keep in mind, I live in Maine. we can only buy the new EPA compliant OWB's. in my area the E-Classic is a prominent brand. I got a quote(4yrs ago?) of $12,000.00+/-. i was told by the E-Classic dealer that figure for every 100gals of oil I was using will equal 1 cord of
seasoned hardwood. With that in mind, and with the help of the Hearth crowd on this site, i went with an indoor gasser(Tarm Innova-30) with 820 gals of storage. Cost of these two items was about $11,000.00 plus cost of install. The E-Classic was a litte cheaper on install, but i went with my set up because i can burn less wood than an OWB. Wouldn't take many yrs to cover the cost of install, with figuring burning less wood.
E-Classic---for every 100 gals of oil your burning now= 1 cord of well seasoned wood.
Indoor gasser- 150 gals of oil, closer now to 175gals= 1 cord of seasoned wood.
Also, my gasser is in an out building,unattached garage, which i also store my wood in. Yes i have to go outside to fill the fire the boiler up. Only once a day in the deep of winter. Right now, about every 3 days. Fire wood boiler up and it basically runs wide open until wood is burned out. The 820 gals of storage is charged up and the house pulls off of that in between times. This also includes DHW. Family of 5.
this type of set up, i like it alot. But there are many variations of set ups on this site. Good bunch of people. You've come to the right site. But, got to warn you, generally the people here kinda shun OWB crowd, but in a friendly way
What do you use for heat now? Oil? Gas?
Whats the BTU rating on the boiler now?
How much do you avg in a yr?
and what is your delivery system in your house?
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