Heiss Masonary Wood Heater/Boiler

It is sad to hear of the meltdown in relations with the Heiss company. I honestly hoped for them to fine tune their design and become a worthwhile option.

Ever hear if Dryvit? It appears this is what they mimicked in their design with the rigid insulation. Pretty much guaranteed failure with the extreme contrasting temperatures involved..

Best of luck in your legal dealings over this purchase. Affordable home heating with wood can be way better than this.

I am really sorry about your problems with the boiler and issues with the company. You would think they would want to give you a refund rather than go through legal action.........maybe they are not solid enough financially to do that.......I don't know.
Personally speaking, the design never struck me as having much merit and certainly no features that would make me want to buy it instead of a typical hot water type boiler. It appears to be someone's back of the napkin doodling with no sound engineering principles behind it.

[quote="Como, post: 1934334, member: 40]New regs come in this year that may scupper them.[/quote]

I might have messed up that quote, but likely a very good point here. Wouldn't be surprised if they call it quits.

Holy crap.

Holy Crap is right

That truly sucks.

I wouldn't spend too much of your own cash to sue now that you know he's filed for bankruptcy protection. Any secured debt he has (ie. locked doors indicating a lease/mortgage) will be in line in front of any customers in terms of getting money back.

Aside from this fiasco - is your boiler working enough to get you through the winter? Looks like our first snow is coming....

Well that is good news and bad news. Now you can make whatever alterations as you desire without worry of voiding a warranty. With propane prices down maybe you can use both sources for heat and get the wood fired unit as close to perfect as it could be. The money was spent and the heater will heat, maybe not as well as others but it will still heat water. Have you thought of filling the cracks and adding another layer of insulation to it? For a few hundred more it might work well enough to recoup some of your investment.

Best of luck in all directions. Stay warm.

gregoryMI said:

Welp; lawsuit filed court clerk calls me today to let me know, heiss heater is a scam and he is currently locked out of his building, has three orders paid for six+ months and still hasn't delivers, he also is a registered sex offender and filing bankruptcy, in trouble by IRS and a fraud! Wow background check next time, guess I gota bit the big bullet on this one! Still gona Sue for what ever I can..

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@gregoryMI....i live right down the road from you.....are you right off M36??? i believe i have seen this stove a puffing when driving by a few times. I live right down off Barton Road. I have been burning with OWB for years and years. I would be more than happy to come by and try and get the stove to at least function as best it can with the damages it has suffered. I have a few ideas that might at least fix some of the problems you are having. Sorry for your terrible experience.