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Whats the best way to install an indoor add on wood furnace?

Sep 21, 2008 by krhoads2429 | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Can I grab the plenum from wood stove into my gas furnace cold air return and let my furnace blower be bruited about the hot air from the wood furnace?

Questions about hooking up outdoor wood furnace to indoor propane furnace?

Dec 27, 2006 by Lori W | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Ethical wondering on how best to hook up to a forcced hot air system. Thanks!
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We bought one and have it installed up to the subject of actually connecting it our existing indoor furnace. We have propane as our predominating heat source right now. He was told that it was a unpretentious set up but is hearing conflicting ways to "tap" into it. By a hair's breadth wondering if anyone out there has installed these or knows who we should call. Obviously we are exasperating to save money but want it hooked up real. Thanks!

first off, i will pretend to (i hate to though) that the wood furnace has its own blower, thermostat, and control wiring.

what you necessity to do is tap into the main trunk on the supply and return side. put a one way damper in the duct universal to and from the wood furnace, and do the same in the duct going to and from the gas furnace.

by doing this, when the wood furnace fan kicks on, the dampers for the wood furnace will be pulled passable and the dampers for the gas furnace will be forced shut. similarly, when the gas furnace is perpetual the dampers for the wood furnace will be shut and the ones for the gas will be open.

if you dont use dampers, you will only make a circuit thought what ever furnace is not in use and no air will blow through the whore-house.

you may omit the dampers in the return side on doth units, but you will have some exhilaration loss, but not much

i dont suggest running the two furnaces in series. if you do, you should put the gas furnace first, as another man suggested. the difficulty is, if you run the gas furnace and the wood furnace is cold, you will lose most of the heat from the gas furnace. the wood furnace will act like a thousand work over heat exchanger and you will be heating the great out doors.

desire this helps,
Possum, HVAC guy

Which type of wood heat is best for this situation? Wood stove or Wood furnace? Indoor or outdoor?

Dec 27, 2008 by oregonmom | Posted in Other - Home & Garden

Rightful bought an old farmhouse with 2400 square feet built in 1920. It has a newer electrifying forced air system and is very expensive in winter to heat so we after to put some type of wood heat. Wood is plentiful and cheap here. There are two old chimneys that are in due course covered up and would need work to use. One is in the kitchen and one in the living leeway. I was thinking about a dual purpose wood cook stove that would animate the house as well but now I am thinking maybe a wood furnace might be better or more unwasteful. What are the differences between the indoor and outdoor wood-burning furnaces & (from someone who has one) what do you like about having a wood raging furnace? Also, does a wood burning furnace use it's own chimney or does it have to be hooked up to on that is already there. Of surely I have calls in to a few companies -but everyone is out for the holidays and I won't heed back until next week so I am asking for opinions here. Thanks!
more details: I am conversant with full time and do not mind tending to a woodstove. I lenient of enjoy it. And the more I think about it I would have to admit that, just as noted as saving money, is the fact that I love the way wood impassion feels.

which is more cost effective indoor wood boiler or hot water boiler , i already have gas furnace central?

Jun 11, 2007 by larry w | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

heating and like to add on

if your looking to use wood as a heating excite then you should look into an outdoor wood furnace and you can use your forced air system as all you'll demand is to insert a coil in the duct work and it will profession from you exciting thermostat, I used to sell and set up Heatmore outdoor wood furnace's and they where great, most of the conditions you get a 12+ hr burn on one load and your house will continue to be at what ever you set your thermostat, no smoke, wood mess, ash mess or smell in the snug harbor a comfortable.

How will you heat your home this winter?

Dec 01, 2007 by judy b | Posted in Senior Citizens

We use a indoor wood furnace that heats the diet and hot water and we have a propane gas back up furnace.

It fair-minded doesn't get cold enough down here to have the heat on
( gas leading heating) more than a half dozen times a year. If
it gets callous ( 40's or below) for a few days I might turn on the heat lawful to get the chill off. Otherwise, I will wear sweats and socks. To be fair now I'm ready to walk the dogs and I have on shorts and a t-shirt. ( ok, ok, perchance I am bragging a little) ha
Truth is though, I have been here 30 years and still jealousy those who have the changing of the seasons, snow etc. Really. I lived in Indiana for my first 35 years and still schoolgirl 'home'.