I am going to be taking a serious look at greenwood boilers next week.
I spoke with the dealer for my area and was very impressed.
He has 30 years experience in the heating business.
He just started selling Greenwoods but he is very excited about them.
He was able to answer all my questions intelligently.
For example Creosote buildup problems - improper burning.
Blowback problems - inadequate draft and don't open the door to peek at the fire until it's almost out.
Can you burn wet wood - no at least not without losing a lot of heat up the chimney up to 40%.
Cracking firebox -- Yes that will happen in all units - it's cement and the stresses of heating up and cooling down will inevitably crack the
firebox but won't effect performance.
The owner will do the site review and will give a complete quote for a fully installed system.
He or his workers will do the installation if we decide to go that way.
I'm still not completely sold on Greenwood but I'm thinking the enormous heat storage that the concrete floors offers (10,000 sf of radiant heated concrete) and if necessary additional water storage,
I should be able to make the system work. Of course I could probably say that about most of the boilers mentioned here if they had that much storage.
Although greenwood is relatively new Seton has been around a long time.
My impression is that Seton uses a similar system.
I.e. lots of refractory brick and not a lot of water.
I wonder how the refractory in those hold up over twenty or thirty years.
Anyway after reading the posts here I haven't seen anyone really happy with the greenwood and I'm wondering if I missed them.
I spoke with the dealer for my area and was very impressed.
He has 30 years experience in the heating business.
He just started selling Greenwoods but he is very excited about them.
He was able to answer all my questions intelligently.
For example Creosote buildup problems - improper burning.
Blowback problems - inadequate draft and don't open the door to peek at the fire until it's almost out.
Can you burn wet wood - no at least not without losing a lot of heat up the chimney up to 40%.
Cracking firebox -- Yes that will happen in all units - it's cement and the stresses of heating up and cooling down will inevitably crack the
firebox but won't effect performance.
The owner will do the site review and will give a complete quote for a fully installed system.
He or his workers will do the installation if we decide to go that way.
I'm still not completely sold on Greenwood but I'm thinking the enormous heat storage that the concrete floors offers (10,000 sf of radiant heated concrete) and if necessary additional water storage,
I should be able to make the system work. Of course I could probably say that about most of the boilers mentioned here if they had that much storage.
Although greenwood is relatively new Seton has been around a long time.
My impression is that Seton uses a similar system.
I.e. lots of refractory brick and not a lot of water.
I wonder how the refractory in those hold up over twenty or thirty years.
Anyway after reading the posts here I haven't seen anyone really happy with the greenwood and I'm wondering if I missed them.