Is there a decent add wood furnace for under $2k?

[Drabe95]

I’ve been heating my 1200sqft house with propane and a woodstove in the uninsulated basement. My propane company doesn’t like that I have a woodstove and is talking about taking my leased tank. I’d like to move away from propane for costs reasons. I think an add on furnace is the best bet. Moving the woodstove upstairs is not an option. I know I will lose some heat in the basement. Is there a decent furnace for under $2k?

 

[maple1]

Check out your local prices for a Drolet Tundra 2.

If you do away with propane all together and wood is your only heat source, your insurance company probably won't like that. Kind of curious why the LP guys would do that? There are all kinds of people on here that do wood & LP.

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

Englander 28-3500 or the new (I believe EPA model) 28-4000. We have the 3500 and love it. Lot of people love the Tundra too.

 

[Bad LP]

Tell your LP company to shove the tank up their ass and go to a company without such silliness.

 

[Wood1Dennis]

Tell your LP company to shove the tank up their ass and go to a company without such silliness.

Agreed. I have changed LP companies. Once when the tank lease went from 10 bucks to 100. Nope, not happening. Come and get it, and pay me for the unused gas!

 

[FaithfulWoodsman]

We started burning again for similar problems. Propane went from 2 to 5+/gal one year. We hardly use any propane since we bought the furnace, but have a diff company that is ok with the 200 gal/year we use.

 

[cumminstinkerer]

I own my tank but I went three and one half years on 300 gal, DHW is propane if I don't feel like firing the boiler in the summer and the cook stove is propane, the company I buy LP from is just fine with it as long as I let them know when I will need some in advance so they can deliver my little 300 gal when they are in the area, one driver had to come in the garage and check my boiler out just because he was amazed at how little LP we used lol.

 

[JRHAWK9]

Let them take your leased tank and just buy your own. Then you can also shop around every year for the best price and are not married to the same company because you have their tank.

I'm lucky, as I have a local LP company and also have their 500 gal tank. They do not have any required minimum I have to purchase nor do they have any rental fee. We do pay $0.05 per gallon more though because we have their tank. I have them come out once a year and top me off....normally 100-125 gallons. We use LP for our DHW, furnace (barely any) and clothes drier.

 

[Drabe95]

I don’t want to get away from LP 100%. I just don’t want to pay them $150+/mo for heat each month. I have about 2 years of wood cut right now. I’ve been wanting to go to a furnace for a while now. My englader stove in the unisulared basement is just not enough to heat my old farm house to a comfortable temp. It does great taking the edge off and will keep the house unassisted at 55 during the winter. I don’t see an easy way to insulate my sometimes leaky basement

 

[brenndatomu]

Check out your local prices for a Drolet Tundra 2.

Englander 28-3500 or the new (I believe EPA model) 28-4000.

Main big difference here is no auto draft controls on the Englander...all adjustments are by "Armstrong"

 

[STIHLY DAN]

Auto draft is a MUST...