matt hanneke

The first reply about the smoke and effincy, i dont plan on it being smokey thats why im asking these questions im looking for people to help me build this as efficent as possible, the other reason why i need a big one is im planning to heat not only my house but other outbuildings and a greenhouse as well as water, im going to need a big unit to do this im guessing at least 500000 btu, and for the other reply about presure the system will not be pressurized, i plan to have a 1000 gal holding tank in my outbiulding that will act as expantion and extra btu capacity, water will circulate continuisly through the big tank and the furnace so it my take a few days to get the cold well water up to 180degrees but shouldnt be a problem keeping it there, im looking for advice how to make this work better so keep um coming maybe some ideas on flue size and if i need forced combustion air to control the fire size and smoke, i dont think i need to worry about boiling as it would take a hell of a fire to boil over 1500 gal of water

im in the tree business, so i have a nearly unlimited supply of large logs up to ,6-8ft long 1-5ft in diameter most of which i end up giving away or pushing into a large pile and burning because i just create way more wood then i need, up till this year ive cut and split wood to heat my home but this is not the way i want to spend my time, ive looked into the large front and top loader furnaces and they r very expensive, 10k for a small one 20k for a decent size, what id like to do is build somthing very simple, efficiency is not much of a concern since i littereally need to burn wood because it accumulates so fast from my work, so my idea is to buy a 20ft metal shipping container 8ft tall 8ft wide, these have large double door for easy loading with a bobcat, place it on a gravle pad, these have a wood flood which would just burn off and then it would be gravle, place some metal water tanks or old hotwater heaters with the skins and insulation removed inside the shipping container, plumb the tanks together, also add a 8in or bigger flue and some way for adjustable air entry, and then biuld a fire inside and close the doors and load this once a day or what ever it take to keep the water temp up around 160-180f, and treat the rest just like any other installation with the water pumps and pex undergroud to the house. any suggestions to weather or not this would work or how to improve would be great thanks