Lil House heater / wood furnace

• Lil house heater

I didn't mean to sound like I was a know it all but I figured this was the mfg looking to push his heater on the forum and I really didn't want to get into a long debate with him of the short comings of his unit/installation.

T_Bone

As too the heater? WOW where to start! There's just so many "wrong" things about the installation that I could write a book.

The website should be labeled "how not install a wood heater"

That makes me wonder if the firebox design is very efficient?

Please check your local building codes and besure to show them the pictures of this guys quality installation. I'm sure you'll get a few comments from the county building engineer and local fire marshall.

Makes me wonder if the UL listing is just not the fan componets that has passed UL testing and not the heater unit?

T_Bone
28yr Member of ASHRE (American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers)

25yrs Certified TAB Engineer (Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Engineer)

25yrs Certified Indoor Air Quality Engineer

25yrs Certified Energy Managemant Engineer

28yrs as a AWS CWI(AWS Certified Weld Inspector)

40yrs in the HVAC&R Industry

Are you sure you want to go toe to toe with me?

T_Bone

Then I owe you a apology as it sure appeared that way.

I already gave you my opinion of the unit. That doesn't mean there's not another good unit made out there. Wood is a four heat source, once cutting, once splitting, once stacking, once loading :) plus you get to go out in the cold each night to load the unit. Have you thought about building your own from stone and mortar? How about the Russian firelplace designs?

If I was going to install a outdoor burner, I'd atleast want a all nighter sized box with a indoor damper control rod.

Depending on how the rooms are laid out, some times a return fan system works better than a supply fan system.

Have you considered using solar HW heat? For under a $1000 in parts you can heat from the sun.

T_Bone

I think you'd lose some heat in the ductwork outside, since it doesn't look to be insulated.

And it looks like it'd be easily removed in the off-season, so why involve your insurance company in the decision-making?

Speaking of insurance... They wanted to know how mine was installed, who did it, when, what the chimney looked like, and how close to the walls it was. They also asked about double-walled pipe anywhere it goes through a wall. And that was State Farm I was dealing with. So I think they should be pretty fine with this installation.