Hyfire?
- ASea
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My mother has a condo 3 floors including the basement laundry room.She has a gas hot air furnace. The Condo is an end unit, fairly well insulated in N Central Ma. I was wondering if this stove would be overkill? Also will it make hot water? They seem like a sturdy well made unit.
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does she have a place to get the coal into basement easily and ashes out? Do you have a Chimney hookup? etc...you would need a hot air jacket and some HVAC plenum work to hook it up if you wanted to duct it into existing system.
The Hyfire II are 180K btu output. (2 x 90K burners). Depending on what her current furnace is rated for BTU output. I would think the HYFIRE would be plenty.
Most any stove you can put a Hot water coil in them for supplemental hot water with some plumbing.
The Hyfire II are 180K btu output. (2 x 90K burners). Depending on what her current furnace is rated for BTU output. I would think the HYFIRE would be plenty.
Most any stove you can put a Hot water coil in them for supplemental hot water with some plumbing.
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Is there a stove with half the but she could do forced hot air with?
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WNY wrote: ↑Mon. Dec. 25, 2017 7:27 pmdoes she have a place to get the coal into basement easily and ashes out? Do you have a Chimney hookup? etc...you would need a hot air jacket and some HVAC plenum work to hook it up if you wanted to duct it into existing system.
The furnace/laundry is right behind her garage.It would be easy enough to build a bin or drop pallets of bagged rice no problem. Not sure what her chimney situation is? May need a direct vent set up.
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I agree with WNY, the Hy-Fire would be plenty, but you could probably use something a little smaller and simpler with a single burner.
A coil inside a stove is a finicky thing, a small piece of pipe filled with water subject to high heat. I would never recommend something like that for someones Mother.
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A coil inside a stove is a finicky thing, a small piece of pipe filled with water subject to high heat. I would never recommend something like that for someones Mother.
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What smaller unit would you recomend?StokerDon wrote: ↑Tue. Dec. 26, 2017 8:58 amI agree with WNY, the Hy-Fire would be plenty, but you could probably use something a little smaller and simpler with a single burner.
A coil inside a stove is a finicky thing, a small piece of pipe filled with water subject to high heat. I would never recommend something like that for someones Mother.
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I asked her. Im waiting for a reply.
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First, if your are plumbing it into the ductwork I would get an actual furnace, not a stove. A furnace has the fire box completely encapsulated to capture all the heat and send it through the ductwork.
The only smallish coal stoker furnaces that I am aware of that are currently manufactured are Keystoker and Leisure Line. I'm not sure of the current models but I know Keystoker had a 60,000BTU, 80,000BTU and a 120,000. I believe these can be power/direct vented if needed. I think the smallest Leisure Line is the 120,000BTU unit that also can be power/direct vented.
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Leisure Line has a coal furnace in 3 sizes =110k,180k,220k
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Thanks guys. Just trying to convince her pellets are not the way to go.