]

Read up on gassification boilers with storage. My experience has been they are as good or better then the hype. Not many things I would say that about.

With a proper design you can have very low electrical consumption, look at the alpha or bumblebee pumps. In my case I have storage on the opposite end of the house and needed to move 20gpm at 9' of head so the main pump is a 26-64 to charge storage, along with a 007 to move heat into the zones. Electrical consumption was not a huge concern for me as I am on the grid.

The 26-64 draws 1.7 amps, but it only runs for 5-8 hours a day.

 

[rancher2]

I have a Garn 2000 it holds 2000 gallons of water. I am heating a 3,500 three story house and a 30 by 60 shop with floor heat. I burn between 6 to 10 cords of hedge wood. It depends on what kind of winter we have.

 

[zogger]

60 below!!! I am wussed out just contemplating that..been out working at 30 something below before (like 40 years ago...), thats it, cold enough for me...

good luck with your project! If I lived up there, I would want, say, a 300 cord stash....

 

[atlarge54]

Those temps make for a small margin of error before things freeze and break if (when) there's a Murphy.