# New guy with basic questions **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-guy-with-basic-questions/6045 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [September 24, 2021, 3:35am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-guy-with-basic-questions/6045 "2021-09-24T03:35:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 20
### Author: ![SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/steveunruh/32/45324_2.png) [@SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/SteveUnruh) #### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 8:42am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-guy-with-basic-questions/6045/20 "2021-09-26T08:42:50Z")
Introduction/whys to J.O.'s whole house wood fired heating system: > [@Wood IS THE Freedom Fuel!](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/woo-is-the-freedom-fuel/1151/88): > > Steve, my reasons for advocating downdraft are only practical ones. To be able to light a 100+ pound batch of wood and forget about it. Go to bed or go to work, knowing it will heat my 1,000 gallon storage tank enough to last 24-48 hours in wintertime. Also no creosote in the heatex tubes, flue pipe or chimney. Only easy to sweep fly ash. There’s no way I would be able to 100% wood heat 3,000+ sq ft without it. Being away from home most of the day it’s just not possible. I’ve run my “new” bo… Then his whole system explained out: > [@JO's wood boiler](https://forum.driveonwood.com/t/jos-wood-boiler/2015): > > Night shifts at the mill all weekend. Waking up at noon each day and working the chainsaw in the woods until dark. Collecting firewood for season 16/17 (also lot’s of limb wood to feed the rebak chunker smile) . Have to take advantage of nice weather. Feeling pretty beat. Below zero at nights. Relaxing by watching the boiler flame. Enjoy. [[Fire in the hole 2] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHf7Acunsmo) Best to read and view the whole topic. His system diagram is on comment #33. S.U. --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/new-guy-with-basic-questions/6045)._