Mark. March out back and cut some oak. Lol.

You're not wrong. I did a bit of research and found Indiana is sitting on a pile of bituminous coal. It's considered a softer, dirtier coal to burn. I think I read anthracite makes up less the 10% of the world's coal reserves. I'm burning Pennsylvania anthracite.

Good to know. I didn't write it off just didn't want any more of what I had. I was excited to try it it was cheap I thought can't remember the price anymore. Thought if it worked I would get a bunch more and have it around Incase I couldn't get out and cut wood. But it didn't work out like I hoped.

Just LP for me 1200 gallons a year 2 tanks fill in summer at about 1,00 gal, no worries and no work in winter or wood cutting in summer

I like chucking wood and it’s free with all of the ash and elm trees dying around here. We get other hardwoods depending on the area the wood comes from. Some towns must of planted different species as projects at some time because that’s the only place you run into that type of tree.

One town around here has hackberry a type of elm a different town has honey locust some have maples. Some trees might be the work of individuals efforts other are clearly the result of a planting projects.

Love that locust for burning or making fence posts.

So does anyone use a wood boiler in conjunction with hot water radiant floor heat? If so, how does that work? The demand side does not seem too extreme........temp of water going in not much over 120F if that......but how much heat does it use?

We have a hot water circulating pump on the hot water heater, so distant faucets like kitchen and bathrooms have instant on hot water.........and since this house is on a slab (hate that but is what it is), the floor area where those lines run is always warm. But that is a very small part of the house. The whole thing would be a bigger load. But once you got it up to temp, seems like it would be easy to keep it there.

I've got in floor heat in the garage and basement,but don't use it all the time.but it is nice if iam working on vehicles in the garage.like everything else you use alot more wood/fuel when trying to heat more water.