Sounds like a very resourceful system.
And expensive.
In your opinion, are the benefits worth the expensse of your investment?
Thanks again,
Red.
I burn my own wood, so it paid for itself in 3 years. I don’t have the papers in front of me, but it was just under $8000, and that includes the installation.
Most wood I see in our area is about $35-45 for a pickup load. I’ve never estimated what it would take to buy the wood. I believe it would still be cheaper than oil or propane heat. Southern Ohio winters vary, but if you figure an average of the mid-twenties Fahrenheit, for Dec, Jan, and Feb, then you’d be in the ballpark. Add Nov & Mar in the 30’s, and you’d have about 5 months of heating to provide for.
My guess is a thousand bucks, so that’s probably a little less than most folks winter heating bill. It would take them longer to break even, but they would. The heat is a good quality, warm heat, unlike electrical heat.
And, I’m heating water and an additional 625 sq ft building, so for a typical 2000 sq ft home, I imagine it would be less than a thousand.