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Plumbing / Pex fittings
« on: May 08, 2017, 08:34:38 AM »
Hello everyone, i shutdown the boiler for summer and i have a bit of maintenance to do. I have a small leak inside my basement where the underground piping comes in the house on the copper side. The leaking union is very close to the insulated pex lines so i think i should take it apart before soldering. So i'll upload a picture of the fittings i need to take apart, i need to know what they are called and how to remove them?

Thanks


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Wood Doctor / Regular Maintenance
« on: September 22, 2016, 11:05:23 AM »
Looking to light the boiler in the next month. What should I be doing for maintenance? The fan and pump all seem to be working fine is there something that requires my attention before startup? Conventional wood doctor/medium...

Thanks

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Wood Doctor / Leaky door gasket
« on: October 21, 2015, 07:15:39 PM »
Just changed my gasket. I still have a trace of smoke coming from the chimney along with glowing embers when i open it up. I see the door can be adjusted. Just trying to figure out if its the gasket or the fan that's letting air in, gasket seems to be making contact with the boiler. Is there an easy way to find out where the air is getting in? Also is there a specific way to adjust the door, i will be working on it this weekend. Wood doctor medium.... I read some people use high temp silicone instead of gaskets, can someone post some pictures of their gasket/silicone setup just hard to visualise?


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Wood Doctor / Pics of my wd. Which model is it?
« on: April 10, 2014, 08:05:10 PM »
Just curious if anyone can tell which model this is with certainty? Thanks

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / A lot of questions, help please
« on: April 02, 2014, 08:31:07 PM »
So we lit the wooddoctor, still not sure which model but we lit it, no leaks...i have a lot of questions, i hope i can keep them in order and i'm sure i will be on again with more.

I am only heating my 1500 square foot concrete slab in the basement.

We filled the boiler with hard well water, do i need to add citric acid, any clue how much?

There are 5 small flow meters on a header in the basement, they are only reading 1/8 to 1/4 gpm, almost at 0, is this normal? There are 5 loops from header to return. I changed the in floor ciculating pump, there was a lot of gunk on intake side and screen was nearly plugged on the outlet side, pump was also noisy. Changed it and flow increased a little bit. Nnow if there is gunk in the pump, house is 6 years old, can the floor runs be gunked up and can these be cleaned and whats the best way?

Set points on the boiler are 160 high limit and 140 low, make sense? The inlet on my header after mixing valve was at 110 degrees, and return in celcius was about 13 slowly climbing during the day, actually it only went up 3 deg celcius during 8 hours is this too slow? Whats the max temp for a concrete slab? Is it 140 deg? i played with the mixing valve but no noticeable changes, just happy its not seized.

Its a start, i really like the concept, havin fun learning but its tricky stuff...

Thanks everyone, i'm sure i will be back tomorrow with more, good night!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Glycol
« on: March 22, 2014, 10:03:28 AM »
Glycol, can it be used in a owf? I have a wood Doctor furnace for the time being. My guy out here mentioned you could not because of evaporation issues? Is this correct? Also I have 100% inhibited glycol, the 100 means I can dilute it, right? How much does glycol cost?

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Wood Doctor / Need some information please
« on: January 21, 2014, 06:34:44 PM »
I'm looking at making a home purchase. The home i am looking at is heated with a wood doctor, just from glancing at some posts there seems to be issues with these units. What should i look for. Are these units any good? Reliable? Please fill me in from a newbie position, lots to take in from this.

Thanks

Clueless

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