Wood burner or pellet stove??

Wood

If you have access to wood then wood hands down

Look into a wood outdoor boiler keep the fire hazard and dirt outside of the house that way just make the area fireproof. I put my own in it was no big deal really with the pex line's, some copper fittings had to sweated but only a few of them. You can run an extra building or two off of a boiler depending on its size.

Wood boiler

Wood

did you find a cheap way to make pellets ?

or are you going to have to buy all your wood cut , split and delivered?


if your a 85 year old woman who can lift a half a bag of pellets at a time , go pellet it worked well for my aunt
she would pull the bag off the stack we made in the garage let it hit the floor then cut across the top with her scissors and let that fold over into the 3 gallon pail , she hauled that to the stove , then dumped the rest of the bag in the bucket and hauled that in
2-3 bags a day clean the ash out a few times a week

it was manageable for her living by herself

we stacked 3 pallets of pellets in the front of her attached garage at deer camp and that was enough to make it through the winter.
she also had a LP furnace

my cousin has a commercial dock at his farm and could get a truck load of pellets at a good price he sold them to people who pre-ordered

if you can cut and split that is where the heat savings is
a day of cutting and splitting makes a month of heating.

Also, if I understand how pellet stoves work, if the power goes out so does your heat. Bad news if you're not home

Wood burner

Mine paid for itself the first few years when LP was high just did maintenance on mine and it’s working like it’s new..



Put up a wall for ember containment, removed all exposed railroad landscape timbers, moved the wood pile 30 feet away, graveled all around it. I only keep enough wood for 1 day around the boiler and all waterlines are underground now.

I know guys like their outdoor boilers but you'll never experience wood heat that way. It's a LOT different.

I don't know that I would survive winters without that wood heat feeling anymore. It's just so relaxing. Well, maybe it's one of those things in life that you best not get used so you don't know that you'd miss it.

My wood stove is honestly the best part of my house from about October through March. The dogs think so as well.

Also the new stoves are very safe. Just get it inspected by your insurance company (thats really in YOUR best interest). My premium went up a whopping $20 per year. I'll take it.

To each his own, however

Absolutely right Calvin. There is no better way to warm up than by a wood stove !

Mine is working hard right now as it is 42 below out there !

even the smell of wood smoke wafting through the house after loading I always liked.

well then you may not want a new stove, they draft so well you don't get any smoke in the house unless you leave the door open for several minutes

open air controls , put in dry wood , close door let it get going good about 15 minutes , close up primary air about 3/4 and get long burn

From the age of 5 to 18, I lived in drafty old 2 story farmhouses. Nothing compares to a wood burning stove to warm up after a long day spent outside. That being said, all wood stoves are not created equal. Air to air heat exchangers installed in the stovepipe are also a game changer. When you got close enough to the house to smell the wood smoke, you knew you'd be warm soon.

I had indoor wood heat in wood stoves and fireplaces for 18 years. Now I have an outdoor wood burner. And would not go back.

My house is warm all over evenly not warmer in one room, I don't have the mess from bark and ash, I don't smell like I have been smoked all winter, I don't have bugs waking up when the wood warms up and coming out, I don't have to cut or split wood very small, I can burn any wood I have even green pine,. I DON'T HAVE ANY FIRE HAZARD in the house.

Dogs and cats curl up on the wheat register same as in front of the fire place. I also never run out of hot water even if I'm the 5th to get in line for a shower.

Mostly a wood burner or lp furnace would not keep my old farmhouse warm. My outdoor burner does.

I’d rather have bugs in the house than a cat

Not a fan of cats either.

I've had all 3.love the outside boiler mess is outside, takes bigger chunks then a woodstove like said previously. I think with the older boilers you burn alot of wood that you dont get the benefit from.new ones are alot more efficient. I do miss the feel of the wood heat even though my house stays plenty warm.that heat coming off of woodstove/furnace feels so much warmer.love the pellet stove also but pellets are kind of pricey. If my boiler ever gets to the point it isn't worth fixing I would have to think long and hard before I bought another one at my age to justify the cost as there pricey. Alot of variables in your question comes into play which one would be your best choice.

White ...you got a nice train layout to play with...when it's -42 degrees outside ?

Making fur hats ? ...Painting or Drawing ? ...Baking Sourdough ?