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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisRet" data-source="post: 647325" data-attributes="member: 5826"><p>I'm in Ontario, old farm house heated with oil. A few years ago I almost put in an outdoor wood furnace, had it all speced out and then talked to some folks at a horse banquet who have an outdoor wood furnace. He was keen on it, she took my wife aside and said "don't do it!". So I looked around some more and put in geothermal with ground loops. For the winter I had wood backup, but I've since switched to a nice propane fireplace big enough to keep the first floor liveable in a power failure.</p><p></p><p>The trouble with the outdoor wood, and the reason folks end up hating it is the smouldering smoke in the yard all winter. They don't have tall stacks so the smoke is low, and the wood smoulders when the flues are shut. I have seen places wrapped in smoke in the morning! My wife is asthmatic, which is why I had to get rid of the wood stove. Smaller villages around here are starting to ban outdoor wood furnaces because of the annoying smoke and smell.</p><p></p><p>So if you're looking at outdoor wood, be sure to visit a place while it is burning and see what happens when the thermostat shuts off the airflow to bank the fire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisRet, post: 647325, member: 5826"] I'm in Ontario, old farm house heated with oil. A few years ago I almost put in an outdoor wood furnace, had it all speced out and then talked to some folks at a horse banquet who have an outdoor wood furnace. He was keen on it, she took my wife aside and said "don't do it!". So I looked around some more and put in geothermal with ground loops. For the winter I had wood backup, but I've since switched to a nice propane fireplace big enough to keep the first floor liveable in a power failure. The trouble with the outdoor wood, and the reason folks end up hating it is the smouldering smoke in the yard all winter. They don't have tall stacks so the smoke is low, and the wood smoulders when the flues are shut. I have seen places wrapped in smoke in the morning! My wife is asthmatic, which is why I had to get rid of the wood stove. Smaller villages around here are starting to ban outdoor wood furnaces because of the annoying smoke and smell. So if you're looking at outdoor wood, be sure to visit a place while it is burning and see what happens when the thermostat shuts off the airflow to bank the fire. [/QUOTE]
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