Hydronic Wood Furnace

The newest addition to the Wood Burning Furnace is from Greenwood. When most homes gave either a gas fired or an oil-fired furnace, the wood furnace is efficient and has lower emissions.

Most wood burning furnaces today have a capacity for about 1100 degrees but the Hydronic Wood Furnace from Greenwood can sustain temperatures of anywhere between 1800 and 2000 degrees.

The construction of the Hydronic Wood Burning Furnace is high quality steel. The Firebox is made of steel but is surrounded by a protection of water.

The purpose of the water is to help the furnace transfer heat from the firebox to the heating system you have installed in your home and the second purpose is to cool the fire down which helps with any unnecessary burning.

Some of the features offered on the Greenwood Hydronic Wood Furnace is that it has a Combustion Efficiency of Get Ready… 100%. No other type of furnace gives 100% efficiency. The thermal efficiency rating is about 85%.

Installed onto the furnace is the Aquastats, these are used to control the running of the furnace and there is a second Aquastat, which is installed to the interface of the furnace. The Water Tube Heat Exchanger is charged with propylene glycol, a perfect solution to ward off freezing and corrosion. Making the unit last longer. In addition to the built in features there is an optional heat exchanger

The pros of having a wood-burning furnace like they did in the old days are that the wood burns clean into the environment. Unlike gases or oils that can pollute the air quality. An example of the efficiency of this systems is that while there will be some gases from the furnace, the degrees of the gases releases should have a temperature of about 300 degrees, leaving the remaining 1700 degrees for home heating. For peace of mind, the Hydronic Wood Burning Furnace will not allow any super hot gases to escape from the furnace.

You may be asking Can I use Wood Burning Furnaces In My Home? Yes, most homes have the capacity for wood burning furnaces. The furnace can support the opened or closed system installs. The best part is that the wood you can get from any lumberyard or any company that sells either unsplit or split logs. You can use either seasoned or unseasoned wood.

There are 3 different models of Greenwoods Hydronic Wood Furnace. The Model 100 has a BTUH of 100,000 and a heating capacity of 4,000 square feet. The Model 200 has a BTUH of 200,000 and a heating capacity of 8,000 square feet and Model 300 has a BTUH of 300,000 and a capacity to heat 12,000 square feet. Greenwood offers a 10-year limited warranty on the internal furnace parts and a 1-year warranty on all other components.

Consider switching to Greenwood Hydronic Wood Burning Furnace. The company has been doing research and testing on these units for over 20 years. It is 100% safe for your home and the environment. Installation is easy and the systems work in conjunction with many different systems and heating applications.