When it comes to wood boiler efficiency, too many are “high efficiency” boilers. How could practically all wood boilers be considered highly efficient? Is the term meaningless? Even informed buyers must find the landscape very confusing. One might think that a government website could help solve the confusion. However, even the EPA site listing approved […]
Did you know, you could fill the Fröling Cube up with pellets, attached to a PE1 pellet boiler, and heat your whole home quietly and without being too hot in one room, and too cold in another? Plus, you only have to dump the ash box once every month, not once a week. We’re making […]
A cord of freshly cut hardwood from a northern forest (green firewood) contains about 24,000,000 British Thermal Units (Btus) and weighs about 4,500 pounds. After proper air drying, the same cord weighs only 3,500 pounds. The loss of 1,000 pounds of water at 8.34 pounds per gallon is about 120 gallons. The next time you […]
Tarm Biomass sells a broad mix of heating boilers that use diverse forms of wood fuel. We decided to make a simple wood fuel guide that contains frequently asked questions about wood energy. To start with, wood energy is measured in British Thermal Units or BTUs. A BTU is the amount of energy required to […]
