New outdoor wood boiler

[mnnovist]

Hello guys, after years of trying to convince my wife we NEED to burn wood to hear out house she reluctantly bit.
As a kid not a cold day went by without stoking the fire in my childhood home. Ten years without wood heat has been killing me! I hate giving money to energy companies when I have the ability to save money with alittle labor.

My wife as a little girl experienced a chimney fire and it almost cost her, her life and home. After years of pleading she let me purchase a wood fired heater that was "safe".

Our home is relatively large and our heat source is off peak electricity backed by propane.... Need I say more? We used to pay roughly $200/mo for heat alone, last year our heating bill never dropped below $700. I'm going to combat this with a new investment that should pay for itself in two years. Living in the middle of a national forest that just experienced 100 mph winds two years ago makes it easy to get wood. We just need a permit which is free and we are able to take as much dead and down wood as we wish. This is what we bought.

[farmertrappe]

NICE, I will have one in my next place. I have friends who won't do with out them. What manufacture is it looks like a central boiler.

[mnnovist]

Farmer, this is a crown royal. This unit capable of burning corn coal or wood. Now I have to plumb it in and get it hooked up and usable. -30 is coming!

[barkspud]

Nice great investment help on the home owners insurance cost to with the fire hazard outside. No mess inside either and thing will eat a big piece of wood wich saves alot of ssawing and splitting. I have several friends that have them and love them. Endless cheap hot water even in the summer..

[mnnovist]

Sept 27, 2014 19:51:17 GMT -5 barkspud said:

Nice great investment help on the home owners insurance cost to with the fire hazard outside. No mess inside either and thing will eat a big piece of wood wich saves alot of ssawing and splitting. I have several friends that have them and love them. Endless cheap hot water even in the summer..

Yes sir! That is the plan! Paying utility companies makes my butt hole pucker. I work way too hard to give it away.

[farmertrappe]

Yo Mnnovist you sure its not the -30 and not the power company that got you puckered up. I also use Crown Royal to keep warm, but I think thats different and it ain't -30 . I believe your family will enjoy your new burner.

[northwoodstrapper]

Great job, you bought that at the right time. Starting in 2015 the EPA will start regulating outdoor wood boilers,go figure. I guess they want to try to make us more dependent on them.

[nytrapper23]

Of course the government is going to over see this,they want their piece of the action. Those are real popular around here,but we can't put them in town any more. People were burning garbage and all kinds of stuff in them so down wind neighbors bitched and now you can't have them with in the village.

[mnnovist]

Yes the rules are becoming increasingly stringent on these everywhere I am hearing. Where I live though I will have no trouble making smoke. I am just thrilled that I will have cheap heat for years to come. I don't mind doing wood at all. I find it enjoyable and rewarding.

[billfosburgh]

ive had mine for 14 winters now. could never do without it. took my furnace out when i put my boiler in.
you hear a lot of people chirp & complain about the amount of wood they use but if your house is insulated good its not bad.
in 14 years ive replaced 3 circulating pumps & 1 snap switch and 2 door gaskets.
1 year i heated entirely with pallets i hauled home from work, i used no cord wood at all.