Hi, I live in a 1300 sq. ft modular home with an oil furnace and HW baseboard heat. I want to supplement my heat with a stand alone wood furnace with forced hot air to floor registers in each room and eventually get rid of the oil supply all together. I only say this is what I want because this is what I had in my old house 20+ years ago and it worked well. Wood is very obtainable where I live and if something were to happen that there wouldn't be any oil deliveries for some time I would still have heat. I spend around $2500-$3000 per winter on oil now so I think a good wood furnace placed down the basement and then running the duct work would pay for itself pretty quickly. I just haven't figured on how to get hot water if I want to get completely off oil, right now I get the hot water off the oil furnace also.
my question to start with is is there a unit in which I can have forced hot air and eventually make hot water for the taps, shower, laundry and dishes. I can spend a few thousand and believe in buying once rather than cheap once and good the second time around.
Thanks for any and all replies.
my question to start with is is there a unit in which I can have forced hot air and eventually make hot water for the taps, shower, laundry and dishes. I can spend a few thousand and believe in buying once rather than cheap once and good the second time around.
Thanks for any and all replies.