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The wood burning units use wood and wood pellets and the boiler is placed 15 to 20 ft from the house because of the smoke from the boiler chimney
here, most localities require a larger distance and a decent size stack.
some places still allow ppl to burn anything in the thing. like rr ties and telephone poles!!
good choices for duration but very bad for health and enviro issues--and they smell really bad when they burn as well
we have a small, ventless gas stove and two large 'boxwood' stoves (cast iron) with no moving parts, in the basement
no forced air and the entire basement is heated which then heats the floors of the upstairs with great effect
and even with the fracking NG craze, buying a load of wood for the winter is STILL cheaper then what it would be to run even a new ng furnace for one month