Hi,
We just purchased a 1500 sq. ft. Cape style home which is only 3 yrs old. We are spending $500.00 per month on baseboard oil to heat the water and rooms of this medium size house. We were considering a wood stove for the basement, but heat has to travel through stairwell to main and upper floor. The previous owner burned 5 cords of wood using large cast iron stove but temps. were 90 degrees in basement and 65-70 in 3rd floor bedrooms. Friends are telling us about wood boilers to attach to the existing oil boiler. Very confused about which is best??? Looked at Tarm, Yukon Eagle, Greenwood, Wiel-McLain and EKO Boilers but not sure how to determine which is most reliable, safe and cost effective for the prices as the pendelum swings wide on pricing. Also the cement floor in unfinished basement has radiant heat which I think is costly and because we can barely afford to keep the thermostat at 55 degrees, the floor is still very cold! :-( Any experts out there on wood boilers would be great! A friend tried to talk us into buying an 8 year old "Marathon" through a local classified paper but it looked like a Texas smoker for bbq. Would love help... Thanks! Sue
We just purchased a 1500 sq. ft. Cape style home which is only 3 yrs old. We are spending $500.00 per month on baseboard oil to heat the water and rooms of this medium size house. We were considering a wood stove for the basement, but heat has to travel through stairwell to main and upper floor. The previous owner burned 5 cords of wood using large cast iron stove but temps. were 90 degrees in basement and 65-70 in 3rd floor bedrooms. Friends are telling us about wood boilers to attach to the existing oil boiler. Very confused about which is best??? Looked at Tarm, Yukon Eagle, Greenwood, Wiel-McLain and EKO Boilers but not sure how to determine which is most reliable, safe and cost effective for the prices as the pendelum swings wide on pricing. Also the cement floor in unfinished basement has radiant heat which I think is costly and because we can barely afford to keep the thermostat at 55 degrees, the floor is still very cold! :-( Any experts out there on wood boilers would be great! A friend tried to talk us into buying an 8 year old "Marathon" through a local classified paper but it looked like a Texas smoker for bbq. Would love help... Thanks! Sue