Wood Burning Insurance Policy

[lampmfg]

I tried my best on all the questions and we base our claim on the test results. If you look through the PDF's on our website you can see all of the the different things that are tested. We have not seen another company that manufactures indoor wood furnaces with anything better (Or really even close) and until we do we will market it as such. We were even told so when we underwent the tests at Intertek. They were pretty shocked that a wood burning furnace was able to test so well.

You are correct about about us being a furnace and not providing all of the benefits or disadvantages of an outdoor boiler. However we do offer a H2O coil that works great for heating only domestic water. Even though my dad uses electric for a backup heat source in the winter his bill actually goes down because of the water coil.

"With a woodburner indoors, their concern is the rare occasion of a blast back of unburned gas igniting and roaring out the door and injuring the owner. If you can tell me none of your customers never, ever had that happen to you or them, we can address that later." - I'm not aware of this ever happening but will double check with my dad.

I wish you the best as well...

Thanks,

 

[Clyde]

"With a woodburner indoors, their concern is the rare occasion of a blast back of unburned gas igniting and roaring out the door and injuring the owner. If you can tell me none of your customers never, ever had that happen to you or them, we can address that later." - I'm not aware of this ever happening but will double check with my dad.

I never tried to imply that this "flashback" condition only happens with an indoor woodburner. It has happened to me with my outdoor woodboiler. The only one worried about it happening outside is my health insurance company if I get hurt. I do know however, from my own experience with my woodboiler being outdoors, this "flashback" also carries along with the flames, considerable ash, burning embers, and smoke. I would not like the task of cleanup when it happens indoors.

When you mention that outdoor woodburners have their pros and cons. Two "cons" that I can think of are have to get fully dressed twice in a 24 hour period a day to stoke it, and the second is the higher cost of treating the water with antifreeze those times I might be away for several days. Auto antifreeze is not acceptable but they specify commercial grade antifreeze made for this sort of application. If you can think of anymore valid concerns, I'll truthfully reply.

I am in no way affiliated with any woodboiler manufacturer nor do I sell them so I have no customers that I could possibly sway in any direction to buy my product if I did sell them. The fact that you are in business that is expanding, tells me your are satifying that niche in the market. The new EPA laws that appear to get more and more stringent each year have already put alot of your competitors out of business. Does that mean they saw their future in their crystal ball and got out of the B.S. while they were ahead. That tractor that hauls home the logs from the woods doesn't yet have to meet all of your constraints YET! Heck of a lot more tractors out there or worse polluters than a woodburner - and yet you have to jump thru the hoops? Possible message here?

Best of luck!

 

[brokenknee]

Two "cons" that I can think of are have to get fully dressed twice in a 24 hour period a day to stoke it,

You need to move further out in the country. :laughing: I bring in wood in my shorts and boots, provided it's not real chilly.

 

[adjusterr]

I guess I'm way behind time but I still use a Sierra woodstove installed in front of my fireplace. There is a steel plate covering the throat of the fireplace and the flue pipe goes through the steel plate into a Tee then upwards into a 6" stainless insulated flue liner with a stainless expanded metal cap. I've been using this setup for over 30 years with what I consider excellent results. My split foyer ranch house stays warm on the top level and if the lower level gets too cool in very cold weather, I turn on the fan only mode for the heat pump and that distributes heat throughout the house. I cut fallen trees, primarily locust and ash, on my property but also purchase a tri-axle load of logs every two years. It isn't state of the art but it keeps us warm, costs very little, works whether or not the electric is on, and gives us a place to cook if we should run out of propane. Maintenance consists of running a poly brush down the chimney twice yearly.