On 2018-11-26 4:26 PM, cshenk wrote:

>> Last Christmas Eve the wife down visiting friends and dropped by to
>> say hello. When I asked her where Roy was she said he was home
>> feeding the furnace....stupidest thing he ever did.
>>
>> Here is a video review of a similar system and a guy who is as
>> thrilled with his heating system as the old neighbours are.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0I1Mjvr_4E
>
> Why did he put it so far from where he needs the heat? Best I can tell
> he's only heating a shed with all that.
>

There are municipal rules and insurance regulations that require a
certain distance between the wood burning furnace and the house. My
friend's unit is more than 100 feet from the house.

I did a little bit of research and noted that some cities have made them
all but impossible to install. They have minimum distances from the
house, from other buildings, from property line, from neighbouring
houses, from the road. There are not many properties in cities large
enough to meet those requirements.

Using wood or other solid fuels for heating ties you down too much.
There is the work to cut the wood, chop it, split it, pile it, feed the
furnace. Without a back up heat source you can not go away overnight
without worrying about the furnace.