Installing wood furnace in cargo trailer

bholler said:

But what temp will it be by the time it reaches the house?

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That, IMO is gonna be your ultimate problem with this project. Air not warm enough by the time it reaches Mrs Cat.
It is a real issue with warm air wood furnaces, I've seen indoor installs that didn't work out just because the duct runs were too long or ran through a "unconditioned" space. I would hazard a guess that you have a unfinished basement? Gonna be a real sum beach getting warm air to the rooms running through cold ducts. You would think they would warm up eventually and then transfer heat to the house...doesn't seem to work that way. But when you have the furnace in the basement it heats things up enough just from radiant heat to help offset the duct losses...and it is much closer, so that helps a lot too. Oh, and don't forget, warm air rises, so most indoor installs have warm air flowing to some degree all the time.
The other issue with long ducts is cold air purge. When the blower kicks on you get a blast of cold air...I would think this is even more of an issue in a outdoor set up like this...MC (Mrs Cat) prolly not gonna like CAB (Cold Air Blast) which, with the cyclical nature of a blower on a wood furnace could be a deal breaker even if you get past the other hurdles

Oh and just a tip @catriverrat ...when you reply to somebody just hit the reply button, no need to also highlight and quote them unless you want to just reply to part of their comment...then just highlight and hit the popup "quote" button in that case...the double quotes were makin me cross eyed (er)

jotul? said:

That boiler used 10 to 12 TONS of bituminous coal, AND 4 to 6 cords of wood each and every heating season from the first installed

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jotul? said:

Like I said, someone will have to help with the BTU tables

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that's BBTUs (buttloads BTUs)

Would it be improper to ask for PICS when it's done? Purely for scientifical curiosity, of course.

I just wasted 20 minutes reading this post
Quite entertaining.
And yes, we love pictures!

I don't know.. when EVERYONE keeps telling me that something is a dumb freaking idea.... it makes me think.

Has there been a SINGLE person posting that this idea is even remotely smart, efficient, safe?

JP

JP11 said:

I don't know.. when EVERYONE keeps telling me that something is a dumb freaking idea.... it makes me think.

Has there been a SINGLE person posting that this idea is even remotely smart, efficient, safe?

JP

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Absolutely!

The OP.

catriverrat said:

I have decied to install a stove in the house.Thanks for the info

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Ding Ding Ding, Winner! Winner!

That sucks, I realllllly couldn't wait to see his trailer stove pics.

catriverrat said:

I'll still be below peak of main house 4' but an 20' away from it.

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???? Better check with the pros on this.
I'm glad you picked a better option for heating. Good on you, keep everyone safe.

If you do it that way you will have poor
draft forever as the chimney MUST be
at least three feet above the tallest
obstruction to obtain adequate draft

Have you looked at a coal stoker or wood pellet stove?
You can purchase them as direct vent units.

Your going to spend at least $40 a foot on triple wall stove
pipe versus a direct vent coal stoker stove or direct vent
wood pellet stove with a shorter flue pipe through a wall.

What you do not know is how much or how little draft a corn or peller burner will require.

You may just be fine with a dryer vent reversed into the area where the
pellet stove would be located to let in enough combustion air.

Once a pellet stove is located where you want it, you have it properly adjusted for the feed rate and
the blower shutter opening properly adjusted using a Dwyer vacuum gauge in the flue pipe or the
access door to the stoker.