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Outdoor Boilers That Last | Choose Your Steel Wisely
Portage & Main| BLOG |Outdoor Boilers that Last - Choose Your Steel Wisely! The Steel within our boilers is key to performance. Many producers of boilers use a type alloy steel called 409, but is it all it's cracked up to be? If 409 stainless steel is not...
What Makes for a Great Outdoor Boiler in 2025?
Portage & Main| BLOG |An Efficient Outdoor Boiler is About More than Heat. Fire doesn't exactly need heat to burn properly, but rather a combination of three essential elements: fuel, oxygen, and heat. This is often referred to as the "Fire Triangle." Heat is a...
How to Keep Your Family Warm & Homeschool Children Off-Grid in 2024
Portage & Main| BLOG |How to Homeschool Children Off-Grid in 2024 Tara Dodrill is a homesteading and survival journalist and author. She lives on a small ranch with her family in Appalachia. She has been both a host and frequent guest on preparedness radio shows....
Six Tips to Keep Your Family Warm and Fed in Winter in 2024
Portage & Main| BLOG |Six Tips to Keep Your Family Warm and Fed in Winter in 2024 Elizabeth Horst is a traveling writer and editor who enjoys simple countryside living rooted in the simple joys of rural life As Old Man Winter blows cold throughout the hemisphere,...
How to Live Off Grid in 2024 : Develop Self-Sufficiency by Gardening and Raising Animals
Portage & Main| BLOG |How to Live Off Grid in 2024 : Develop Self-Sufficiency by Gardening and Raising Animals Elizabeth Horst is a traveling writer and editor who enjoys simple countryside living rooted in the simple joys of rural life Embracing the Off-the-Grid...
Portage and Main Boilers versus Heatmaster : An Observational Case Study 2023
AN OBSERVATIONAL CASE STUDYPortage and Main 34 44 versus Heatmaster MF 7000 They Are both Shaker grate models. They Are both pretty equal capacity models. They both have a multi-pass heat exchanger. One of the difference is that the Portage & Main has a fully...
Which is the Best Heat Exchanger for an Outdoor Boiler in 2024
Portage & Main| BLOG |Which is the Best Heat Exchanger for an Outdoor Boiler in 2024The Portage and Main Ultimizer Quad Pass Heat Exchanger Portage and Main Ultimizer Outdoor wood furnace’s design and robust, quality manufacturing ensure that their furnaces...
Best Outdoor Boiler For Your Home & Farm In 2024
Portage & Main| BLOG |Best Outdoor Boiler For Your Home & Farm In 2024Choosing a Boiler for Your Home and Farm This Winter Winter is fast approaching, making now a perfect time to start thinking about how you want to heat your home and water for those cool...
Maximizing Burn Efficiency in an Outdoor Boiler : The Portage & Main Refractory Brick
Portage & Main| BLOG |Maximizing Burn Efficiency in an Outdoor Boiler : The Portage & Main Refractory Brick What is an Efficient Burn Portage and Main’s Ultimizer design and robust, quality manufacturing ensure that their furnaces achieve the best, hottest and...
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About Portage & Main Boilers
Our head office is located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Our dealer network spans North America and we would be glad to put you in touch with one of our knowledgeable agents. Our staff oversees the development of new products, monitors production, designs heating systems, and offers tech support for installers. All our wood furnaces are designed for installation outdoors and deliver wood heat indoors.
Tollfree
1-800-561-0700
Phone
(306) 922-1722
Hours
Monday-Friday : 8am to 5pm CST
