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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Another garage heat question
« on: January 10, 2016, 03:20:16 PM »
My boiler is about 10 feet from the left door of my two car garage which is also used in winter to make repairs and
for men type loafing.( man cave) . I'm only using two ports on my boiler, one for heating my 5400 sq ft. house and the other heating my domestic water.  My boiler is large enough to heat up to 8000 sq ft. My question is can you install quick coupler on the back of the boiler on one of the ports and run an insulated pipe on top of ground and straight in to my garage  and hooked to a pump on the wall also with a quick coupler.  Run another pipe from the pump to a steam coil  box heater mounted in the ceiling of the garage. That way I could only run pump while using shop in winter and not have to dig up the ground around my garage. Roll up the pipe and store away when not being used ,blow water out of pump and reverse process when I need heat. Sounds complicated I know but would be easy and cheap way to run. I'm open to suggestions on a better way without digging ditch and running heat exchanger.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside insulation
« on: January 10, 2016, 01:38:59 PM »
That's the product I was wandering about UP Doug. Does it come in a roll? Is it durable in wet weather and outside conditions. I'm hoping not to have to re wrap these pipes every year. Just installed a year ago and already looking kinda ratty

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside insulation
« on: January 10, 2016, 01:35:09 PM »
The pipe from about a foot above ground down is in the original insulation filled drain pipe. When it was installed we put sections of pipe insulation down in it as far as we could up to where it goes in the boiler. It's not a homemade, it's a Ozzark Biomass from Dobbs brothers. Just wanted to wrap all those pipes up together in something

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Equipment / Re: 460 rancher bar length ?
« on: January 10, 2016, 01:27:50 PM »
Great tip. I think I'll stick with the 20". The 60cc should handle that bar and chain real well. The chain on this saw is 7/32. My old Stihl that I sold before I bought this one had the .325 I believe, and my sharpener wheel will need replacing. So far am happy with the change.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside insulation
« on: January 10, 2016, 01:21:38 PM »
It's 1"pex. I have it wrapped in the plumbers type rubber 4 ft. sections cut to length and zip tied. I then wrapped it all in regular house insulation but it's rotten and looks bad and not really doing the job I want. There is a silver colored wrap I have seen and wandered if anyone has had any experience using it. I like the idea of cutting drain pipe in sections. Any other ideas would be considered

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Equipment / 460 rancher bar length ?
« on: January 10, 2016, 11:05:13 AM »
I have a brand new Husqvarna 460 rancher that came with 20 inch bar. Wandering if anyone out there uses both or all three bar lengths that are recommended by Husqvarna.16, 20, or 24" bars. How does saw perform with each size. I can see times when all three would be good.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Where the heck do ya live
« on: January 10, 2016, 09:35:02 AM »
South Central Kentucky
Live in a remodeled elementary school
Heating 5400 sq ft (20-25 ricks per year)
We call em ricks here in ky

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Outside insulation
« on: January 10, 2016, 08:33:41 AM »
This is my first post. Been reading your posts for year or so and have really gained a wealth of knowledge. My question is what type of insulation do you use to wrap from the ground up to the boiler. I know that the swimming pool noodles are good as well as the plumbers version of that type. What im looking for is wrapping all the pipes with something that would keep the cold wing from penetrating to the pump, pex pipe. Thanks for opportunity to join. :thumbup:

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