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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: where to find fair honest comparisons for wood stove
« on: November 15, 2020, 08:30:53 AM »
Thank you for the reply's
I guess the fly ash is not like creasolt and does not bond to the surface like my old wood stove chimney. It seemed that if you need the turbolators to move and scrape the flyash that eventually they would clog up the tubes... Central boiler has a good video of how hard it is the clean the turbulators... removing half the top back of the boiler... kinda like saying every this part in the middle of a transmission is hard to replace. At this point in my knowledge of OWB - I have no idea how fast a unit gets "that" dirty...
Searching online there have been no big issues with cleaning them... no screaming of how clogged they get and how someone had to breakdown their boiler in Jan to clean... (although I am sure it happens)
Installations costs are the same for all OWB...
and there is an option to get sell old one and buy a different one - but at GREAT cost - I would prefer to NOT lose $5000 on a bad one
There may be some great ones that are from small companies - I would not take the risk...
so it seems the heatmaster or CR seem to be the best option
I have a couple local people that have them - will talk to them to see who they went though and their experiences
Again - thanks
I guess the fly ash is not like creasolt and does not bond to the surface like my old wood stove chimney. It seemed that if you need the turbolators to move and scrape the flyash that eventually they would clog up the tubes... Central boiler has a good video of how hard it is the clean the turbulators... removing half the top back of the boiler... kinda like saying every this part in the middle of a transmission is hard to replace. At this point in my knowledge of OWB - I have no idea how fast a unit gets "that" dirty...
Searching online there have been no big issues with cleaning them... no screaming of how clogged they get and how someone had to breakdown their boiler in Jan to clean... (although I am sure it happens)
Installations costs are the same for all OWB...
and there is an option to get sell old one and buy a different one - but at GREAT cost - I would prefer to NOT lose $5000 on a bad one
There may be some great ones that are from small companies - I would not take the risk...
so it seems the heatmaster or CR seem to be the best option
I have a couple local people that have them - will talk to them to see who they went though and their experiences
Again - thanks
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / where to find fair honest comparisons for wood stove
« on: November 12, 2020, 10:49:05 AM »
building a new home and want to put in a wood boiler...
A wood boiler is a long term relationship and expensive commitment (with a great cost to change)
so many manufacturers and of course each one claims to be the best...
turbulators make sense - but the area in contact with the smoke - slowing and absorbing heat - makes me wonder how much the junk will stick to the turbulators
makes me wonder how they clean or if they need cleaned...
Central boiler seems to avoid that with their design... but reviews seem to be mixed (people love them or hate them)
I assume the gasifiers all tend to get dirty since they slow the smoke down but get more heat out of the wood
overall - I would lean toward the CB HDX - but like I said so many love/hate
it seems people say - find a dealer and pick one you like.... that is like buying a car because the dealership has doughnuts)
where can I find honest comparisons? (looking here people either are talking about their equipment failures (will happen to all products at one point or another) or are only able to talk about their unit) While you all have great insight - it winds up only about the one unit you have.
your guidance would be appreciated
A wood boiler is a long term relationship and expensive commitment (with a great cost to change)
so many manufacturers and of course each one claims to be the best...
turbulators make sense - but the area in contact with the smoke - slowing and absorbing heat - makes me wonder how much the junk will stick to the turbulators
makes me wonder how they clean or if they need cleaned...
Central boiler seems to avoid that with their design... but reviews seem to be mixed (people love them or hate them)
I assume the gasifiers all tend to get dirty since they slow the smoke down but get more heat out of the wood
overall - I would lean toward the CB HDX - but like I said so many love/hate
it seems people say - find a dealer and pick one you like.... that is like buying a car because the dealership has doughnuts)
where can I find honest comparisons? (looking here people either are talking about their equipment failures (will happen to all products at one point or another) or are only able to talk about their unit) While you all have great insight - it winds up only about the one unit you have.
your guidance would be appreciated
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