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On my 10th season with my Kuuma Vapor Fire 100.....
I just realized we are on our 10th season of heating our place with our Kuuma Vapor Fire 100. I still am like a kid at Christmas when it comes time to light the first fire of the year and I still enjoy...
View ArticleCentral Boiler - Classic Edge 550 leaking
HI all, Trying to help my dad with his boiler (Central Boiler - Classic Edge 550 approx 8 years old). We filled the boiler to start the season as the water level was low. We did have a couple nights...
View ArticleNew Garage + heated driveway build - indoor wood boiler
Hi, I am planning a new large garage. Likely two normal bays + an RV bay. I am also looking to install a hydronic heated driveway. Driveway is fairly short - probably 200ft total from road to house to...
View ArticleTime to label the valves
My wood/oil boiler/storage system is complex and was built over the course of a couple of years rather than a clean sheet project. There are a lot of valves, many are isolation valves to work on...
View ArticleCranking through the wood
I have had a colder than normal stretch up in NH. It is supposed to get to the low teens tonight. My wood pile is definitely showing it. My plans for alterations to my heating system got sidetracked...
View Articlegreenwood frontier boilers
hi im new, i would like to hear thoughts about greenwood frontier cx boilers, i bought one and am in my first season with it, keeps overheating, where to buy parts ect. thanks, Dan.
View ArticleHelp! Need replacement system for my Newmac oil/wood combination furnace
I am heart-broken because the heat exchanger on my Newmac wood/oil combination furnace cracked and cannot, as far as I understand, be replaced or fixed. I am completely freaked out to learn that I...
View ArticleKuuma inspection, how’s it doing?
this past spring when I did my yearly cleaning of my VF I noticed that I had a large amount of soot in the chimney about a paint can worth if not a little more, I figured I just had some crappy wood...
View ArticleLooking for recommendations indoor wood boiler
Hi everyone! For the past 8 years we have been heating our 2600 sq ft. home with a wood/coal boiler, fuel oil backup. Until Valentines day this was working ok right up until we had a bad chimney fire....
View ArticleNew Homeowner Curious About Copper Pipe in Basement (w/ Photos)
Hi all: New prospective homeowner going through inspection. House is over 100 years old but has been meticulously cared for. We were informed that there was an above-ground oil tank in the basement at...
View ArticleIndoor wood furnace
My 4500sq ft farmhouse is somewhat a "disaster." It's been partially remodeled with new sheetrock and insulation, plumbing, and wiring. All this work is, shall we say, subpar by the previous HO. This...
View ArticleOkoFEN eco mode?
Just got around to connecting my OkoFEN (MESys) Pellematic to the Internet (as simple as running a CAT5 cable from under the control panel to a wifi extender), which made it able to be set for the...
View ArticleIn the market for an add on hot air wood furnace
I've currently got a generic 80's-90's Humble wood burner add on furnace downstream of an oil furnace in my heated basement. Cold return air comes into the top of the oil furnace (downflow) and out the...
View ArticleKuuma Vapor Fire Creosote
Hello all This is my 2nd season with my VF and i have to clean my chimney at least 2 times a season. Pleaae see the pictures and maybe someone will see something wrong with it. I have spoken with the...
View ArticleDrolet Heat Commander UL Label
Hello everyone, I've been doing a lot of research on the Drolet Heat Commander through the forums on this website and I would love to get one. I currently have an old jensen wood furnace in my basement...
View ArticleWhere are all the Heat Commander owners hiding?
Ya'll been a lil scarce around here lately...everybody still fat warm n happy?
View ArticleGreenfield central heating: Zoning decision to make - your opinions?
Hello friends, I hope this is the right forum to post this question, I am new here. I'd really appreciate your input, since it's the first time having to decide on a central heating system. Context: I...
View ArticleWood Gasification Boiler Installer NH?
Hello Hearth.com community. First time posting. Replacing a Tarm Solo Plus 40 wood gasification boiler bought new 16 years ago with an Autonom with a 119 buffer/ storage water tank. This was and will...
View ArticleNews on epa 2020 certified combination wood furnaces
Hi all! I am new here but have been burning wood for the last decade. Looking into purchasing a new wood furnace for my 1600 sq ft home. As far as I know, there are only 3 new wood furnaces on the...
View ArticleResearching Oil to Natural Gas in North Pole AK
Heating Oil prices have us looking for ways to reduce the cost of heating our (built in 2021) 2,000 sqft home in North Pole AK. We have Radiant Floor Heating from a Toyo Boiler in the garage currently....
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