Tjcole50
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Been going back and forth between a 2nd stove in basement, add on wood furnace or an outdoor boiler gassifier no storage. The lay out of my house kills my stove on my main floor. The nc30 battles a completely open concept A-frame with 21 ft cathedral ceiling. I load it 4 times a day in this weather. Which is the same amount of wood my neighnor loads in a central boilwr ... sad. Now my basement stove would sit smack in the center of house below my main level stove exterior chimney. There is an open stair case 10 ft away and I have 1/2" foam board and drywall down there. That's the cheapest option. I pieced together a through wall chimney for an add on furnace (can't use existing chimney other side of house) the chimney was 2500$!!! Plus a furnace price I'm sitting at 5-6k. Everything I have read says owb burns so much more wood. But for what I have seen they dont. I have s friend with an older hotblast and one with a newer one. Each burns equal to what I have seen owb go through. Plus I would have to make a chute through a basement window and handle wood that much more. So what say you guys?
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