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"In regards to wood stoves,
etc., we have received several e-mails and even a few phone calls regarding our Lil'House outdoor wood furnace.
We've had this furnace since the fall of 1998, and it still does a great job. We have had to replace the cold air
return vent twice, but that is because both the German shepards we had loeved to lay on the vent and stay warm but tore the
vents up in the process (they are talking about the cold air return ductwork). "We are now going into our 6th winter
using the Lil'House Outdoor Wood Furnace. They are rated for 2400 square feet. Our home is a 2-story
farmhouse at 2600 square feet, plus a full basement and attic. For the most part, the Lil'Housekeeps our big house
nice and warm. We do have backup propane wall heaters, if they become necessay, and it is cold enought a few times that
we run them in addition to the Lil"House. In the last 5 years, though, we have only put propane in the tank twice
and only filled it about half each time. The wood furnace is still in wonderful shape, and it works wonderfully.
It is so easy to use and heats so well. (2003)
http://www.sugarmountainhome.com/homesteading/homesteading.html
Ruth Jobe, Sugar Mountain
Scott,
I thought an update on our testimonial was in order.
Our first Lil'House we bought in 1998 is still up and running. This is 2006 so it is 8 years old. But
others may want to know that we have been so pleased with it that we have now bought 4 of them. We have an intentional
neighborhood Children and Family members etc. And have placed 2 in other homes here, I have on in my shop/office.
When we bought this place the mobile we lin had on outdoor wood furnace. But, I tell you it was not a Lil'House
I cursed it all last winter. Not this year as we just picked up another Lil'House yesterday. Now to get Lil
House's in the remaining 2 homes lol. Thanks Scott!! (July 2006)
Lee Jobe
Sugar Mountain
Norwood
Mo
Scott,
After 5 years we have to have our Lil'House rebuilt. I has given us 5 winters
of good service. Even on the coldest days our house is warm throughout (no cold spots). It is amazing to look
out and see our Lil'House heater covered in snow and still keeping our house cozy. We use way less wood than our
neighbors with inside wood stoves and the mess stays outside. Thanks for a great simple, efficient heater! (2006)
Homer and Linda Nichols
Verona, Mo.
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We bought our Lil'house
furnace in 1994 and we love it! We have recommended the little house furnace to everyone we know. My son-in-law
and daughter have bought one and now my son-in-law's father has one. Scott is very honest and reliable man
to deal with. I would recommend Scott and his little house furnace to everyone.
Roy and Vickie Keys Mansfield, Mo.(Jan. 2005)
Hi Scott,
The stove installation went smooth, only a few hours, except for
the concrete, ( we poured our own pad), and set it on 2 1/2 blocks for height like you said. We only had to cut one
houle in the wall for the duct bringing in the heat. We brought the cold air return in a window in the basement.
Our old farmhouse has very little insulation and multiple leaky windows; approx. 2000 sq.ft., the stove keeps us very
comfortable on these cold evenings. In fact, at times it is surprisingly too warm. We burn a lot of pallet material,
junk wood, as well as our trash, limbs and brush from the yard. If we can pick it up it goes in the stove. We
share our loading duties twice a day, sometimes 3 when the temperature drops and the wind is blowing. We used $1200
dollars worth of LP gas in the house last year and were not nearly as warm as our new Lil'House has kept us. We
haven't turned the gas on this year at all. We have a wood stove now inside the garage (shop), but like the peace
of mind having the fire outside. Please order us another left hand as soon as possible. See you soon, your WARM
hillbilly friends,
Dave and Diane Hopkins
Sedalia, Mo ( Jan. 2005).
Dear Scott: I want you to know that I am very pleased with my outside wood heater and am happy that I made the purchase.
Availability of firewood was not my problem, spending a lot of money on a outside wood heater that warmed the water via water
pipes and etc. was. This unit is great in my 1500 square foot machine shop. Thanks again Scott.
Richard Pekarek McCormick Machining Gastonia, NC (January
2005
More comments to
come! If you have a heater and would like to write
a testimonial to be put on my page, by all means do it. I
will post it exactly as you write it, without changing the wording. Scott.
Remember these are all real people that have been nice enough to take the time to write back to me after they
purchased a Lil'House heater. If you have or are purchasing a heater if you would write a testimonial for me to
add to this page, that would be super. I know we are all busy, but these help others just like they did you when you
were looking at the information about the Lil'House.
Thanks
Scott
 At the farm show in Springfield Missouri...."smokin" !
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Scott, Here is a testamonial: We
have had our stove for 10 years and have relied on it to heat our entire house. We have a propane heater in the utility
room, and an electric heater in the bathroom, but rarely turn them on unless the temperature drops below zero. We have
been satisfied with our stove and are thinking about getting another one to heat the milk barn. We would recommend a Little
House heater to anyone. (2003) Donald and Donna Barr Hartville, Mo.
Scott,
This will be the third year I have been using my outside wood heater, and I have only used three cords of wood both years.
I heat 1200 sq. ft. downstairs and 800 sq. ft. upstairs. I only have one fresh air return, and it is upstairs, so it pulls
the heat upstairs, and circulates the heat throughout our house. I have propane backup heat, and it virtually never kicks
on unless it gets below zero. I have been well satisfied with this product. Thank you, Kyle Tracy Seymour,Mo. (2004)
If you want to put this in your testimonial page, feel free... Scott, Well, we are up and running with our new heater. It was fairly quick and
easy to install.
We've been telling a lot of our friends about it. It hasn't
been real cold yet but it has been below freezing
a couple nights and we've
stayed nice and toasty - and giving the house furnace a break - and saving the
$2+/gallon
kerosene. We are really glad that we found your website and decided
to make this purchase. You've been
very helpful and patient with any questions
that we had. I'll keep you posted on how we do when the temp dips
below 0,
it won't be long! Thanks a lot. ***additional added 8/20/05*** We have been very pleased with the heater. There were times that it was so warm that we opened
windows!! I loved it but it was a little much for hubby <grin>. There were very few times that we needed
the furnace to run but when it was needed, it was REALLY cold outside. Definitely worth having if you have
an ample supply of firewood available. Kathy
Kathy
and George Windsor,
NY (Nov. 2004)
Scott,
Just after I purchased my furnace unit. It snowed and we had 6 to
8 inches of snow on top the unit,
and it was keeping the house about 60 to
65 degrees. We have almost a 2600 sq. ft farm house that is over 100 years
old. During this time it was anywhere from 16 degrees to -9 degrees. Then
shortly after this it was around
25 degrees and it was keeping it around 68
to 72 degrees. This heater is wonderful unit very easy to install and
saves
you a ton of money in heating expenses. Thank You Scott for all your help.
KJ
Vandermark
Spencer, Indiana (Dec. 2004)
I own 1 little house heater
for 15 years. About 3 or 4 years back, my wife had heart valve replaced ,doing good now, I didn't get
to take care of it as well as I should have. It would be getting bad (outside) I would go to work and fill
stove up 12 hr later, I fill stove up again it can be 0F outside, inside 90F this stove really works. Told my work mates
about it, 3 bought one I have a 2 story house .
Eugene Abbott Salem Mo. (Sept. 2005)
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We purchased our lil house wood heater in Jan. 1994.
It was simple to install. It keeps our house toasty warm. The only thing inside the house is warm air. All
the wood and ashes are outside. In April 2005, the drum was rusted out in one spot. I called Scott Bradley,
Ozark, Mo. and he arranged with the factory to repair in a very short time span. We are truly pleased with
Scott and the factory with the service we received. We would recommend this heater to anyone.
Jay
and Sadi Detherage Fairland, Oklahoma.
(Sept. 2005)
I purchased my heater in 1992 and have been very satisfied with it. Last year
I had to replace the blower motor until then I have had no problem with the heater. This year I had the unit rebuilt after
13 years. The factory did an excellent job! They replaced all the bolts with new ones I was really impressed with
the attention to details I highly recommend everyone I know to purchase this heater if they want to save money and stay very
warm. I delivered the heater to Scott's on Sunday and pick it up the following Friday. The customer service was
excellent at both ends! Thanks Scott for a great product and excellent customer service. Steve Friend Miller,Mo. October 2005
Dear Scott
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. I have water on the
brain
and when it is cold; My memory slips on the ice.
I have the new heater installed and it is working very well. The previous
heater lasted ten years and would probably still be going had a tree not
fallen on it and severely damaged it.
I am very satisfied with the Lil
House Wood Heater and would and have recommended it to anyone.
Thanks again
Ford T. Quinn Marshfield, Mo. October 2005
Hi Scott,
The
weather has been up and down. We've had some days that have been up
in the 50's and other days down in the 30's
& 40's and down in the 20's
at night. A few nights down in the teen's. Overall the winter
has been
milder than normal. We've just had to supplement our heat in a few rooms
with small electric
heaters when it is down in the teen's. The stove has
cut our gas bill this winter down to almost nothing. We
are mainly using
gas just for our water heater. I didn't have time to cut any wood for
this winter so I have
just bought wood to burn but the cost of the wood
is still drastically less than what our gas bills would have been.
Tim Trenalone
Clearfield, KY Jan. 2006
Scott,
I thought it was about time I let you know how the heater is doing since we
have had it for a while now. To say the least "we love it". Our inside furnace has come on only
3 nights this winter and that was in December when we had -5 degrees those 3 nights. Considering our house is almost 2,000
square feet and a manufactured home at that that is not bad at all. I estimate that the inside heat has cost us about
10 bucks this winter. We could not be more pleased. I wish we had bought a Lil'house a long time ago.
Missouri
Scott, I just wanted to drop you a
line and give you a testimonial on my lil house heater and some new pics since I installed a 4' heat duct extention. This
will be the 3rd heating season using the lil house heater. It has well paid for itself in the past 2 years in the EXPENSIVE
propane bills I didn't have. The first year I had my propane tank topped off after spring arrived and it only took $40.
worth of propane to fill me back up. I have my gas furnace as a backup to the lil house heater and or when it warms up (too
warm to run the lil house heater) we use it. With the lil house heater I can keep my house (2000 sq ft old farm house) warmer
for less by burning wood. The lil house heater is a great heater. It is very affordable, simple to operate,the mess is all
outside, no smoke smell in your house, insurance companys prefer you to have outside wood burners over inside, and really
will burn over 12 hours without putting wood in it. I have went as long as 14-16 hours without putting wood in it. I cut my
own wood so all I have in it is my time. Even if I had to purchase wood I would still save lots of $$$$. I have no problem
at all keeping the temp in my house 75-80 F. Depending on the outside temp I have got crried away a time or two and put too
much wood in and we had the windows open to let a little heat out :-) Scott is great to deal with and so is the factory employees. Any questions I had Scott was
only a phone call away with answers. Scott has been there and done that so I urge everyone to listen carefully and follow
what Scott says when you have a question or don't know what to do. We are VERY satisfied with our heater and would
recommend it to others looking to stop lining the pockets of the petrolium companys and start saving $$$$. As
Scott says keep your chainsaw chain sharp. Get that wood cut ahead of time. Let it season. Keep it DRY and warm up with
wood heat. Tim Mathis Shelbyville , IL (November 2007)
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