Actually if you take into consideration the dates of those entries, they were back when many on Hearth were fairly new to gasification and much of the experimental settings tried back then are common knowledge to EKO and other gasser operators that make use of the info in the Boiler Room of Hearth.com now in 2013. Learning curve is pretty much the same on most all gassers. When newbies post their problems here, It doesn't take long for the collective knowledge of the members here to get them going in the right direction.
Even if I had space for wood in my basement, I wouldn't store my wood in there. Every stick of wood I burn is brought in on a cart every day. Firewood is too dirty, stinky, buggy and damp for me. That space would better serve you if there was a storage tank there. It's seems to be impossible to convey to an operator of a boiler just exactly what It does for you in terms of convenience and clean fires and clean chimney and boiler. With storage you can leave the house in the AM and be assured that you will return in the evening to a warm house that doesn't smell like an old tar pit.
I re-read your OP. You said you currently heat with oil.........have you considered putting the oil tank outside and either using kerosene or building an enclosure around it and still using oil. Kero is really not that much more $$$ when you consider the price of oil in general, plus you won't be using much if your all set up with gasification and storage. Propane could be another option or electric, but moving the tank to the outside on a small slab and using kero would be the least cash outlay. Remember it's backup heat now.
You made a good decision when you picked that boiler over the alternative. It's a beauty. I congratulate you on your decision. Wood gun needs storage as much as any cycling gasser regardless of the sales pitch.
