Mountain Electrician

My house heats with baseboard hot water heated by an oil fired boiler. Last week we had a water leak in the basement, and the 20 year old boiler crapped out. Heating oil is over $4 a gallon, and we spent @$2700 on it last year. I am pretty sure we are going back with some sort of solid fuel (wood or pellets) heating system with electric backup.

I put in an electric water heater, and will start researching the solid fuel systems now. I've got until fall to figure it out. Does any one have suggestions? What do you use?

frenchelectrican

Hey Mountain Electrician.,,

Check this out i don't know if that will suit you or not but try this www.centralboiler.com

they have both in soild wood and pellet wood verison.

i am thinking the same route as well due both my home and shop used common heating/diesel fuel.

Merci,Marc

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John

I have been burning wood for over 20 years. I have baseboard HW and heat my domestic hot water also. I have had a Central Boiler for 4 years now and the ROI was less than 1 1/2 years. What is nice is that the wood and all the garbage that goes with burning wood is OUTSIDE.
I have a LPG hot water boiler that is backup for the wood boiler. House and shop were nice an warm all winter and I used less than 100 gals. of propane.
Here is the setup:

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Mountain Electrician

Thanks for the input. I'm leaning toward a Central Boiler, one of my friends has one and loves it. I'm trying to learn about pellet boilers as well.

frenchelectrican

Yep i am gald we can help ya and one of my freind have Central boiler and he really use it alot and he get tons of free wood [ scrap pallets ] and to my best estamed he went thru about 5 dumptruck load per winter and his home is about 6800 Sq feet sizewise and it heat up very nice.

right now i am paying 4.22 / gallon on combation heating fuel and diesel fuel [ i have service truck and diesel generator on that location as well ]

seems pretty easy to set up and i hook up few of them allready they have one or two circulating pump in there and just bring out 120 v 20 amp circuit and it work just fine.

Merci,Marc

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