Wood Fired Furnaces – Recommended Brands
I’ve been looking at wood fired furnaces for several years now and have read up on them. (I live way back in the woods so I have no nearby neighbors and plenty of firewood. I also installed radiant heat pex tubing in the floor to my basement and under portions of my first floor when I build the house. I have not hooked the piping up to a heat source yet.)
Stainless steel fire box, water tank and fire brick all seem important to the overall well being and longevity of the unit.
Does anybody have any recommendation on manufacturers?
Thanks for any comments and recommendations
meade
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Greetings meade,
Perhaps another poster will chime in here to help you out.
Are you talking about an outdoor furnace?
Cheers
Edited 11/16/2004 12:10 pm ET by rez
Correct, an outdoor wood furnace. Sorry if I didn't make my note clear.
Thanks for pointing this out.
meade
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for what it's worth.
Not much talk on here about outdoor furnaces. Perhaps homesteading forums might be worth a shot.
Stainless steel fire box, water tank and fire brick all seem important to the overall well being and longevity of the unit. "
Meade,
Why?
I've been running a wood/coal forced air furnace in my shop for over ten years. Appears to be nothing more than cold rolled steel and cast iron construction. It's rated at a max of 280,000 BTU's, but I only use it to heat about 600 sq ft so it doesn't get that hot. It had fire brick in the lower portion of the fire box, but that disintegrated after the first couple years and it still works fine. and looks like almost new. I think it probably cost less than $500 new (came with the house). Brand name was DECTON, made in Lannon WI.
WSJ
Heat storage. Same as a Russian stove. You burn the wood hot and fast, at a time of your choosing, and store the heat, either in a water tank or in the masonry mass of a Russian stove. The hot burn is the most efficient way to burn wood, and it also eliminates or minimizes creosote, which can be a problem in a stove or furnace that has to burn all night to provide heat.
all good points, I too have a ancient Fischer Papa Bear stove which is 1/4 plate and is solid as the day it was put in...the brick has degraded but of course can be replaced.
From talking with Central Boiler a manufactacer of wood furnaces the water in the tanks acts as the fire brick to adsorb and hold heat.
meade