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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Moving estimate?
« on: February 09, 2018, 04:25:36 PM »
I'm thinking of moving my boiler this coming off season. It's too close to the house and the smioke has stained the corner of my roof overhang. Also staying muddy and messy where I'm moving firewood in to boiler area all the time. What is your estimation of the cost to move it around 75 feet and what kinda difficulties am I faced with in splicing? I just have the 4 pipe wrapped , 2 blu 2 red with electric power cord inside. It's 1 inch pex. One red going to heat exchanger in air handler the other going to hot water heater 2 blues as returns. I should have thought this out more when I put it in but I was in a hurry. We bought the house at auction and wanted the heat installed asap.
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Fire Wood / Re: What kind of tree is this??
« on: February 04, 2018, 08:15:22 AM »
This topic was from back in November. It was a p**s elm. It's already been burned . My other topic is a different tree. Look at it and tell me what it is. The topic is tree identification.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: February 02, 2018, 09:20:13 PM »
I'll get a picture of log with bark tomorrow
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: man dies in "outdoor furnace explosion"
« on: February 01, 2018, 12:14:18 PM »
Smart Thinking 
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: man dies in "outdoor furnace explosion"
« on: February 01, 2018, 08:44:54 AM »
That is exactly what happened to the guy in my area who died a few minutes after it happened. He told his wife he believed he would be ok if he could just sit down for a minute. She said in 2-3 mins later he collapsed and never regained consciousness. Pronounced dead at the scene. He had been using a Taylor conventional for several years. He was an experienced boiler user. The reason I'm saying all this is it could happen very quick and we all need to be aware of the danger. Some boilers may not have this danger at all, but if you find out it does in the middle of that fireball it could be too late. Dad always told me on the farm that our equipment is not dangerous it's when we use them the wrong way and don't respect the risk of danger.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: January 31, 2018, 08:34:55 PM »
It's awful hard for me to turn down a load of free firewood.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: January 31, 2018, 07:55:17 PM »
It is not in the best shape. Should have been burned last year. A tree service gave it to me and I remember when I spilt it it would have a jagged edge on the end like sharks teeth. It has a lot of ash and not enough burn time.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: man dies in "outdoor furnace explosion"
« on: January 31, 2018, 07:45:34 PM »
I will just about guarantee you he opened his boiler either deep in the burn cycle or emediatley after. We had a gentleman in his 70s that the exact same thing happened to. He opened the door and the flame came out and burned him so bad flesh was falling off his bones. He also sat and talked to people and died a few minutes later. I've had a couple close calls myself and it is nothing more than user error. If her hands were burned then his cloths were likely on fire and she was trying to put it out. I could be wrong on this but it can happen, trust me it can. I have learned my lesson and I am much more careful than I was when I first put mine in.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: January 31, 2018, 02:59:11 PM »
Looks like alligator skin.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: January 31, 2018, 11:40:17 AM »
I'll try and get a picture of one of the logs.
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Fire Wood / Re: Wood identification??
« on: January 31, 2018, 05:13:41 AM »
I believe it's honey locust. The bark is coming off real bad. Every block it separates. I probably should have burned it last year.
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Fire Wood / Wood identification??
« on: January 30, 2018, 09:47:35 AM »
I'm burning a wood that has burs on it. Underneath the bark it's got burs. Anyone no what that is. It's not very dense. Just fair. The bark is very rough on it. I wish I had a picture.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Having a major problem
« on: January 26, 2018, 05:43:01 PM »
I'll let you know. I'll probably use a little more electricity with the two pumps running constant. I really was bugged to look and see 150-155 temps going in to my heat exchanger on these 0 degree nights like we had couple weeks ago. Ever since I turned the pump on after I got it in my inlet temps have not dropped below 172. I'm only losing couple degree in my loop which makes me real happy. House is bound to have shorter heat cycles with that much more temp consistency.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Having a major problem
« on: January 26, 2018, 04:33:56 PM »
I got my Armstrong pump installed to circulate my boiler water. The pump is very quiet and it solved my temperature drops in the house at the exchanger. I'm very pleased at how consistent my supply temps are now coming in the house. Hopefully I'll notice a drop in wood usage. Thanks to everyone who helped me figure all this out.