CENTRAL HEAT POLL: Which is best OWB, IWB or Wood Furnace

[derbygreg]

What is your opinion

 

[rx7145]

Well I like (and have) a OWB. But for some people a IWB (or boiler) is best. All depends.

 

[hanko]

I think your tying to start a major war

 

[JeffHK454]

Best what?

efficiency , convenience, safety , cost effectiveness

Pointless poll ... I personally would love a 75-85% efficient OWB sitting about 5 feet from my back door.

Little fire hazard, no mess inside , long burn times and almost no smoke!

 

[Wood Butcher]

Like others say, you're combining too many things. I like outdoor boilers but I have an indoor furnace currently. Indoor ones use less wood IMHO, but outdoor tent to have bigger doorways so you can shove all sorts of unsplit stuff. Also is nice having the smoke outside, and I had to get a different insurance company as I was turned down due to it.

Next house I build will most likely have an OWB though, mainly so I can heat hot water and air for the clothes dryer.

 

[MNfarmer]

anything that burns wood is better than paying the oil companies all winter long!!!!! I personally have an IWB, mainly because I got a good deal on it.

 

[ktm rider]

anything that burns wood is better than paying the oil companies all winter long!!!!! .

Because of my past experience with OWB's, I am a HUGE indoor boiler fan as some of you guys well know but I think MNfarmer nailed it with this statement.

 

[ropensaddle]

I bought a wood furnace used two hundred ten years
before I had a use for it but knew I may quit renting some
time. I love it the price was great it is a basement furnase
that I converted to outdoor works great and is cheap to run!

 

[mga]

around here several towns are now banning OWB and some have banned them completely. the people that have them now, are "grandfathered" in the new laws but must install and keep an emission monitor on them. one town reserves the right to shut it down if the emissions surpass EPA standards.

so, i'll never be able to get one, so my vote goes to inside wood burners.

 

[ropensaddle]

around here several towns are now banning OWB and some have banned them completely. the people that have them now, are "grandfathered" in the new laws but must install and keep an emission monitor on them. one town reserves the right to shut it down if the emissions surpass EPA standards.

so, i'll never be able to get one, so my vote goes to inside wood burners.

Wtf what is the difference in emissions that is stupid
the freaking government is getting too big for its britches.

 

[ktm rider]

around here several towns are now banning OWB and some have banned them completely.

This is why you just buy an INDOOR boiler and buy a small Home Depot 10x10building for it if you don't have a garage. That way you still don't own an OUTDOOR boiler, you don't have to abide by these rules, you get much better efficiency and you still save about $1,000 even with buying the building for the boiler..

 

[mga]

This is why you just buy an INDOOR boiler and buy a small Home Depot 10x10building for it if you don't have a garage. That way you still don't own an OUTDOOR boiler, you don't have to abide by these rules, you get much better efficiency and you still save about $1,000 even with buying the building for the boiler..

i just read about it yesterday. in fact, they mentioned the enclosed ones as well. the worded it in such a manner that there is no getting around it.

coincidently, the newspaper ran an article about a week or so ago about the patio fireplaces as well. some local towns have banned them too.

and, the best part is that the existing ones (owb) can operate only if there are no more than 3 complaints against them. any more than 3 then they have to be removed.

 

[stipton]

If I had to give one reason for choosing an owb would be SAFETY. There is NO way you can burn down your home with buring outside. Indoor smoke, smell and cleanup is non-existant with an owb. I feel I deserve some sort of discount on my homeowners insurance since the only equipment that can explode is my microwave.