So my $15,000 quote for a Garn 1500 (with the horizontal chimney, water stuff, shipping from MN, etc.) has me looking harder at the alternatives.....Geez that is a lot of money!
I just built a 2200 sqft garage/shop, attached to the house. Radiant in the slab of course.
Initiially I wanted an outdoor gasser. OK, none available with storage, GARN would be great but I'd have 20K in it after the garn barn, insulation, piping, etc. Spending 10K on an outdoor gasser without any history scares me. Econoburn firebox is too small...22" length max....and no storage. CB has had a nightmare. Empyre and all the others...who knows. Minimal storage though.
SO then my thinking leads me to looking at the indoor gassers and storage in an outbuilding. Boiler and 1000 gallons about $10K....plus the building, piping, etc. Maybe down to $15K range now all said and done.
So now my thinking has me exploring an indoor boiler and storage in my new garage/shop space. Many advantages: Building is built (well, almost), overhead door immediately beside stove, mess is outside the house, though in the garage, can load wood easily, lost heat is kept in the garage, don't need to buy 140' of insulated pex (that's over $1K), don't need to build YET ANOTHER outbuilding (though I will need another woodshed...but my wife is looking forward to it!). Biggest disadvantage to me is the room it consumes (though I can easily survive) and the biggest concern I have is fire.
Chimney will be much cleaner than the current woodstove...not concerned about that. If I use the garage/shop as a shop, how much do I need to worry about this draft induced gasser sucking in whatever fumes might be created in the shop and causing trouble?
1. Sawdust in the air....there will be lots of this (I hope!)
2. Polyurethane and other fumes....
3. Spilt gasoline
4. Whatever else I might play with....typically woodshop/garage stuff.
Back in '76 I lost a little brother in a house fire that started by spilt gasoline and a hot water heater pilot light. I have always had a tremendous respect (fear) for all things explosive, especially gas (natural or gasoline). I was dead against putting the gasser in the garage for this reason. I've burned wood in the woodstove forever, so no issues with that. Dry wood, clean the chimney, do it right.
So I also know many folks have woodstoves/furnances in their garages for decades....and who knows what is spilt in there.
Am I overly concerned? WIll the sawdust and fumes just turn into a little extra heat in the gasser?
Thanks for your comments!
I just built a 2200 sqft garage/shop, attached to the house. Radiant in the slab of course.
Initiially I wanted an outdoor gasser. OK, none available with storage, GARN would be great but I'd have 20K in it after the garn barn, insulation, piping, etc. Spending 10K on an outdoor gasser without any history scares me. Econoburn firebox is too small...22" length max....and no storage. CB has had a nightmare. Empyre and all the others...who knows. Minimal storage though.
SO then my thinking leads me to looking at the indoor gassers and storage in an outbuilding. Boiler and 1000 gallons about $10K....plus the building, piping, etc. Maybe down to $15K range now all said and done.
So now my thinking has me exploring an indoor boiler and storage in my new garage/shop space. Many advantages: Building is built (well, almost), overhead door immediately beside stove, mess is outside the house, though in the garage, can load wood easily, lost heat is kept in the garage, don't need to buy 140' of insulated pex (that's over $1K), don't need to build YET ANOTHER outbuilding (though I will need another woodshed...but my wife is looking forward to it!). Biggest disadvantage to me is the room it consumes (though I can easily survive) and the biggest concern I have is fire.
Chimney will be much cleaner than the current woodstove...not concerned about that. If I use the garage/shop as a shop, how much do I need to worry about this draft induced gasser sucking in whatever fumes might be created in the shop and causing trouble?
1. Sawdust in the air....there will be lots of this (I hope!)
2. Polyurethane and other fumes....
3. Spilt gasoline
4. Whatever else I might play with....typically woodshop/garage stuff.
Back in '76 I lost a little brother in a house fire that started by spilt gasoline and a hot water heater pilot light. I have always had a tremendous respect (fear) for all things explosive, especially gas (natural or gasoline). I was dead against putting the gasser in the garage for this reason. I've burned wood in the woodstove forever, so no issues with that. Dry wood, clean the chimney, do it right.
So I also know many folks have woodstoves/furnances in their garages for decades....and who knows what is spilt in there.
Am I overly concerned? WIll the sawdust and fumes just turn into a little extra heat in the gasser?
Thanks for your comments!