Looking for opinions on a future wood furnace add-on...

Got my Regency insert this fall. It's doing decently with the pile of wood that came with the place when we bought it (August) but I'm starting to think and my wife is starting to necessitate the idea of a more "round the clock" wood burning heating source as I've been basically cutting non-stop of down oak and maple trees off our old farm acreage.

Anyway, I know y'-all got 'em, so please give me your opinions and personal experiences on putting in wood-burning furnaces or basement stove installs to take advantage of existing forced air ducting. I've read time and again on here that stoves in basements don't do enough with uninsulated duct work due to heat loss but what about a wood burning furnace add on like an Englande?

Also, because it's relevant, I have an old farmhouse with a stone basement that is below only the original house (about 25 x 25) and it houses a relatively new (5-10 years old) fuel oil furnace with ducting that runs completely inside the house and vents out of the original center chimney. This chimney is in "excellent condition" according ing to our inspector and has an existing pipe hole from what (according to my neighbors) the original owners used to vent their old wood burning furnace (now gone).

See the photos attached for some detail. My big questions would be, would I boil myself out of the house (1600 sq ft) with a wood burning furnace? What kind of stand-off requirements are there - this would be a few feet at least from stairway, oil tank, water boiler and furnace itself. Am I better off buying a cheaper, smaller freestanding stove and just cycling the forced air fans?

Thanks! Funny enough, I was just reading about the PSG mini caddy. I agree, I don't mind doing the work of tinkering with burns on the insert upstairs but I'd like whatever I put in the basement to be relatively set it and forget it for the day.

Ok, so EPA burner is a much. I'm now looking closely at the PSG and Brunco options mentioned. Most likely this is a 1-3 year from now purchase but, hey, I like to know my options.

I have a huge bandwidth for wood procurement in my immediate surrounding (easily a dozen large maples or oaks down and off the ground on my acreage currently) and then pretty much infinite supply of lumber from the combination of father, father-in-law and good friend's properties all within an hour drive.

Getting wood into the basement? Original owners apparently put it in through one of the ground level windows (hinged) with a little ramp thing. I'd probably do the same every week or two.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks!

Ooh, I like the sound of that Woodchuck 526. Regarding coal, there are sources in my area and especially North but I just have so much hardwood to burn from my own property I can't imagine doing anything but direct sourcing. I also consider cutting, splitting, stacking wood to be my new #1 hobby and I've managed to draft my FIL into service almost every weekend to lend a hand.

JustWood, could you possibly post some photos of your Woodchuck setup? How often are you filling it to maintain indoor temperatures in this recent cold snap? Does it have a tendency to provide (gasp) too much heat?

As I said above, I plan to use the Regency insert for a couple of seasons and do some performance enhancing measures like block-off and insulation but I am bit by the wood bug now and really would like to go all out wood heat.