Thanks for everyone's input! We will be going with the Napoleon 1900 and insulating the concrete floor with foam panels. I will post pictures as the...
Yes, electric is already run and no, the ph is not built yet. So we may be ahead of the curve on that one. Any thoughts on how the concrete floor...
No septic yet. Waiting to determine where the house will go. We are using a sawdust toilet. No moving the camper every couple days. Once the barn is...
Pretty sure the furnaces require electricity to some degree, whereas a simple wood stove does not. I struggled with this part of the decision for...
The land is surrounded on all four sides by state forest. What we have is privately owned, nicely nestled inside the SF boundaries. We lucked out! It...
Thank you for all the responses! Now, to answer some questions and provide some background... 1. Yes, we will be living in a camper parked in a pole...
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That would be funny, wouldn't it? I knew I forgot something in the post. The pole barn will be insulated probably with 3" thick styrofoam sheets....
Greetings all! We are building a pole barn to park our camper in for the winter. The catch is that we will be living in the camper/pole barn as well...
No, these are indoor wood burning furnaces. I believe each of these has the capability to pre-heat DHW via an additional accessory.
Laynes69 How large is the area you are heating and how is it laid out? (1 story, 2 story, caddy in the basement? Sq. footage, etc...) Also, do you...
Is there much smoldering or smoke with the Caddy? With good fuel and fire of course :-) Also, did you have any issues with the shoulder season?...
I do not know my heat load. My plan was to have the fan on the upstairs heat pump running and pulling the heated first floor air through the upstairs...
Thanks for the reply! Regarding smoke, I know that technically if you are burning good clean fry fuel, there should not be much smoke once you get a...
Greetings all! First I want to thank all of the dedicated members of this forum! I have learned so much just by reading past posts. By doing so, I...
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