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[nrford]

Tule, perhaps you have not read my previous postings. I said I was looking at having an indoor gassifier by next winter and I supplement NG with the Quad. And I know the Quad doesn't heat the whole house. I may have been born @night it just wasn't last night. All I know for sure is I'm damn glad I found out about indoor gassifiers/storage before I spent the money on an outdoor woodeater!! If a person doesn't at least look @ these he's making a large mistake!

[nrford]

 You can also heat multiple buildings and DHW with one of the gassifiers I am considering. All year long, No SMOKE, In winter time on 4-6 hour burn/day, and one burn every 4-5 days! Depending on area you are going to heat, I'm going to be doing 2200'& DHW on 14-16 facecords/year. That's less than 8 full cords/year. You will be hard pressed to come anywhere near that amount with an outdoor woodeater.

[red devil]

There's alot that determines how much wood you will use for example.How it  was hooked up, how well your house is closed up,what and how your heating your house(forced air,radiators,radiant) theres alot that affects how much you will use I can go on and on but you should check into everything and no matter what WE ALL TOOK THE BLOW AND DID IT ARRRRE WAY good luck and the heck with buying fuel.

[tulenutn2o]

Tule, perhaps you have not read my previous postings. I said I was looking at having an indoor gassifier by next winter and I supplement NG with the Quad. And I know the Quad doesn't heat the whole house. I may have been born @night it just wasn't last night. All I know for sure is I'm damn glad I found out about indoor gassifiers/storage before I spent the money on an outdoor woodeater!! If a person doesn't at least look @ these he's making a large mistake!

I am all for doing one's homework. You still sound 100% against OWB over what you have decided you will do. It is agreed that indoor gasifier and storage works and works for multiple apps as well. I looked into the Euro style boilers and decided to go OWB for the reaons stated before:Sizing of wood, outside was a plus(mess, bugs, whatever), Cost. I didn't want to dedicate space in shop to use for heater. There are gasifiers thats do really well on usage. I personally don't see much diff between indoor storage and euro unit if an outdoor unit was installed inside shop(could do this if you like). Burning wood for heat has taken place for 1000's of years. Many homebuilt furnaces out there 2. Look at Jackel440. Biggest determining factor on usage in an outdoor unit, is to learn it's proper operating parameters. This is the same as any appliance. Outta time for this conversation for now.............

[bgoelz]

I recently purchased an outdoor furnace and did quite a bit of research and ended up buying a Hawken 1100. I would definitely purchase one with a combustion fan though, this unit burns hot enough when heating to eliminate creasote problems, and also keeps a constant water temp. with a short burn cycle. During the winter I can easily get a 12 hr. burn time and in the spring and fall I can get 24 hrs. on a load. We are a family of 5 with a 3700 sf. home and we also use it for domestic hot water. I couldn't be happier with our choice.

[oldchenowth]

I do not have either of the units you are considering.  My research got me to a boiler plate gasifier.  I liked the efficiency of the gasifier and repairability of plate steel.  From what I have been told stainless WILL crack in time and plate WILL rust, I can fix plate much easier.   My gasifier has eaten about 5 full cords since Oct 2010.  Not bad for a 110 year old farm house with little to no insulation (yet).

For info sake I am running a Wood Doctor HE5000.  I did have a little lovers quarrel along the way with the owners, but have since got it resolved and am very pleased with my stove. I did the install myself to try and save money.  As someone else stated, more and more stoves are being well built, you just have to find the one that fits your need and budget.

Good luck and welcome to our little family

[Jbanks]

I have been looking into  Outdoor Wood Stoves.  I can not wait to get mine installed! http://www.profab.org/products/outdoorwoodfurnaces/index.html