Movin' to the country huh, sweet!! The outdoor water furnaces are very effecient. We have a Heatmore at work, its the biggest one they make the firebox is like 5'x5'x5' its just under a million btu's. We load all the big stuff with our forklift. No need to split anything. The small residential ones are around $5,000. I see lots of people up my way putting them in, seen a few that heat the house polebarn and swimming pool. Hope the turds lead you to the turdmaker.