Lil' House Outside Heater?

I am considering buying a Lil' House Outside heater. http://www.outsidewoodheater.com/
The heater is about 4-6' from the house, and the heat is pumped into a single duct in the house. The heat is distributed to the other side of the house by using col air return ducts in the rooms on the other side of the house. The cold air returns are hooked into the blower intake on the furnace. Has anyone had any experience with this? Do you really think the cold air returns would pull the heat evenly throughout the house? Thanks for the info.

Hi, and welcome to the forum. I saw that website a while ago and thought that it was an interesting concept. There are also a few other manufactures now making outside forced hot air furnaces too. I would think that for a small home or trailer type home it would help with reducing the heating cost, but I'm concerned with actually how long of a burn time one would receive from such a unit that small or how many years you will get out of burning in a 55 gallon drum. I guess that it has it's place in the market and would think that it will do what it says.

Here is a link to another small custom outdoor furnace fabricator that may suit your needs better. http://www.youtube.com/user/futureofblueskyscom His name is Josh and he has been making these units for a while and I understand that they are pretty well built and insulated, plus only a few more hundred dollars more. If an inexpensive outdoor hot air furnaces that is built to last longer and burn longer is what you are looking for, I'd give this guy Josh a call too.

Hey, where'd you get that picture of my place?

I never liked these outside heaters, I perfer a wood or coal stove inside the house where it can be tended to and will give off radiant heat. But I guess it will work for some

I never understood why anyone would want to leave a nice warm house to brave the freezing cold to stay warm.

Agreed.

Agreed

Sting: Did you 'super insulate' the Chevy Van; add closely spaced 'T's' and make it a true 'primary/secondary' central heating jewel? How do U calculate the Delta T on this creation?
Do you have a remote 'draft-o-meter' to verify sufficient atmospheric efficiency? How does the hidden delivery system work? R U up to some 'Top Secret' R&D? Don't waste that corn, it should be sacred.....for whiskey production!

And here I thought it was just an old Dodge -- you know-- reminiscent of how I "dodge' the hard questions, and let you pick up the slack

BTW -- no corn smoking this season, TOOOO expensive - Baby Boiler will be smoldering on waste paper pellets