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[Rockarosa]

Hello all, first time post on here. I have a 250 MS Empyre Cozeburn made by Pro-Fab. This is my 4th winter and I love this furnance. Really alot of good info on here. I just replaced the blower, only problem so far. I spent about 3 thousand a heating  season on fuel oil till I put this in. Glad I did it!!

[BoilerHouse]

 They are a great way to save mega bucks but unless one likes puttering around outside  with cutting and splitting firewod, tossing in wood, pulling out ashes and general maintenance than they are probably not for everyone.

[Bull]

Welcome to the site Rockarosa, enjoy your stay and stop by often. Plenty of good info on here.

[Rockarosa]

Thank You, I have been reading this forum for awhile--very helpful. I guess every OWB and house responds differently. After 3 years I think I found what I call the sweet spot. You know, how much wood to put in, where to set the thermostat, how long will the fire last when you go to work. I have an old 2800 sq. ft. farm house on 50 acres, the last winter I bought fuel oil I spent 3 grand and was cold. This was one of my better ideas!

[jackel440]

welcome to the forum
sure is nice to watch the lp truck drive by

[Rockarosa]

Thank You for the welcoming, yeah, I watch the fuel oil truck go by. The last I checked fuel oil was $3.82 a gal. That would cost me around $600 a month and be chilly in the house. I just worry how long I'll be able to cut all the wood. I'm 59 years old, but in pretty good shape, it all goes so quickly!

[jackel440]

Well the more you get out there do the better off you will be doing
Getting out and doing stuff is the best thing you can do for your health.

[beeman]

agree jackel i dont consider the work for the stove work but it has made a change it shure makes you feel real good when i cought the wife checking me out all fat is turning into musel  now for brain food to help spelling

[jackel440]

agree jackel i dont consider the work for the stove work but it has made a change it shure makes you feel real good when i cought the wife checking me out all fat is turning into musel  now for brain food to help spelling

I agree!
Now if there was something to take for the noggin we'd have it made.

[Bull]

agree jackel i dont consider the work for the stove work but it has made a change it shure makes you feel real good when i cought the wife checking me out all fat is turning into musel  now for brain food to help spelling

Just turn on spell check in your browser and eat what you want LOL

[Roger2561]

Thank You for the welcoming, yeah, I watch the fuel oil truck go by. The last I checked fuel oil was $3.82 a gal. That would cost me around $600 a month and be chilly in the house. I just worry how long I'll be able to cut all the wood. I'm 59 years old, but in pretty good shape, it all goes so quickly!

Welcome to the site, Rockarosa;  Like you, I used to heat my house with fuel oil but it would have cost me $5,000.00 to heat my house this year.  My house was built somewhere around the 1840's, perhaps older than that so I can empathize with you.  With the oil, not only was it difficult to stay warm but it became cost prohabitive.  It was 15 degrees this morning and it would have been cold in house when I heated with oil but the house was 70 degrees; toasty warm.

I do not have a wooded lot from which I can fell my own trees so I have to purchase my firewood log length.  For an 8 cord load of logs, I paid $800.00.  Granted I had to buck it up, split it and stack it, it beats paying $300.00 a cord for dry wood. 

Enjoy your stay on this site.  You'll find a lot of smart people on here who are willing to share their knowledge with you.

Roger

[Rockarosa]

Thank you Roger, At 800 dollars that's not bad. It's alot of work getting the wood but I do enjoy it. I would be spending $600 dollars every other pay, get paid twice a month. Looked at some Woodmaster  furnances yesterday up near SugarCreek Oh. pretty nice design. But I really like my Empyre Cozeburn. I don't hear too much about them on this forum though.

[martyinmi]

Your Empyre Cozyburn is a reliable workhorse. If you ever get a chance, go look at CB's classic conventional boilers(5036-6048). The burn chamber in cloned after yours- or visa-versa. There are more of them in this area than there are CB's, and I've never heard any complaint's about them. I'm not sure how efficient they are, but the guys around here claim they will burn anything, and that sells a lot of folks on them.

[Rockarosa]

Yes, I have looked at Central Boilers. There's a dealer about 50 miles away from me in Sardis Ohio. It's around 20 degrees outside- house is nice and cozy.

[oldchenowth]

I gotta agree with jackyl, my step dad is 72 and we still cut together.  He's probably more fit than I am because he gets out to cut more than I do.  My dang job gets in the way of my personal life. Guess retirement really IS the way to go.