Just an opinion from someone that heats 3700sqft all winter with two wood furnaces. You’re loosing so much excess heat from the wood furnace not being in the basement. With a plenum on top of the furnace I have a large motorized Louver that opens once the living space is satisfied in temperature, thus allowing the excess heat in the off cycle to dump into the basement warming the living space floors and the thermal mass of the structure. In the event of a power failure your furnace could still operate if located in the basement and convection could carry the heat away.
Pretty simple but a picture of the insulation used to insulate ur heat supply line. 30 ft at 3 ft down if ur anywhere north like I am I definitely would have to be for sure at least another 3 to 4 more feet down. I have always thought of doing g this but water in the ground would mess both intake and exhaust up.
I tried this aswell way to much heat loss so got a indoor boiler that is sane size as the wood furnace it's much more efficient heats my domestic hot water aswell as home
Pros: Less risk to home, more insurance choices, leaves mess outdoors, and maybe better air purity. Cons: Heat loss, cost, have to put a coat on to fire the stove. Best wishes
I need help! I have a very similar wood stove that is not a boiler on my new house. It is tied into our forced air furnace but does not seem to blow through the regular furnace fan!
Ryan, do you have an outdoor forced air furnace and an HVAC system tied together with ductwork using dampers to close one unit off while the other is running?
I think this was well done. Lots of engineering & planning but not overly complicated. Nice spread btw.
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Just an opinion from someone that heats 3700sqft all winter with two wood furnaces. You’re loosing so much excess heat from the wood furnace not being in the basement. With a plenum on top of the furnace I have a large motorized Louver that opens once the living space is satisfied in temperature, thus allowing the excess heat in the off cycle to dump into the basement warming the living space floors and the thermal mass of the structure. In the event of a power failure your furnace could still operate if located in the basement and convection could carry the heat away.
Seems utterly crazy to have the thing sitting outside. Losing 60 degrees between the furnace and the basement is proof.
Pretty simple but a picture of the insulation used to insulate ur heat supply line. 30 ft at 3 ft down if ur anywhere north like I am I definitely would have to be for sure at least another 3 to 4 more feet down. I have always thought of doing g this but water in the ground would mess both intake and exhaust up.
I tried this aswell way to much heat loss so got a indoor boiler that is sane size as the wood furnace it's much more efficient heats my domestic hot water aswell as home
What type of ducting did you use underground?
So is that the original blower or did you add a more powerful one?
Man its so hard to find videos about these wood stoves. I am buying a house with one in the basement. Why would you want one outside vs basement?
Pros: Less risk to home, more insurance choices, leaves mess outdoors, and maybe better air purity. Cons: Heat loss, cost, have to put a coat on to fire the stove. Best wishes
I need help! I have a very similar wood stove that is not a boiler on my new house. It is tied into our forced air furnace but does not seem to blow through the regular furnace fan!
I have the same, trying to figure it out too!
have you set your thermostat/fan to ON and Not Auto?
@@gwp1ohio I have…but it seems like it blows hot air for 3 minutes or so and then it’s just blowing cold air.
Ryan, do you have an outdoor forced air furnace and an HVAC system tied together with ductwork using dampers to close one unit off while the other is running?
@@Jon-xl5kgthat is the way mine is setup, my hvac setup is outside as well. Is that the proper setup?!