Friday, June 22, 2012

When Selecting a Wood Burning Furnace For Your Home, There Are Certain Steps You Can Take




If you want to heat your home very efficiently and at the same time help with the environment, then you should definitely think about heating with a Wood Burning Furnace. This type of furnace is not necessarily the traditional way of heating, but it is much more efficient than heating with oil or gas. This type of furnace allows the home owner to heat with a renewable resource that also helps to keep the environment clean. There is a little more work to these types of furnaces, but the savings are well worth the energy that you put into them.





When researching the different types of a Wood Burning Furnace that you can use, you will find that there are three basic kinds. These include the indoor stand alone furnace, the add-on furnace, and the outdoor burning furnace. You will also find that there are many manufacturers of these types of heating units such as TimberRidge, Biasi, Charmaster, Sure-flame, as well as many others. Charmaster has made their name a very popular and trusted brand to choose. Most of these manufacturers have their own websites where you can get much more information about their furnaces.





Charmaster has been in business since 1972 and make available several different models for the consumer to choose from. One of their models includes the Chalet Wood Burning Furnace. This furnace has a 24" long firebox which makes it capable of heating an area of up to 2000 square feet. You can use the Internet in order to browse through different dealers of this furnace but the cost of it will be around $4000.00. Other models such as the Englander can cost you around $1649.00 with the model number #28-3500. This model can heat an area up to 3000 square feet. It has been tagged the nickname "work horse". This furnace is cheaper because it is an add-on to your existing furnace.





The add-on type of Wood Burning Furnace is very popular in most homes due to the fact that it is large enough to add large pieces of wood, which helps to lessen the trips made outside and then to the furnace. The cost of these furnaces will be made-up by the energy that is saved by using them. They are easy to install as well as giving your home or business the warmth of heat needed through the cold months in order to keep your family comfortable.


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