[TheForge] Heating with woodstove OT

[Ralph Sproul]

Hi Bill, My shop is 1200 sq ft to the main shop as the wings are unheated.
It also has a 14 foot ceiling - and I used a 200,000 BTU propane ceiling
furnace to accomplish this task.

The heating company told me that it would take 120,000 Btu's - but I was
always cold when I used that old oil furnace that had that rating and the
shop would get to 45 degrees by the end of the day - so I was basicly
spending all that money to break even.

I took what they said and threw it out the window on the next round and used
the 200,000 ceiling furnace and for three years I was nice and warm with a
20 minute warm up from 10 degrees to 60 every morning............. now with
propane the cost it is IF I want to be comfortable - it costs $400 per
month.

Going with wood or coal is making a lot more sense - as I'm going to build
one of those outside boilers this year.  I can't afford the propane for heat
any more.  I also have enough steel around out back to make 90% of a
cordwood processor - so that helps.  A young fellow with a tree business has
all these drops that he needs a place to store, so I worked a deal for one
cord for me, one for him to sell if I provide the processor and storage area
for him........and he's going to help me build the processor as well.

So, I'd shoot for 200,000 but's for a large open space - you can always turn
it down, but with a small one you can't get enough heat out of it when it's
below zero.



Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Woolley" <wjec at verizon.net>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:57 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Heating with woodstove OT


Greetings,

Working on outfitting my shop with a wood or coal burning stove to provide
heat to roughly 1400 sq. ft. with 14' high ceilings.  Does anyone have any
rules of thumb or solid info on how many BTU's I need, fan assisted, etc?  I
found a reasonable stove on ebay that seems like it would work.  Any help
appreciated.  Ebay # 5976365737.

Regards,
Bill Woolley
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