I see a lot of wood boilers for sale comparatively cheap used due to leaking etc. The leaking got me thinking... maybe it doesn't have to be as complicated as fired enclosure in a boiler tank.
Would it work to have an long wood stove (like pictured) with a 55G steel drum filled with with coolant sitting atop the stove. Then lines would run to/from the house like any other wood boiler. The works would have to be insulated and encapsulated. Obviously there'd be a more complexity to it than this (pressure valves, thermostatic control, etc)... but the concept, would it work?
Would it work to have an long wood stove (like pictured) with a 55G steel drum filled with with coolant sitting atop the stove. Then lines would run to/from the house like any other wood boiler. The works would have to be insulated and encapsulated. Obviously there'd be a more complexity to it than this (pressure valves, thermostatic control, etc)... but the concept, would it work?
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