28 cord of wood should heat 3 houses with a lousy system. That's insane. I'm on pace for about 5, but it's still pretty early to make that call.
I asked the gentleman who told me if he knew what a cord was, he replied 4x4x8 I thought dang, that's alot of wood!!!!!!
Been following this post . Lots of great info. I was able to get my new to me system up and running before the cold. I bought a used headmaster G400 for half of the cost of a new one. I decided on Heat master as I am running it inside my shop and ran underground insulated pex to the house. I have slab heating in the shop but turned it off completely as the heat that radiates off the boiler keeps a 2400 square-foot shop warm all on its own. And that’s with 16 foot ceiling. Also I customized a fresh air intake so it draws combustion air from outside and not from inside the shop. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I keep most of the firewood outside but have the space to bring in some so it stays warm and completely dry. As you all know the dryer the better in this style of boiler. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I hear two homes with a Central Boiler 6048 that uses copious amounts of wood. I’ll be interested to see your wood consumption over time. I’m sure it will use much less than mine.
I’ve been trying to keep records of how much wood I’m using but I’ve been cleaning up some wood piles so a little tricky. my house is 9000 ft.² +1500 square-foot garage and the 2400 square-foot shop. We’re just on the outskirts of Calgary Alberta and although we had a early winter in September it’s been pretty mild so far this year. I think I’ve used close to 5-6 cords of wood so far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It doesn’t seem to matter how cold it is or how many heat zones I have this boiler more than keeps up. I think it’s under rated. I decided on this boiler more for the size of the firebox than the heat output. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I heated all last year with two high efficiency wood burning stoves and a high-efficiency wood burning fireplace. We weren’t able to get natural gas to the house at the time we moved in. I can tell you it was a lot of work to keep the house warm as most of you would know. I didn’t even know these wood boilers existed until I came across them on YouTube. We have decided not to even bring natural gas to the house as this system is working more than I would ever have hoped for. We’ll see how I feel as I get older but hopefully after the kids move out maybe we will just downsize ha ha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It seems like the sooner you change over to a gasification boiler the sooner you start saving on your labor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This boiler has two supply zones but being it’s an older boiler (2013) and doesn’t come with a recirculation zone I used one zone for recirculation of the boiler and used 1 1/4” of the other zone to supply all of the heating. I did make accommodations if I ever need to come off the recirculation zone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I’m also hoping my son when he gets older will help me split the firewood can anyone tell me when that will happen ha ha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This is the 3rd winter running a g400, its a beast of a unit!! Ive used about 3 cords of poplar, about 1.5 cords of ash so far this winter heating just over 5000 sq ft. This year my wood is fairly dry and noticeably better than previous years which i do notice better burn times Winter hasn't been super cold yet but getting there for sure! I think you'll be very happy with it
I've decide to try something in these milder temps. Right now the baseboard heater will be cold a lot of the day, then when the house calls for heat the OWB will deliver a huge amount of heat very quickly. This results in a feast or famine situation. I'm going to turn the pump speed down to 1 and crack the heat exchanger bypass. Hopefully this will cause the baseboard circulation pump to run more often and keep things a little even in here. When I gets cold I'll set it back to nuclear mode.
