Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers with NON EPA-Certified Models Only => Home Made => Topic started by: Shockley on November 30, 2010, 04:03:11 PM
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Well, I am building a new house, and plan to have wood heat as my primary source of heat. I am planning to buy a small wood furnace, and use it outside. I will put in inside of a steel building, (no wood parts), and have a dedicated flue for the furnace.
I figured the furnace will stay dry, and so will I while loading and cleaning the furnace. I also plan to have a small stack of wood in the steel building so dry wood will be available in bad weather.
I was wondering if anyone else had tried this setup, and how it worked out for them.
Shockley
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There is a thread on arobrsite now about a guy that put a forced air furnace outside. He put a layer of reflectex, framed with steel studs, fiberglass and another layer of reflectex, he insulated chimney good also.
If I were gonna used forced air I think I would go with a lil house heater, they are about 1500 I think. Unless you already have a stove.
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my brother in law and myself built a forced air outdoor furnace last year.it sits outside but could easly be put in a metal shed.Also firechief makes a pretty good sized outdoor forced air wood furnace.I have a post under the homemade section about my furnace.My brother in law built his and it sits inside a galvanized steel hog hut that stands on its end and is protected from the elements.