

Not to mention the time it takes to handle the wood usually 4-5 times before it is finally burned and of course you really can’t leave for the weekend. There is the cost of chainsaw gas and oil and movement of the wood. Even if you get your wood for free it is really not free. I have friends who heat their homes with firewood for “free”. Lastly I want the ability to leave for a weekend and not worry about the house, or if needed leave for an extended period of time and not leave family members with a burden. I started this project because there is no unit on the market that meets all my requirements, I want low, low cost. This makes developing a wood chip boiler my kind of savings.

But wood chips in my area are five times cheaper than pellets.

Pellets are great, consistent, easy to feed and half the price of oil. There are plenty of pellet boilers but these boilers will not support wood chips. This blog is dedicated to developing a wood chip boiler because with it I can heat my home for 1/10th of the cost of oil.
