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Site Suggestions / Help from moderators?

« on: August 29, 2013, 12:21:55 PM »

For some reason I cannot access this site at my work.  It tells me I have been banned and the ban is not set to expire.  Can anyone help me out with this?  There is a lot of good info on this site that I would like to be able to access during the day?


Thanks in advance

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Heatmor / Heatmor 200 install

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:36:03 PM »

Picked my unit up from Heatmor today!  here are a few pics I snapped.  More to come as the install comes along.




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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / tips for digging a trench around utility lines

« on: May 11, 2013, 07:27:24 AM »

I've had my utility lines marked, and right now it appears that I will have to cross a phone line to get my insulated pex to the house.  Does anyone have any tips or tricks for digging around utilities?

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Plumbing / Connecting Pex to Copper on HX

« on: May 10, 2013, 04:55:17 PM »

I ordered my heat exchanger today and i'm curious what I need to connect my pex to the copper on the HX.  I did a generic google search and came up with this.........is this what I should be looking for?  or what would one reccomend?  (the example isn't the exact size i'm looking for....just asking if thats the style of connection I need)


http://compare.ebay.com/like/230946911667?_lwgsi=y&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

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Plumbing / Pex vs Pex-al-Pex

« on: April 12, 2013, 07:07:43 AM »

In doing research on boiler lines, i've come across both pex and pex-al-pex.  Can someone tell me the difference in the two?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / dumb question

« on: April 03, 2013, 07:11:38 PM »

how come looking through posts i see a bunch that have a tagline (attatchment deleted by admin) on them?

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Plumbing / Where to buy pex

« on: April 03, 2013, 02:56:58 PM »

I'm looking for a place to sell the insulated pex lines.  In doing a google search i find info on the specifics of the tubing, but nothing about pricing anywhere.  can anyone steer me in the right direction.  My local Heatmor Dealer quoted me $10/ft for their stuff (pexflex?)  i understand you don't want to scrimp on this tubing, but is that price out of line?

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Heatmor / New to Forum, New to OWB, buying Heatmor 200CSS

« on: March 29, 2013, 08:52:30 AM »

ey guys, I guess I'll be joining the faithful heatmor owners here! I got a heck of a deal through a relateive that works at heatmor on a rebuilt Heatmor 200. I don't know what the problem was but they repaired it and sold it at quite a discount including a warranty. I have to get the details on exactly what the warranty covers yet as I am in the early stages of purchasing


anyways i just wanted to say hi!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Bye Bye Propane man!!!!!

« on: March 27, 2013, 07:47:05 PM »

Well through a relative that works for heatmor I got a tremendous deal on a 200 CSS?  Its a factory refurbished unit that has a warranty.  How much can I expect to spend on all the incidentals?  Pex, HX, fittings and the like?  I'm looking at putting it 40-50 feet from the house.

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Equipment / Jonsered 535 Problem

« on: February 14, 2012, 02:47:33 PM »

I bought a Jonsered 535 used from a buddy of mine.  its my first saw and I'm fairly new to the world of chainsaws so forgive me if this is a simple fix.

Once it warms up and I make 5-10 cuts on it, it seems to bog down and die on me when I give it gas.  It will idle just fine.  Do I have my chain too tight?  what is the proper way to know if the chain is at the right tension?


Thanks in advance

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Installing in a Doublewide Mobile home??

« on: January 23, 2012, 08:15:46 AM »

I own a doublewide moble home sitting on a full slab, aprox 1500 sq ft.  I currently heat it with a forced air LP furnace.  My question(s) is/are, how do I go about installing a heat exchanger in my furnace, from my knowledge there isn't much space, am i going to need a new furnace?  or just get a professional to do it

Also, when I run the lines under the house through the skirting, is it ok for them to run on top of the slab?  or do I need to cut out the slab where the lines are to run and run them up through the floor to the furnace?



I'm about a year away from buying an OWB, but I want to know as much about what I need to do so I can do as much of the work as I can.


Thanks in advance.

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Heatmor / Another Heatmor 200 question

« on: December 28, 2011, 09:08:33 AM »

Locally a person is selling a used HM200 for $1700.  I have a 1500 square foot doublewide mobile home.  In the future I want to build a 2 car garage/shop and also heat this off the boiler (boiler lines run through the slab.)  Is this a good unit for this application?  or is it going to be too much?

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Central Boiler / Dual Fuel Units

« on: October 17, 2011, 07:18:52 AM »

Has anyone had any experience with the dual fuel boilers?  This seems to be a very attractive option  to me if its anything more than just hype.  I would like to have the LP backup in case I end up working out of town and the wife can't make it out to fill the boiler or something like that.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Financing an OWB

« on: October 06, 2011, 01:49:51 PM »

I realize there are many factors into the cost of a boiler,(size, model, hardware etc) but I'm trying to figure  out now I can afford to finance one on an already tight budget.  I know I will probably get alot of people saying how can I afford not to get one when propane is the way it is.  I just need some concrete facts on average costs to bring to the boss...(aka wife) 


What type of financing do you have, aproximatley what type of monthly payments would I be looking at, how long do you finance out for etc.


Thanks in advance.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / New to the board, thinking about purchasing an OWB. Questions to ask.

« on: February 15, 2011, 09:16:25 AM »

Hello, I live in extreme northern MN where temps get to -40 in the coldest part of the winter  I have a double-wide mobile home about 1600-1800 square feet.  I
have not purchased an OWB yet but am contemplating it, as I spent $1700 in LP last year.  Here are my questions...


How well will baseboards hooked up to the owb work in a situation like this?  the furnace in my mobile home is in a tight area, and don't know how hard it would be
to add a heat exchanger?

Somebody that has an owb told me I could possibly run raidant lines back and forth on top of the slab underneath the house and that would make a noticable
increase in warmth in the house.  this seems kind of outlandish to me, but i know next to nothing about what would/wouldn't work.

Are the previous questions crazy, and would my best bet be to get a heat exchanger installed in my furnace?

anybody have any wild guesses on how much wood I could potentially go through given the situations listed above?


Thank you in advance as i stated above, i'm contemplating purchasing one, but know little to nothing about them.