Thinking about replacing my older central A/C compressor and oil furnace with a reverse cycle heat pump and an add-on wood furnace.
My biggest question is: If I replace the oil burner, can I reuse its flue for the wood burner?
The flue is part of a center of the house / 2 flue masonry chimney in a well insulated <1500SQFT ranch. In the main floor fireplace is a Regency i2400 woodstove w/ stainless steel liner. The 2nd flue vents the oil burner in the finished basement’s large utility room.
I would guess I would need to relocate the air handler to the other side of the water heater.
Other than re-plumbing some of the ducts, would this be a pretty simple install?
Would I vent the wood furnace just like the oil furnace? How could I install a stainless liner?
![Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics) Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics)](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/118/118118-fd954feb89e3e17a13f259a4299eb582.jpg)
Yellow plug was a quick/easy way to power the furnace with a genny... Snowmageddon DC 2010.
![Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics) Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics)](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/118/118120-c3d829be722f29275ac29b2d3a23f8f4.jpg)
My biggest question is: If I replace the oil burner, can I reuse its flue for the wood burner?
The flue is part of a center of the house / 2 flue masonry chimney in a well insulated <1500SQFT ranch. In the main floor fireplace is a Regency i2400 woodstove w/ stainless steel liner. The 2nd flue vents the oil burner in the finished basement’s large utility room.
I would guess I would need to relocate the air handler to the other side of the water heater.
Other than re-plumbing some of the ducts, would this be a pretty simple install?
Would I vent the wood furnace just like the oil furnace? How could I install a stainless liner?
![Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics) Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics)](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/118/118118-fd954feb89e3e17a13f259a4299eb582.jpg)
Yellow plug was a quick/easy way to power the furnace with a genny... Snowmageddon DC 2010.
![Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics) Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics)](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/118/118119-1da3c38f0079bd1af0fb3bb4b59688e6.jpg)
![Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics) Another… Thinking about installing an indoor wood furnace (w/ pics)](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/118/118120-c3d829be722f29275ac29b2d3a23f8f4.jpg)