Who has a corn furnace?

[jtaylor]

I'm anxiously awaiting the delivery of mine. It's supposed to be here in the next couple weeks. I think the brand is A-Maize-Ing Heat. I was hoping to not have to buy any LPG this winter, but I didn't have the cash to buy one when I should have. I guess I got it ordered soon enough, because new orders are 26 weeks out, last I heard.

Anyway, the few people I know that have one, love it. Anybody have any bad experiences? Or good. I'd like to hear a little more about them.



Jeff

 

[Dl5treez]

The girlfriend's dad installed one in his house a couple months ago. The brand name escapes me at the moment.



Anyways, it works great but be wary of getting dirty corn--the pieces of husk & dust can fall down through the mesh & put the burner out... ... at least on his model it happens.



I can ask him how it's working overall and get back to you.

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

When I was a pup, my Grandparents on their Nebraska farm had a "central" corncob fired furnace. I know it's not quite the same. Anyway, they had rooms in the basement, kind of like a coal room, they would load up with shelled corn cobs left over after combining. Then they would shovel the cobs into the firebox with a grain scoop as needed.



The firebox had a hood setup with duct work to move the heat to the rooms. The upstairs had the grates to let the warm air up to the second floor - plus plenty of quilts on the beds. :-laf

 

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Ol'



Are we related? Guess there must be alot of them furnaces back in Nebraska. My aunt and uncle had one just like you describe. Used to be great fun as a kid to be able to go into the warm basement and play on the pile of cobs. Made a heck of a dust mess though.