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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 15, 2015, 07:53:31 AM »

Coolidge. How well will this hold up to water? Part of my basement is stone wall foundation while the other half is block. The stone wall side does seep water when we get heavy rains. This one one of my main concerns as to why I never did anything with the walls. I would hate to insulate them and in return the water ruins whatever I may have done.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 13, 2015, 01:30:00 AM »

Poly?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 12, 2015, 10:54:45 PM »

Well from my understanding with this bubble wrap and them taping up the seems it acts as a vapor barrier.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 12, 2015, 09:34:10 PM »

I want to basically stop air infiltration. Not so much as insulate them. I think most of the cold that comes into my house comes straight threw the floors. Yes I do have some coming threw the walls but the floors are always much colder than the walls. I will be insulating the walls at some point. Not really sure what other options I have for the floors other than this?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 12, 2015, 09:03:05 PM »

Looks like this is the route I will be going then fellas. Thanks for the help!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 11, 2015, 11:04:45 PM »

I use it whenever we do radiant ultra fin, it works very well with stopping air infiltration.

Slim. Do you tuck it up in between the joist of staple it "flat" across to each joist then do you use any kind of foil tape to seal up the seems?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 11, 2015, 11:03:27 PM »

No there is a small radiator in the basement but does not by anymeans heat the basement. ATV what would you recommend? And no I don't have radiant floor heating. Im kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place here. I can get the bubble/foil really cheap. I want to keep this as cost affective as possible. Im trying to save to have my walls dense packed over the summer. My floor I can feel I loss allot of heat or the cold just simple comes threw the walls in the basement and up threw the floors.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Insulating basement ceilings

« on: March 11, 2015, 01:41:34 AM »

This summer on my to do list I was tossing around the idea of insulating my basement ceilings. Im not going to use fiberglass bats but I am looking into using the bubble style reflective barrier. Have any of youins tried this stuff before? I seen most say they had great results in the room temps above the basement after this install. And its pretty cheap to do. I think I loss most of my heat on my first floor threw my basement being cold. Last yr I went ahead and spray foamed the frame sill with great results but Im always striving for more to save some wood here and there. Any other suggestions Im open ears....

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ever miss a inside fire?

« on: February 18, 2015, 09:20:49 PM »

On real cold nights I still fire up the old stove in the basement. Hell sometimes I grab a few cold ones and sit next to it with the door open and enjoy the heat they give off.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Burning coal without a shaker grate?

« on: February 17, 2015, 09:24:04 PM »

No it will not hurt it not using fire brick.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Got some coal to try! Picture added..

« on: February 17, 2015, 09:22:07 PM »

Honestly walker IMO the shaker grates to me aren't worth the extra $$. I have them and never use them. All I do is use a garden hoe to push the coal around. Works much better for me. If I had to do it over I will not get shaker grates. That's just my opinion.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Got some coal to try!

« on: February 16, 2015, 09:53:44 PM »

No it wont hurt. I run the fines threw my H4. The only thing I suggest is pile what wood you are burning in the stove then throw your coal on top. I found this to get much better burns and it makes getting the coal lit a little easier. Ive been burning nut coal mixed with almost rice coal and been doing it this way the whole winter. If your just burning coal make sure you have a nice bed of embers before adding coal so it wont fall threw the grates. This way it has somewhere to settle.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wives

« on: February 04, 2015, 11:23:05 PM »

I wish I was blessed but unfortunately I was not. Me and my girl for 9yrs just split up about 1yr ago and I have to admit she did help me once in a blue moon with wood ect... The girl Im seeing now is from South Jersey (Atlantic City) and she is full blown city slicker! Im the complete opposite. I took her hunting this yr and she could not for the life of her keep her damn pie hole closed long enough for the deer to come within site . I look at it like this. Im 31yrs old and have not been married and and probably wont. Been doing all this on my own from day one. Why start now? Personally I love being single! Less stress for sure HAHA

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 06:20:42 PM »

That way I can get my service truck down  to the boiler and draw a vacuum on the boiler water so I don't loose much

Don't you have valves at the boiler? If not, I would put them on while you are working on the pipe. I would be very careful putting a vacuum on the boiler. It could easily damage the water jacket.

Did you use the stainless cinch clamps with the ear that gets pinched with a tool? If so, are there any marking on the clamps? (something OET 29.6)
What brand of tool did you use? There are a lot of junk tools out there now that don't squeeze the ear properly. Also some require calibration and if not set right can either cause the clamps to break it too tight or leak if too loose.

One of the best things I have done with mine is put shutoff valves at the boiler for when you need to work on it.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: 5 wrap pex melting snow

« on: January 29, 2015, 12:04:57 AM »

I have splices on my wrapped pex but I made sure I ordered enough that comes from the stove and about 12ft into my basement. In my basement is where I have the splices. Im not sure if I missed it but what clamps/crimps did you use? I used cheap ones my first time around and never again. Leak after leak!