Top Loading Wood Burners – The Bigger Advantage

We love wood boilers for their cost effectiveness. They warm our bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms and almost all parts of the house without escalating electricity bills. But the work behind inserting the big, heavy logs every other day might put people off, especially those with back pains or other physical limitations. But there is a way of easing this trouble.

The larger an outdoor wood boiler is, the easier it becomes for you to handle it.

Firstly, it can contain larger logs. So you or your supplier of logs can save the energy and time chopping the logs down to a zillion pieces. For example Canada’s LogBurner can contain logs of up to 12 feet in size.

Secondly, the fuel will last much longer. Smaller boilers may require you to replenish wood stock several times a day. The largest outdoor wood boiler requires you to do this only twice or thrice a month, depending upon usage. Your usage is determined by the weather and the type of fuel being used. Certain types of wood last longer than others. You may also use other substances for fuel such as wood chips, brush, wood byproducts and pelletized wood. Boilers of larger sizes lengthen the fuel replenishment cycle. This liberates you of the constant worry that you might have about the running out of fuel.

Thirdly, larger boilers come with additional facilities. For example, LogBurner’s outdoor wood burners come with digital equipment. You have a remote control with which you can change the settings of the boiler while being within the warm walls of your home. Who would want to step out in the bitter cold in the middle of the night to adjust the boiler anyway? In fact, the world’s largest outdoor wood boiler, amazingly, sends you emails!  These large boilers have digital appliances that can send emails, reminding you to replenish your fuel stock when it is about to end.

Fourthly, larger boilers are more durable. Due to heavier material used to build the body and more sophisticated technology added, a boiler lasts longer with lesser maintenance. This happens because the bigger an outdoor wood boiler, the higher the temperature it can attain. And the higher the temperature, the easier it becomes for secondary combustion to take place. This leads to lesser accumulation of soot in the firebox and therefore less frequent cleaning.