I'm always looking for ways to improve things. As we heat with wood exclusively, with a oil monitor back up. I was looking for ways to improve the heating in our house, reducing wood consumption, doing multiple things with wood, DHW, cooking and baking, longer burn times, just trying in general to improve the way I use wood. This is what brought me to this forum.
I've been reading here just about everyday since I have joined. All over the boiler forum, and the hearth room mostly, reading mostly what others or doing and so on.
I was wondering is anybody here was using a masonry heater? and if you don't have one what do you think of Masonry heaters?
The one I was looking was www.heatkit.com A real good friend of mine has one in his house and loves it.
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Benefits:
-easy on the wood pile
-no temperature spikes
-even heating
-oven, dhw heater available option
-utilizing the wood for max BTU much like a gasification boiler then storing the BTU's for up to 24hrs.
-clean burning
-safe as the fire is only present for 2 to 3 hrs.
-does not need electricity
draw backs:
-there not cheap $10,000 to $30,000
-permanent need a jack hammer to remove it
-does not heat like a boiler system, can't be zoned as a boiler storage system could be used.
Can one think of any other benefits or draw backs using these heater vrs other systems? What or your thoughts on these units. Or they to good to be true?
I've been reading here just about everyday since I have joined. All over the boiler forum, and the hearth room mostly, reading mostly what others or doing and so on.
I was wondering is anybody here was using a masonry heater? and if you don't have one what do you think of Masonry heaters?
The one I was looking was www.heatkit.com A real good friend of mine has one in his house and loves it.
(broken link removed) another unit
(broken link removed)
Benefits:
-easy on the wood pile
-no temperature spikes
-even heating
-oven, dhw heater available option
-utilizing the wood for max BTU much like a gasification boiler then storing the BTU's for up to 24hrs.
-clean burning
-safe as the fire is only present for 2 to 3 hrs.
-does not need electricity
draw backs:
-there not cheap $10,000 to $30,000
-permanent need a jack hammer to remove it
-does not heat like a boiler system, can't be zoned as a boiler storage system could be used.
Can one think of any other benefits or draw backs using these heater vrs other systems? What or your thoughts on these units. Or they to good to be true?