WL110 or LL Stoker Stove/ Trying to Decide

johnjoseph · Post by **johnjoseph** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 12:25 pm

Hi all...I'm sold on the Leisure line products! However, I'm wondering if it would make sense to go one way or the other with a stoker stove or the WL-110? Had an outdoor wood boiler for 10 years and just can keep burning 20 cords of wood a year. So, this winter it's back to oil!

All thoughts and opinions accepted!

tsb · Post by **tsb** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 1:15 pm

Get the boiler, get some coal, done !

titleist1 · Post by **titleist1** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 1:49 pm

I haven't read your other posts to see if you have described your heat load elsewhere. 20 cords of wood translates to many, many tons of coal. Absent other info, based on your wood usage I would question if a 110 would provide enough BTU's for your application.

What is the heat load you are trying to solve? What size unit is your oil boiler and how much oil have you gone through previously?

johnjoseph · Post by **johnjoseph** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 1:56 pm

titleist1 wrote:I haven't read your other posts to see if you have described your heat load elsewhere. 20 cords of wood translates to many, many tons of coal. Absent other info, based on your wood usage I would question if a 110 would provide enough BTU's for your application.

What is the heat load you are trying to solve? What size unit is your oil boiler and how much oil have you gone through previously?

The 20 cords was too heat 3 homes...now I want to go to a single unit to heat 1 home that is 10 years old...and I have a peerless oil boiler that is power vented

kstills · Post by **kstills** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 2:39 pm

IIRC, the costs of the stove vs. the boiler installation (unit + install) was not that significant (maybe 1k). That made the boiler a much better option for me: it's in the basement, so is the coal, so is any (ahem) mess and I get even heat throughout the house.

I was burning oil so when I went to coal I both improved the living conditions of my house in winter (I could run higher temperatures) and saved money.

If you want opinions, I would suggest that the best long term option is to install the boiler.

johnjoseph · Post by **johnjoseph** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 2:47 pm

kstills wrote:IIRC, the costs of the stove vs. the boiler installation (unit + install) was not that significant (maybe 1k). That made the boiler a much better option for me: it's in the basement, so is the coal, so is any (ahem) mess and I get even heat throughout the house.

I was burning oil so when I went to coal I both improved the living conditions of my house in winter (I could run higher temperatures) and saved money.

If you want opinions, I would suggest that the best long term option is to install the boiler.

I'm Thinking I can just remove my peerless boiler and put the wl110 right in the same spot using all of my current set up...or at least I hope!

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 3:37 pm

buy boiler.....buy coal....burn coal.....leave oil boiler for backup.....

No Problems

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 5:13 pm

Before you started burning 20 full cords of wood per year, how many gallons of oil did you burn annually?

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 29, 2014 7:04 pm

Economics aside, the stoker stove will heat part of the house and the boiler will heat all of it and provide domestic hot water.

If there is room in the basement I would consider adding the coal boiler to the existing Peerless unit.

johnjoseph · Post by **johnjoseph** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2014 8:07 am

lsayre wrote:Before you started burning 20 full cords of wood per year, how many gallons of oil did you burn annually?

700 gallons

Post by **Rob R.** » Tue. Sep. 30, 2014 9:06 am

Nice. 4-5 tons of coal and you will be toasty warm.

jeff216410 · Post by **jeff216410** » Wed. Oct. 01, 2014 12:03 pm

Go with the boiler. I bought a stove first then when my burnham boiler combustion chamber began eroding and needing replacement, I bought the boiler. Works great, lots of heat and hot water. I burn coal year round.