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[woodywoodchucker]

This spring I'm planning on building a wood shed. I would like to have the boiler inside and insulate around the part the boiler would be in. To one side of the boiler I want to build a chicken coop. My thought is that there must be heat loss with the boiler outside. If I can contain some of that heat I think the boiler would be way more eficant. May have to make a cold air intake for the furnace but I think it can work. Anyone done this? Any thoughts?

[Ridgekid]

You'll be hard pressed looking for heat escaping from a CB!  When I see snow accumulate on top it's apparent it's well insulated. 

[willieG]

i do believe that no matter how well insulated they (OWB) are, in a shed that protects them from the wind will help

no matter what R value you have a home insulated to it will heat easier on calm cold days than windy cold days

i am not certain it will be much but it can't hurt...and it makes it a lot nicer for loading on those windy days and nights. also with a nice sized shed your wood can be inside and not covered with snow and ice and that has to help save some btu's too

[woodywoodchucker]

And hey,don't forget the chickens. They'll be all hutteled up near Woody for heat. The wood storage area well be 16x20 and the overall will be 16x32. In the 12' part I well have room for 6 chicks. My Kioti tracker  and all my wood cutting and burning stuff.

[Tigrod]

I am in the process of building a shed also. Got sick of shoveling four feet of snow of the top of the tarp over my wood in front of the boiler.

Well worth getting away from the agrivatoin

[Bull]

Welcome to the site Tigrod

[MTJAG]

I am in the process of building a shed also. Got sick of shoveling four feet of snow of the top of the tarp over my wood in front of the boiler.

Well worth getting away from the agrivatoin

Aren't you going to miss all that snow that falls down your coat when you are moving it from over your head?  Boy, I especially like that on those cold mornings before the sun comes up!

[woodywoodchucker]

Im thinking that if i had 5 cord of wood being heated and dryed by the furnace.There has to be a savings in wood used during the year.I would think a cord or so.Changed my mind about the chickens. Theyll be fine in a unheated shelter.

[fryedaddy]

Hey guy's I'm new here but noticed the comments about a shed.

The type of stove I have requires a shed but i really enjoy it. I can get out of the rain and store a winters worth of wood it needed.

[johnybcold]

Those chicken farts could turn into BTUs just find a way to funnel then into the CB

[Ohiowood]

Here is my set up. CB insulates very well, snow will sit on top of it, and the thermal pex lines that run into the house never show signs of heat loss! Snow, frozen ground  over them all winter.

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[husky 555]

First year I had my furnace it was open to the elements.  Second year had 16 x 20 pole building built.  Much nicer being under roof and out of the wind, rain, and snow.  I have several rows of stacked dry wood within arms reach.  The only minor down side I have is that smoke can build up as I am loading and cleaning the furnace.

[dwneast77]

I've always had my CB2300 covered.  I could not imagine it otherwise.  Just the few days last year (while under re-construction), I had the roof off and it snowed about a foot.  What a mess.  Re-enforced my feelings of having it covered in.  Smoke is the only drawback.  A good exaust fan helps a lot.  But even still, I'm located on a main road and have had the fire department called twice due to smoke billowing out the building during cleaning.  My unit has had (until last year) a problem with excessive creosote/tar buildup in the bottom of the firebox.  When I try to stir it up or shovel it out it smokes horrendously. 

Now on the heat factor, I don't find that there is much heat to be had escaping into the enclosure.  There will probably be some and it will be noticably nicer than standing outside.  I am set up to heat greenhouses.  They are not running now, but hot water is flowing through the main header assembly (inside my enclosure) that feeds the greenhouses.  Those headers are not insulated in any way at this point and never have been.  I get just enough heat loss from that system to be just noticable in cold weather.  In fairness, the building has a metal roof with no sheething underneath it and the walls are only covered with plastic. 

One idea I'd like to share with regard to building design is this.  One other guy local to me built his structure around his boiler.  His walls appear to be a total of, I think, 10' tall with the first 8' sheethed in.  The upper 1 to 2 feet of the wall is open under the roof line allowing good ventilation while tending the fire, and also good air flow to help dry the wood stored in there.