Hi all,
I have been scanning the posts here for a couple of weeks and I believe a gasification wood boiler may be in my future. I haven't decided on a brand yet because I am not really sure what I need yet. A little back history from me.
My wife and I recently had our 3rd child. We have a 2500sq ft house with a 2 car attached garage. We are going to be building a second story addition to add a bedroom and square footage. We currently have all electric heat with a heat pump. I was going to add a second system upstairs and have 2 zones, upstairs and downstairs.
Last year was a very harsh winter in central Indiana and our electric bills were crazy, +$600 a month. We have a wood insert that I burn when I'm home but my wife doesn't mess with it. It has helped this year so far though. Still, the thought of heating another 600 sq feet is scaring me.
I thought about putting a wood boiler in our attached 2 car garage but need to keep enough space in there so my wife can still easily park her car and load 3 children. It also needs to be easy enough that she can load it when I am on duty at the firehouse.
My plan was to get a HD wagon and haul wood into the garage. Then load the boiler before I left for work and hope that she could just load it when she gets home.
Like I've said, I've been scanning these forums for a couple of weeks but much of this info is above my head. I've never had a boiler before. Heating with a wood stove is nothing new to me though. I think a gasification would be better because I live in a neighborhood, houses on 1 acre lots, and like the idea of less smoke.
Attached is a file to help visualize my house. It sits on a crawl.
Thanks for any and all info.
I have been scanning the posts here for a couple of weeks and I believe a gasification wood boiler may be in my future. I haven't decided on a brand yet because I am not really sure what I need yet. A little back history from me.
My wife and I recently had our 3rd child. We have a 2500sq ft house with a 2 car attached garage. We are going to be building a second story addition to add a bedroom and square footage. We currently have all electric heat with a heat pump. I was going to add a second system upstairs and have 2 zones, upstairs and downstairs.
Last year was a very harsh winter in central Indiana and our electric bills were crazy, +$600 a month. We have a wood insert that I burn when I'm home but my wife doesn't mess with it. It has helped this year so far though. Still, the thought of heating another 600 sq feet is scaring me.
I thought about putting a wood boiler in our attached 2 car garage but need to keep enough space in there so my wife can still easily park her car and load 3 children. It also needs to be easy enough that she can load it when I am on duty at the firehouse.
My plan was to get a HD wagon and haul wood into the garage. Then load the boiler before I left for work and hope that she could just load it when she gets home.
Like I've said, I've been scanning these forums for a couple of weeks but much of this info is above my head. I've never had a boiler before. Heating with a wood stove is nothing new to me though. I think a gasification would be better because I live in a neighborhood, houses on 1 acre lots, and like the idea of less smoke.
Attached is a file to help visualize my house. It sits on a crawl.
Thanks for any and all info.