http://www.boilershq.com/build-wood-fired-boiler/has-anyone-tried-to-convert-an-inside-air-blower-type-wood-furnace-into-an-outside-furnace-to-heat-a-home All About Boilers Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:59:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.boilershq.com/build-wood-fired-boiler/has-anyone-tried-to-convert-an-inside-air-blower-type-wood-furnace-into-an-outside-furnace-to-heat-a-home/comment-page-1#comment-1974 Peter Ian Staker Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:35:59 +0000 http://www.boilershq.com/build-wood-fired-boiler/has-anyone-tried-to-convert-an-inside-air-blower-type-wood-furnace-into-an-outside-furnace-to-heat-a-home#comment-1974 you have to have mighty good insulation on that ductwork. your getting this confused with outside woodburning boilers. they heat up a heat transfer fluid, and then that gets pumped through supply and return lines to a furnace inside the house. the furnace is normal except it doesn't require propane or a heating coil. your project sounds like something a bored hvac tech would try for they're workshop. to complicated. you would be better off building a small addition to your house to install it in if you don't have the room. i just can't think of a suitable enclosure for the furnace, not to mention how you would install the supply and return. for some reason a very small shed attached to your home comes to mind as a suitable place to install the furnace. anyway what you are thinking of doing would violate a ton of fire and building codes. don't try it and buy a bunch of space heaters.<br><b>References : </b><br> you have to have mighty good insulation on that ductwork. your getting this confused with outside woodburning boilers. they heat up a heat transfer fluid, and then that gets pumped through supply and return lines to a furnace inside the house. the furnace is normal except it doesn’t require propane or a heating coil. your project sounds like something a bored hvac tech would try for they’re workshop. to complicated. you would be better off building a small addition to your house to install it in if you don’t have the room. i just can’t think of a suitable enclosure for the furnace, not to mention how you would install the supply and return. for some reason a very small shed attached to your home comes to mind as a suitable place to install the furnace. anyway what you are thinking of doing would violate a ton of fire and building codes. don’t try it and buy a bunch of space heaters.
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