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Tell me what kind of owb you have, how many sq. ft you are heating, how long you have owned it, and what you do/don't like about it. Thanks!
Tell me what kind of owb you have, how many sq. ft you are heating, how long you have owned it, and what you do/don't like about it. Thanks!
Woodmaster 4400, 3rd heating season.
Likes
Dealer
Up off the ground, sits on legs
Simple design, round firebox, fewer weld seams.
Forced draft
Easy control with electronics
Dislikes.
Door latch needs safety catch in case of flash backs
Roof sheeting has an edge that serves to collect debri, removed by me.
So-so
Ash removal
Electronics are fun when working but I could do without them.
Door needs to have another $100 spent in time and materials when Manufactured, adjustments and safeties.
In spite of my critique I like my Woodmaster and would buy another one. I am heating about 2500 ft house, my 22x24 workshop and domestic water.
Tell me what kind of owb you have, how many sq. ft you are heating, how long you have owned it, and what you do/don't like about it. Thanks!
I have a Shaver 165 and heat about 2000 sqft. plus domestic hot water. I've been using since mid October 2008
WHAT I LIKE
House is warm all the time.
Water is hot.
Mess is outside.
No carring wood to basement as before with indoor wood burner.
It burns any wood I throw in it. (seasoned, split, full rounds, green, wet, rotted, pine, large logs, small logs)
No insects in house
WHAT I DON'T LIKE
Furnace door could be higher.
Going outside on those bitter cold days to feed it.
It does burn the wood.
REGRETS
I didn't get one sooner.
Hawken HE-1100
Love it! But wonder if I'd been happier with the next size up Mainly to get the extra water capacity and maybe longer burn times.
Likes
Simple
Forced Draft
Heats 3000 sq feet + DHW
12+ hours burn times so maybe I should not complain - seems about average
Dealer is great
Dislikes
None really - I was warned by my dealer that it burns alot of wood so that did not catch me by surprise and I like cutting wood. The power cable sheathing (feeds the fan/blower in the door) snapped on a cold morning. Not sure if that is a design flaw or just a isolated defective piece. Was well insulated except on the backside and I added a couple more batts of fiberglass.
mahoning model 400 multi fuel
heating 5600 sq ft house 73 1st floor, 70 2nd floor
also heating 1800 sq ft attached garage, i turn it on and off as i see fit, never gets below 57 deg, weekends i keep it at 62-65 it's my favorite room in the house...
preheat domestic before it hits the h/w heater
built house in 2001, unit has paid for itself many times over
all heat is radiant, in/under floor... great heat..
burn times vary depending on lots of things, but lately 16-20 hrs without the garage flipped on ( that concrete eats wood to get it up to temp, once up, not too bad )
dislikes......when my wood gets covered in ice like it's been this year, can't we have a regular snow storm for once ??
oh, sorry, do dislikes with my mahoning, love it !!
I've got 10-12 hour burn times but prefer to go out and toss a few logs in now and then.
Part of my home is set up with self installed radiant floor heat. Currently the water runs through the radiant floor system and returns to the OWB. I lose alot of water temp with it set up this way.
When the weather gets warmer, I'm going to redo it so the water goes through a water to water HX.
This should help with wood usage.
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