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Fire Wood / Re: question on cutting on shares
« on: September 10, 2018, 10:11:54 AM »
It depends on them. Personally, I've been offered to share cuts on a pile of actual logs. He offered me 1 to 2. I get 2, he gets one. I passed. I get enough wood elsewhere, I have no interest in doing work for someone else's wood.
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Crown Royal / Re: Boiler Room Set-Up
« on: August 31, 2018, 05:34:00 AM »
Do these stoves have a smoke bypass?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Thru the roof stove pipe
« on: August 29, 2018, 05:19:16 AM »Why not just leave a 1-2" gap around the pipe? The boiler was meant to get wet, so water coming between the car port and the pipe isn't a concern.
I have plans of putting a car port over my stove next year. That was my plan. Cut a hole just slightly bigger than the chimney. I had no intentions of putting any boots around it or anything like that.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: August 28, 2018, 05:39:42 AM »This is the tool I use to remove copper crimp rings. Takes a minute or less.
Looks easy enough!
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: August 28, 2018, 05:39:22 AM »Seems like it would have been a lot easier to just buy a short section of Logstor or similar and run that over the ground. No assembly required, much smaller, and probably similar in cost by the time you finished putting together what you did.
Fair Assessment. I had $100 in the HDPE fittings, $70 in the pex. $20 in frost king. I got the pipe for free as scraps from a contractor. If I had used Logstor, I could've gotten away with 1 line coming into the garage, but would've had to redo how my pumps are set up. 25' of Logstor, is what? $15 a foot? So, $375 plus shipping. Call it $400 plus new setup around pump, round up to $450. All said and done, looks like I was about half price of the logstor. I wouldn't disagree that some would say $200 is worth not dealing with the headache and getting a better water tight fit.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: August 27, 2018, 11:15:06 AM »Interested to see how that goes, is the fiberglass packed pretty dense to get it inside the tile or is it loosely fit? A comment on the video about the copper crimp rings, I just take a side cutter and clip them off then remove the fitting like you did with the cinch. The cinch does look a little easier to use though
I got the fiberglass as loose as I could. For the angled section, I got 2 pieces stuffed in there. The horizontal piece I only used 1. I know fiberglass needs air and fluff to be efficient, but I got it as loose as I could in an 8" pipe.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Outside Pipe Reconstruct
« on: August 27, 2018, 05:30:00 AM »
Hey guys, I got my video up of me redoing my outside pipes. With the new stove coming (it arrived Saturday and I'm going to pick it up TODAY) I figured I could do better with my outside pipes. Obviously, they are a far cry from what should be done with buried pipes. But, as you can see, I am 8' from my garage and there just isn't the justification for all the additional work what would go into getting buried lines into my garage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_9rUJUhgw&t=42s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF_9rUJUhgw&t=42s
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HeatMaster / Re: CB EDGE compared to HEATMASTER
« on: August 24, 2018, 02:24:04 PM »
Here's my main take on the two. Heatmaster has been using 409 stainless steel for a VERY long time. Central just started with this stove. Everyone is moving to 409. Welcome to the club CB.
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: August 22, 2018, 09:46:40 AM »
It shipped TODAY!! I can't wait!
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: August 06, 2018, 05:21:13 AM »
Final Concrete Pad Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6x-U2kXBg8
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: July 26, 2018, 08:05:28 AM »
Concrete Update 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIB4LwsY4KA&t=4s
Concrete Update 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSlJWpynHY
I'm still working on my "Moving Day" video. It's my first video I've really had to edit and I'm still trying to find good software to use.
Concrete Update 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSlJWpynHY
I'm still working on my "Moving Day" video. It's my first video I've really had to edit and I'm still trying to find good software to use.
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: July 23, 2018, 03:28:16 PM »
I got my "Moving On" video posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riq9h8Yy20Q&t=184s
The actual moving day video is almost done. I also posted an in-depth video of how to clean out the rear air channel in the conventional Heatmaster stoves.
The actual moving day video is almost done. I also posted an in-depth video of how to clean out the rear air channel in the conventional Heatmaster stoves.
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: July 17, 2018, 07:26:29 AM »
Got the 10k moved out. It was a lot heavier than I remembered. I hope to have the video up next week. Let's just say I needed more tractor. And no, no tractors, stoves or people were harmed in the making of the video. 
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HeatMaster / Re: Moving on from my 10k
« on: July 11, 2018, 08:43:09 AM »So it looks like you acquired 4 more youngun's in 5 yrs. Doing pretty good. In another 5yrs that will be 10 total. You'll need a G400 just for hot water. Really though there ain't nothing better than a big happy family.
HAHA!! Nope on that front! I'm done. Just got clipped 2 weeks ago. We had our third 2 years ago and decided to take on foster and ended up getting a trio of boy siblings. The 2 older ones are big help. They have only been in our house 2 months and have already helped unload 2 trailer loads of wood. They are only going to be more helpful!
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HeatMaster / Moving on from my 10k
« on: July 11, 2018, 05:28:09 AM »
Well guys. I'm moving on from my 10k. I've been heating with it for the last 5 seasons. I actually burned my first summer this summer for hot water. We added 3 foster kids, for a total of 6 kids (5 boys) taking showers almost every night, so it was a no-brainer to keep burning. I've been hem-hawing around for the last 2 years trying to sell my stove. I've had a couple guys interested, but not bite. I had my set price point that it wasn't worth moving on unless I got a certain price for it. But, I finally have a buyer.
When I first bought my stove, gassers had just come on the market and they most had serious issues. Creosote in the exchangers, controller issues, heavy maintenance requirements. They just weren't that appealing to me at all. I was set on a conventional stove and I've not regretted my decision. At the time, I needed to be able to stuff her full and leave for a few days. We all know my evaluation of everything lead me to the Heatmaster brand and I have been very satisfied.
But, gassers have come a long way in the last 5 years. Creosote free exchangers, brush-less maintenance, dependable controllers and operation. Plus, the most attractive feature for me, is a significant anticipated reduction in wood consumption. I have averaged between 12 and 15 cords of wood each winter. When I had 2 kids 5 years ago, it was a piece of cake to get that much wood cut up. Now with 6, time is much more scarce. Last season and looking forward to next, I was always behind.
Anyway, I have sold my 10k and will be taking shipment on a G200 in the next month. I'll be documenting as much as I can on my youtube channel. I'll keep you guys posted on here regarding progress and such. I'll definitely be watching my wood consumption. I am planning on starting it up as soon as I get it installed so I can get my water heaters turned back off again.
When I first bought my stove, gassers had just come on the market and they most had serious issues. Creosote in the exchangers, controller issues, heavy maintenance requirements. They just weren't that appealing to me at all. I was set on a conventional stove and I've not regretted my decision. At the time, I needed to be able to stuff her full and leave for a few days. We all know my evaluation of everything lead me to the Heatmaster brand and I have been very satisfied.
But, gassers have come a long way in the last 5 years. Creosote free exchangers, brush-less maintenance, dependable controllers and operation. Plus, the most attractive feature for me, is a significant anticipated reduction in wood consumption. I have averaged between 12 and 15 cords of wood each winter. When I had 2 kids 5 years ago, it was a piece of cake to get that much wood cut up. Now with 6, time is much more scarce. Last season and looking forward to next, I was always behind.
Anyway, I have sold my 10k and will be taking shipment on a G200 in the next month. I'll be documenting as much as I can on my youtube channel. I'll keep you guys posted on here regarding progress and such. I'll definitely be watching my wood consumption. I am planning on starting it up as soon as I get it installed so I can get my water heaters turned back off again.