Sime Boiler/Furnace

Sime? Never heard of it...

"Invest" in technology from "1990" "for your new home" "without breaking the bank" ............ ???
Run, and don't look back, from this "opportunity"

My advise to you: do it once, do it wright or don't bother
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There is fundamental disconnect between buying an indoor wood boiler and then installing it in an outbuilding. Sure it will work but realistically it takes a 2 to 4 hour period to charge up storage, during that period you will need to be going in and out to the boiler every 30 minutes to an hour. Not very practical in winter. I would suggest possibly adding an addition to the house to put the boiler and the storage into so that you can feed it from the indoors.

That said, I have an ancient old technology wood boiler that I salvaged for free. I did install if without storage and I could use it in very cold weather or when I was away and wanted to heat the house up. I did not use it in shoulder seasons as once that air damper closes its a smoke dragon/creosote maker. It did cut my wood usage in my woodstove. A few years later I bought storage and once hooked up I haven't bought oil since. Realistically with storage, you can get most of the bang for the buck from an old tech wood boiler as when you are using storage even an old boiler is pretty efficient as long as its on full fire.

A significant caution is if the boiler doesn't have certification plates, you probably can not install it in many areas and your insurance will most likely not cover it.

By the way generally a wood furnace refers to hot air system and a wood boiler and storage apply to a hydronic system.

Make sure OWBs are legal in CT, they are banned or seriously restricted in many New England States. Definitely look into state and local ordinances and be careful as some wood boiler sellers are not up to speed on the laws. Be careful with used units as they may not meet the current standards.

There is fundamental disconnect between buying an indoor wood boiler and then installing it in an outbuilding. Sure it will work but realistically it takes a 2 to 4 hour period to charge up storage, during that period you will need to be going in and out to the boiler every 30 minutes to an hour. Not very practical in winter. I would suggest possibly adding an addition to the house to put the boiler and the storage into so that you can feed it from the indoors.

A disconnect & the practicality thing depends what you would be comparing it to. If you also might have an outbuilding that you could want to use and keep some heat in all winter, and maybe also has room for the winters wood, and you definitely want the fire & wood out of the house, then it could start to look very practical and not too disconnected if comparing to a typical OWB.