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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: rclay1981 on March 09, 2012, 11:55:59 AM

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Post by: rclay1981 on March 09, 2012, 11:55:59 AM

looking to get a wood boiler
i like the wood boiler usa and the central boiler brands
any opinions on them
any help wood be great
thanks

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Post by: Scott7m on March 09, 2012, 02:57:16 PM

Depends on the state your inas to what your allowed to buy.

That being said, I'm no fan of the small companies.  To much risk of them popping up today and the EPA regs coming shutting them down. 

Central builds a good stove but before we can help to much, we need to know what your heating, gassification or not, where your at as far as state rules and such

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Post by: rclay1981 on March 09, 2012, 07:57:12 PM

i'm in central il
i will be heating about 2900 sq ft house and a 900 sq ft garage both are  4 years old and insulated well and in the next year i will be building a 60 x 40 shed that i want to heat
i don't have to have a gasser boiler in my area but not against it if it would be worth it any help would be great on any of the brands
thanks
clay

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Post by: Scott7m on March 09, 2012, 08:08:04 PM

Well, sounds like your going to put a significant load on the stove in time..  Things to remember about a gasser is it burns half the wood, no smoke, no ashes.  If you get a quality gasser you do have to clean the heat tubes with a brush every few weeks, folks say they have the same amount of time in maintenance as they do with a regular boiler because with a regular boiler there taking out ashes, no ashes in a gasser, it burns them.

So when your talking about heating around 5000-6000 sq ft, you've got to make a good decision.  My personal favorite gassifiction units are empyre and portage and main. When it comes to standar or conventional boilers just avoid small new pop up companies and go with s reputable brand.

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Post by: AirForcePOL on March 10, 2012, 06:16:20 AM

Welcome to the site rclay!  Where abouts in central Illinois do you live? I'm in Athens.  Take the time to look around on this site and don't be afraid to ask questions and you will get all if the information you could ever want! Good luck!

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Post by: rclay1981 on March 10, 2012, 07:03:16 AM

by champaign

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Post by: woodman on March 10, 2012, 10:27:32 AM

If you are really planning on heating that many sq ft, unless you are a tree service or have a unlimited amount of free wood and access to cheap labor, I would only be looking at a high quality gasser. I would think you would be using between 15-20 full cord in a average winter using a convental boiler if you plan on keeping everything at 73* 24/7. 

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Post by: rclay1981 on March 10, 2012, 10:45:16 AM

wood's not a problem and the shed temp would only be 60 to 65 most of the time and a third of it will be cold storage, just want to be able to heat it if i need to

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Post by: chuck_brown14 on March 10, 2012, 04:44:53 PM

we just installed a wood boiler usa in Dec. and we love it.

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Post by: rick w on March 11, 2012, 11:45:57 PM

check out the portage & main i love mine its a nongasser

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Post by: gsilus on March 12, 2012, 10:36:22 PM

I heat a 5000sqft home and 1100sqft garage with my CentralBoilerE2300(gasser) and really like it. I'd recommend a gasser for less wood consumption.