Garage Wood Heat

[jimmiller2]

I am selling my house this summer and moving to a nearly complete smaller house. I installed a Yukon Big Jack wood furnace at my old house about 5 years ago. I only used it about three weeks a year as it turned out to be too much for mild southern winters. These furnaces are made in Minnesota and are excellent units. I am thinking it would be better to sell the house without the furnace and would be willing to sell it for a fraction of its current cost. Do many larger garages use wood heat these days? I may place an ad on this site later if there would be an interest in this type of heat. Here is a photo of my actual install. It is in my attached garage blowing thru wall into house with the air return pulling thru basement. It worked so well we frequently had to open windows as the house temp could exceed 90 degrees.

 

[Jackfre]

I am happy to see that you have a Yukon. I represented Yukon in New England from 86-90. They produced a hi-efficiency (95%) oil fired furnace. By the time they got it kinda sorted it was to late for them and they went belly up. Their core products were wood and wood/oil furnaces which were excellent...when properly installed. After that they went back to doing what they did best which was solid fuel.
As to whether you would see any gain from selling the place with the furnace speak to your realtor. If they are good they should be able to advise. Removing it will require buttoning up or modifying the system. I think you would be best to leave it in place and close the deal

 

[Firebrick43]

Most insurance companies won't consider covering you if you have a wood fired appliance in a garage, only a few in a shop. All the garage wood stoves of friends and family have been removed due to cancelation threats sand inability to find another insurer that would cover them

 

[ForceFed70]

Most insurance companies won't consider covering you if you have a wood fired appliance in a garage, only a few in a shop. All the garage wood stoves of friends and family have been removed due to cancelation threats sand inability to find another insurer that would cover them

I don't know how things in your neck of the woods are, but that's not true up here at all.

Yes, they are picky. Must be certified and inspected. But otherwise you're good to go. I think the same applies for most of the US but obviously not an expert.