Alternatives to Indoor Wood Heaters: The Outdoors Wood Stove Boiler
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A wood heater inside your house can cause some problems. While the indoor wood stove can be as safe as any furnace if installed properly and operated responsibly, hauling wood into the house isn’t for everyone. Not only is there more work, but a bit of a mess as well. And don’t forget about hauling out the ashes! Many homeowners want the economic benefits of burning wood but aren’t willing to install a traditional heater in their house.
A outdoor wood boiler, on the other hand, keeps the mess outside. As well, you can plumb it in to in-floor heating or use a heat exchanger in your regular furnace. A plain wood stove doesn’t have these options. Also, you can put larger amounts of fuel in the boiler furnace than a smaller stove, and this means filling it with wood less frequently. It can be up to 500 feet from the building, which means the wood supply can be situated well away from the front yard.
A common outdoor wood boiler design is to have a wood furnace surrounded by a water jacket. As the wood heats the water, the water circulates back to the house to a heat exchanger for heating the home or the domestic water supply.
If you are wanting to hat your home with wood, it is worth looking into outdoors wood stove boilers. They can be a good alternative to the traditional wood stove.
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