“It is a wood burner outside that boils water for circulating hot water heat in the house.”
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Yes, I understand what it is, but I have never seen one.
On average, how often does one have to stoke it? Do they have auto-feeders? wood pellets? Does one have to stoke it first thing every morning?
Up here in Canuck land—twice a day to stoke. In our last rental we had one that heated both the house we were renting and the house next door (which belonged to the land lady’s sister). I still prefer the indoor wood stove—we have two of them up here. Most people in our area heat with wood (of course there aren’t that many people).
I’ve only seen them driving past them. For heat at my house I push a button. Did the wood burner in the basement thing but it gets real cold hauling in that wood from a frozen wood pile.