Orlan (EKO) owners

[drev2004]

I am thinking off an orlan but woud like to see some setups in eastern ontario would an orlan 18 heat 1300sq feet i have no out buildings how big would i have to build
how much wood will i need how meney times aday will it have to be filled

 

[Nofossil]

I am thinking off an orlan but woud like to see some setups in eastern ontario would an orlan 18 heat 1300sq feet i have no out buildings how big would i have to build
how much wood will i need how meney times aday will it have to be filled

That's a bunch of questions. Here's some for you:

1) Do you have any idea of your heat load? There are heat loss calculators (do a thread search), or you could look at your historical oil or gas consumption for past seasons.

2) Are you thinking boiler only with no storage? That affects how often you need a fire.

I'm heating 3500 square feet in Vermont with an EKO 25, burning about 4 cords per season. I use storage. On days when I build a fire I do the initial build, and either one or two refills.

 

[drev2004]

We used 500 gallons of oil And $500 in woodpellets
we will be adding water storage maybe not at first but before the end of winter how much water do we need

 

[Nofossil]

We used 500 gallons of oil And $500 in woodpellets
we will be adding water storage maybe not at first but before the end of winter how much water do we need

Seems a bit more than I'd expect for 1300 square feet - probably roughly equivalent to my heat load. I use an EKO 25 and it's about right. You could get by with the 18, but I think the firebox is smaller, and if you're planning storage then the slightly larger boiler would be OK.

Without having done a real analysis, I'd expect that 500 gallons of storage would be a minimum to shoot for, and 1000 gallons would be better if you can do it.