When in discussions of outdoor wood boilers and their feasibility one needs to talk to boiler owners and compare apples to apples. I own a Central Boiler model CL 6048. I live in southern Michigan. I heat a 1700 to 1800 sq. ft.; fairly well insulated house built in 1980. I have propane forced air furnace and an electric hot water heater (I use the boiler to heat the domestic hot water). My boiler is about 80 feet from the house. I am in my third winter with the boiler. I figure that I have about 10K in it when the installed and ready to use. I have a reliable source of wood and have had luck having wood given to me also. I figure that I have used about 15 to 17 face cords of wood each heating season (we vacation south for 2 to 4 weeks every winter). I find that the smoke is minimal, it smokes some after filling but after a few hours the smoke is barely visible. One time I used some very poor wood and had excessive smoke. Before we bought the boiler my wife kept the house very cool, she used an electric heat dish focused on her and kept an Afghan blanket over her to keep warm. Now she keeps the house “very” warm. Only one time did we run out of domestic hot water, it was after 5 people took showers and the last one had cool water to finish. All the other boiler manufacturers have boilers that get the job done also. The argument of which is the best is the same as Chevy and Ford, John Deere and Farmall. I must note that I have seen on the Internet of photos of boilers “smoking”, in the photos it was obvious that it was a cold day, everything covered with frost. Is this smoke any different that what you see coming out of your car’s exhaust on a cold day?
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