I'm weighing the options.
Location: Eastern Ontario.
1800 sq ft 1.5 story home.
Masonry walls (blocks of stone, not brick), roughly 2.5 feet thick (from outside to inside lathe and plaster).
Insulation in the ceiling.
Windows are 12 years, double pane.
Fieldstone foundation, drafty.
Currently heating with oil (forced air).
I am looking for an in-expensive (not cheap) way of heating with wood, where I don't need to enter the crawlspace to feed the beast
I am looking for something that has decent length burns (I hope 12 hrs), non-stainless steel(I like the idea of simple welds if crap breaks down), that doesn't require me to push half a forest a year into it and finally,
Videos which just blow my mind as "Holy crap, that's horrible":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Mgn2po54c (6:25->6:28 also proves why she should be wearing steel toes if she isn't).
Right now, I'm considering an indoor wood boiler system (with thermal storage).
I'm still considering a PSG Caddy type system, even though it breaks my "not wanting to enter the crawlspace". Although, this is unlikely.
What are you thoughts on what I am missing on looking for a system that could be mainly a heat exchanger in the forced air and probably a rad or two in the future?
Thanks!