Friday, August 10, 2018

Getting an Outdoor Boiler for your Rural Home



Are you trying to find a more efficient way to heat your Wisconsin homestead? An outdoor boiler provides more affordable heating in addition to many environmental benefits. Outdoor boilers have been around for years but were pushed to the wayside due to the low cost of fossil fuels and electricity. Today, however, this is no longer the case. As electric, gas and oil prices rise, outdoor boilers are making a comeback. Many homeowners who have the room to support an outdoor boiler are choosing it as a far more efficient heat source.

At Strawbale Farms, we sell outdoor boilers in Eau Claire and surrounding areas, and we’d like to discuss how they might be a great fit for your residence.

With outdoor boilers, you can heat your home and heat water for baths, showers, laundry and more. All the while, you are using an efficient and renewable resource. You can also help the environment while heating your home with outdoor boilers.

With outdoor boilers, you use wood for heat, which means you are no longer dependent on oil, propane, electric or gas companies. Wood is an environmentally friendly fuel source. Unlike fossil fuels, wood is a renewable resource that is abundant in North America and in the outskirts of Wisconsin.

Modern outdoor furnaces have come a long way, taking advantage of the latest developments in technology. They are set up outside your home and are made to burn cleanly and efficiently. They use water and heat exchangers to transfer the heat to your home, shed or other part of your property.

You probably already have an old heating system installed in your home. In most cases, outdoor boilers can be connected to your existing system to distribute the heat. Outdoor furnaces can also be hooked up to radiant floor heating systems, swimming pools or about anything else you can think of that needs heated.

As their name implies, outdoor boilers are kept outside. This means it will not take up any of your living space, and the wood and mess also stays outside. In addition, there is less concern for fire and smoke hazards when the boiler is away from the house.

At Strawbale Farms, we sell Portage & Main boilers, which are known as the most efficient wood boilers in the industry. They use less wood while still providing the heat you need.

If you would like to learn more about outdoor boilers in Eau Claire, give us a call at 715-214-6683 or contact us. We would love to visit with you and help you find the right outdoor boiler to meet your needs.