Putting Diseased Elms to Good Use in Winchester, VA
Customer Profile
3,000 sq ft house
Winchester, VA USA
20s °F avg. winter temp.
Radiant in-floor
Before Greenwood:
Warm all the time, consume little wood
After Greenwood:
Savings of $4,000 on heating bills in 5 months; warm comfortable home
Greenwood Installation
In attached garage
Integrated with forced air, radiant in-floor, and hot water
Greenwood Model 100
Why Joe S. Loves His Greenwood Furnace:
Consistent warmth–keeps everything warm through the night
UL compliance that allows for indoor operation
Enables efficient use of disease stricken wood that is otherwise wasted
When Dutch elm disease spread through the forests in Winchester, VA, leaving extensive stands of dead and dying trees, Joe S. decided to put the wood to good use.
As a self professed do-it-yourselfer, Joe built his own wood boiler, but cold mornings and insufficient output to heat his 3,000 sq ft house and 1,500 sq ft shop sent him in search of a better solution.
“With the Greenwood we are warm. It just purrs along!”
Joe chose a Greenwood Model 100, clean burning, wood furnace. He was thrilled with the Greenwood’s high efficiency and that the single unit could power the forced air system in his home, the radiant in-floor heat in his shop and heat his home hot water.
Joe took advantage of Greenwood’s compliance with UL standards for indoor operation and located the furnace in his attached garage, allowing for convenient day and night access.
Joe is very happy with the clean, consistent heat that his Greenwood provides.
“The trees brought down by Dutch Elm disease heat my home very well”, says Joe. “My old system didn’t get me through the night, but with the Greenwood we are warm. It just purrs along!” of heat. Even with our big drafty house, we’ve never been so warm!”