I did not even start it today- think i loaded it 3 times last week. AND i'm only having to put 2-3 Logs in a day or every other day ! Fantastic- and wife is happy now. We lived in the basement with house closed in but unfinished (no insulation upstairs, no soffets, tarpaper roof) Stove ran 24/7- eating a TREE or so a day (15+ cords, I lost count) and all I was able to get was 55 degrees tops ! (wife was very unhappy camper).īuttoned-up the house this year, and started the stove three weeks ago with a cold spell- WOW, what a difference- 74 in basement- 65 upstairs when it's been 12-30 outside overnight. Second year with it- installed last year, 100' from house with pipe 4' underground to radiant pex in the basement floor. (Why it's called a Boiler I don't know- it doesn't 'boil', unless the damper sticks open and water reaches 212) I suppose we have to pass Laws to protect the stupid. I asked how much smoke he was producing and he laughed and said that sometimes he couldn't even see the woods through the smoke. They stated that they fill it as full as they can with green wood and it would hold a fire that long. I was talking to someone the other day and they were bragging about only having to fill there OWB everyother day. It really irritates me that OWB are getting such a bad rap, but it's the owners that are screwing it up for everybody. I only fill it once a day, and always at night. I'm extremely careful to burn dry good wood and I'm not having an issue with the smoke output, but I'm sure at somepoint someone else will put an OWB in and not take care of how they will burn it. I'm extremely pleased with the CB and would recommend it to anyone that lives in a rural setting but I am going to "up-grade" to an EKO gasifier within the next two years as there is talk in town about outdoor boiler ban in the village. I use approximately 8 full cords for heat. I have approximately 5 acres but live in a village. I do not heat dw as I have natural gas service and there is a minimum charge so I may as well use it while paying for service. My house is approximately 1400 sq ft with a full basement. I'm located in West Michigan and use a 2006 Central Boiler 6048.
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