We got one a couple years ago. We like it. Things to consider: 1. Do you have a local source for your corn? We farm, so we have a souce. 2.You will need your corn chimney to be separate from other chimneys and it must be brick or stainless steel lined. 3. You need a place to store the corn and a place to sift out the chaff (outside) before you take it to the exterior location of the corn furnace and pour it in the downspout that connects to your corn hopper. 4 We kept our old electric heater hooked up and we use it in the fall when the day and eve. temps go from warm to cool at night. The corn furnace is made for colder weather and will go out with the warm temps. So this has been the perfect solution for us. 5. The corn burner works best in winter temps. Plan on a learning curve the first year you use it. Once you get it heating just the way you like it works well. ... View related article.
We did this a couple years ago. We have electric heat. We vented the dryer into a large room (our living room). The vent kit has a switch on it, so I can choose when to vent it in and when to vent it outside.
We have a nylon stocking over the vent to catch the lint, and there is a 3 flapped closing that covers everything up when not in use. I have allergies and have not had any problems with this method. It is heat that we were "wasteing" and now has a better use. If you are concerned about too much humidity, use one of those humidity checkers you can get at most any hardware store. ... View related article.
