I have been heating my home primarily with wood for 13 years. I installed a Clayton 1600 indoor
Wood furnace in 2001, and have been pleased with its ability to heat my whole home. But it is too
much heat for shoulder season, and uses a lot of wood (24-30 splits per day). Also, even with burning
It hot and using well-seasoned wood, it has always generated some creosote.
Last fall I installed our Jotul Oslo F500, on the main floor of our 1900 square foot ranch home (the wood furnace is in the basement). Like many of you, we had a brutal winter here in Ohio, so I still used the wood furnace a lot. But if the daytime temperatures were above freezing, and on many days when the highs were only in the 20s, I used my Jotul - it uses half as much wood as my wood furnace. And on many of the -15 below nights I burned both of my wood units so I wouldn't have to get up in the middle of the night to put more wood on the wood furnace. The Jotul does a great job. Yesterday, I finished cleaning the pipe for my Jotul (including moving the stove out to clean the rear exit flue). And I was THOROUGHLY PLEASED with the small amount of creosote I found. Only about a small cereal bowl of creosote was at the bottom of my pipe when I was finished. One note - I burned it as recommended.....get the stove up to 450-550 degrees, then start closing it down gradually. I always had good secondary burns.
Very pleased, and the Jotul is burning this morning!
Wood furnace in 2001, and have been pleased with its ability to heat my whole home. But it is too
much heat for shoulder season, and uses a lot of wood (24-30 splits per day). Also, even with burning
It hot and using well-seasoned wood, it has always generated some creosote.
Last fall I installed our Jotul Oslo F500, on the main floor of our 1900 square foot ranch home (the wood furnace is in the basement). Like many of you, we had a brutal winter here in Ohio, so I still used the wood furnace a lot. But if the daytime temperatures were above freezing, and on many days when the highs were only in the 20s, I used my Jotul - it uses half as much wood as my wood furnace. And on many of the -15 below nights I burned both of my wood units so I wouldn't have to get up in the middle of the night to put more wood on the wood furnace. The Jotul does a great job. Yesterday, I finished cleaning the pipe for my Jotul (including moving the stove out to clean the rear exit flue). And I was THOROUGHLY PLEASED with the small amount of creosote I found. Only about a small cereal bowl of creosote was at the bottom of my pipe when I was finished. One note - I burned it as recommended.....get the stove up to 450-550 degrees, then start closing it down gradually. I always had good secondary burns.
Very pleased, and the Jotul is burning this morning!
