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The Outdoor Wood Furnace - Benefits and Comparisons
11/7/10 7:00 PM
The Outdoor Wood furnace is by far the best way to heat your entire home! Here's Why...
- With an outdoor furnace, the wood and bugs stay outside
- You only need to split and cut wood to pick it up.
- An outside wood boiler keeps the smoke and dust outside.
- You only need to feed your outdoor boiler fire once a day.
- You can heat about anything with an outdoor furnace.
- An outside wood furnace connects to most existing furnaces.
- A wood furnace burns more efficiently than other indoor wood stoves
- An outside wood boiler can heat domestic hot water
- An outdoor wood furnace can heat your pool or spa
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I have tried about every option out there and I can tell you confidently that an outdoor wood furnace is the easiest and cleanest way to to heat your entire home.
I even have experience in other outdoor wood burning furnaces. I have operated the Central Boiler, Wood Doctor and the Wood Master. I still own the units to show customers the differences between the units so they can make an educated decision.
Outdoor Wood Furnace vs. Wood Stove:
- Refer to list above!
- You will handle the wood a lot more with a indoor wood stove.
- You will burn more wood heating the same area with an indoor stove.
- You can't control heat very well with a indoor wood stove.
- Your at risk of burns (kids) with an indoor stove.
- You can't heat domestic hot water with an indoor wood stove.
- You have to feed an indoor wood stove 5 to 6 times a 24 hour period.
- You can't burn soft woods like pine or hemlock with an indoor wood stove.
- A good indoor wood stove is cost wise is very comparable to an outdoor wood stove.
- Home owners insurance will increase with a indoor wood stove and decrease with an outdoor wood stove.
- You risk carbon monoxide accumulation in the house.
Outdoor Wood Furnace vs Pellet Stove:
- Refer to many of the points above.
- Pellets prices will follow fossil fuel prices.
- You have to buy a fuel source with pellet stove.
- No dust inside the home.
- Can't manage the heat very well with pellet stove.
- As expensive as an outdoor wood stove after install.
- Pellet stove can't heat anything else. (Domestic Hot Water & etc.)
- You can heat multiple buildings with an outdoor wood furnace.
- You can heat a swimming pool or spa with an outdoor wood furnace.
- So on and so on.
Indoor Wood Furnaces VS Outdoor Wood Furnaces
- You need to bring the wood in the home.
- Bugs, smoke, dust and ash are best outdoors.
- Refer to lists above!







