Indoor wood boiler

[bigbird]

Any preferences on a in door wood boiler ? I am looking to put the boiler in a detached 4 car garage/ storage bldg. Would like to heat both garage adn 2500sq ft house. House has baseboard and radient floor. Local dealer is pushing the Harman.

Thanks in advance for everyones help.

 

[Eric Johnson]

I would research a gasifier like Tarm, Econoburn, EKO, BioMass, Wood Gun, Greenwood or Seton. You'll burn a lot less wood, make no smoke or creosote and be happier, overall I think, than you would with a conventional wood-fired boiler. The only drawbacks are higher upfront cost and you need very dry wood for a gasifier. I didn't know that Harman made chunkwood boilers. From what I read on the Pellet forum lately, I don't think I'd consider one.

 

[bigbird]

Thanks for the info.

As for the CODE. I have a wood / forced hot air in there now. I live in a rural area and don't see this being much of a problem.

 

[flyingcow]

Thanks for the info.

As for the CODE. I have a wood / forced hot air in there now. I live in a rural area and don't see this being much of a problem.

If you got a good ins. agent that you can ask questions off the record, you might want to bounce this off them. I also live in a no code enviroment, but i had to convince my ins. co. that I would not store any type of fuel in the garage. No lawn mowers etc.

 

[Willman]

As for the CODE

Forget the code, your insurance company is THE code. They do not automatically stroke a check to the person suffering a loss. They have all kinds of professional engineers with magnifying glasses out inspecting your premises after a loss. Just looking for a legitimate reason to deny the claim. And they will do just that in a heart beat. Leaving anyone with a mortgage payment on a pile of rubble in addition to cleanup and disposal costs.

Will

 

[ssupercoolss]

from what i understand harman may not be able to deliver any new units for quite some time now. like maybe into next year. i hava a deposit on a harman boiler that was supposed to be produced the begining of july. havent seen it yet, so i am getting a little worried. but, what i am trying to say is availabilty may fall into one of your criteria.

 

[muncybob]

Another question on an indoor boiler.....a dealer representing Econoburn told me yesterday that a terra cotta lined chimney in good condition will be fine to connect their boiler to. I explained it is an "outside" chimney and I thought I would need to install an insulated SS liner but again he said what I have is fine?

 

[Eric Johnson]

It's code compliant. You shouldn't have any problems with creosote production with an Econoburn if you operate it correctly, so I'd say a tile-lined chimney in good condition should be fine if it has sufficient draft.