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Plumbing / insulated pex
« on: March 07, 2012, 07:36:47 AM »
Has anyone used ozarkbiomassfurnace.com's 4 line insulated pex? They make it themselves here in Missouri.
Talked to a super nice lady at the factory yesterday.
they are also this place.
www.outdoorwoodfurnaceparts.com
Talked to a super nice lady at the factory yesterday.
they are also this place.
www.outdoorwoodfurnaceparts.com
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Hardy / Re: how bad does a hardy h4 smoke
« on: March 06, 2012, 08:53:25 AM »
I have a Hardy h2 and my brother in law also has one. He lives about 1/4 mile from me. I am on the top of a hill, he is down in a valley.
My Hardy barely smokes at all, I will have smoke when the fan kicks on for a few minutes. and the rest of the time you can hardly see the smoke rising. His looks like a old time coal fired locomotive. It fills the whole valley with smoke.
We both cut the same kind of oak and hickory firewood. I don't know what the difference is.
Everyone asks why and we don't have a clue.
My Hardy barely smokes at all, I will have smoke when the fan kicks on for a few minutes. and the rest of the time you can hardly see the smoke rising. His looks like a old time coal fired locomotive. It fills the whole valley with smoke.
We both cut the same kind of oak and hickory firewood. I don't know what the difference is.
Everyone asks why and we don't have a clue.
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Hardy / Re: Bought a Hardy that got a little hot...
« on: January 20, 2012, 01:50:27 PM »
It was me that did the temporary on top of the ground hookup. It is doing well. I wrapped each pipe with foam insulation and wrapped it all in reflectix (bubble wrap covered in aluminum foil) I could see the lp gas gauge moving down before I hooked the Hardy back up.
I am using less wood now, than when it was just buried in 4" pvc 3 or 4 feet deep.
I am using less wood now, than when it was just buried in 4" pvc 3 or 4 feet deep.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: SHOP HEAT
« on: January 12, 2012, 01:18:24 PM »
It sounds like you all are as bad as me when it comes to rigging stuff up to save a dollar.
The guy that is putting in my hvac system said he had a one year old Nutone electric furnace that he had replaced and I could have it for $100.00. It was a lemon from the start evidently and the a-coil is no good. so I will have to find something cheap for that.
The guy that is putting in my hvac system said he had a one year old Nutone electric furnace that he had replaced and I could have it for $100.00. It was a lemon from the start evidently and the a-coil is no good. so I will have to find something cheap for that.
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Plumbing / insulating lines
« on: January 12, 2012, 12:58:05 PM »
I think I mentioned in another post that a highway is coming thru where our house was, and we have moved it and are building a new house.
Any way I have my H2 Hardy temporarily hooked up 25' behind our house sitting on two railroad ties, I ran two pex lines to the house, put them in cheap foam pipe insulation and wrapped them in reflextix and taped it about every 6 inches. It is just laying on top of the ground.
It is doing a whole lot better than it did the past 12 years when it was buried 3' deep in 6" pvc pipe with no insulation.
It snowed overnight and didn't melt on top of the reflectix. I am impressed at this point.
I can't believe a local installer just buries the pex 18" in the bare ground.
Any way I have my H2 Hardy temporarily hooked up 25' behind our house sitting on two railroad ties, I ran two pex lines to the house, put them in cheap foam pipe insulation and wrapped them in reflextix and taped it about every 6 inches. It is just laying on top of the ground.
It is doing a whole lot better than it did the past 12 years when it was buried 3' deep in 6" pvc pipe with no insulation.
It snowed overnight and didn't melt on top of the reflectix. I am impressed at this point.
I can't believe a local installer just buries the pex 18" in the bare ground.
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Plumbing / 4 line pex
« on: January 09, 2012, 01:15:18 PM »
Where can I buy good quality 4 line insulated pex? Evidently, none of the owb dealers around here have heard of insulating the water lines.
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Hardy / Re: h4 price
« on: January 09, 2012, 06:21:54 AM »
We are building a house and I have had a H2 for 12 years or so. I called one dealer for a price and he just wanted to quote a whole system install.
So I don't know how much the H4 was, he lost me when I asked him what they put they water lines in and he pointed to some red and blue pex in the back of his truck.
I said but what does that go in, he said" we put it 18" down.. It won't freeze......
I am not worried about it freezing, I don't want to fill the hardy up every ten minutes though.
So I don't know how much the H4 was, he lost me when I asked him what they put they water lines in and he pointed to some red and blue pex in the back of his truck.
I said but what does that go in, he said" we put it 18" down.. It won't freeze......
I am not worried about it freezing, I don't want to fill the hardy up every ten minutes though.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / earthwood
« on: October 31, 2011, 07:12:35 PM »
Anyone have a Earthwood boiler? They are made not too far from where I live.
I watched their youtube video and it looked pretty good
I watched their youtube video and it looked pretty good
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: D.I.Y. Pex line insulation?
« on: October 31, 2011, 06:55:30 PM »
If I stick with a Hardy boiler, is there any downside to individually wrapping the 4 pex lines with the black foam insulation and putting it in 6" shedule 40 pipe?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Southeast Missouri OWB dealers
« on: October 03, 2011, 06:56:08 AM »
I haven't totally decided not to get another Hardy.
I know how to fix it, and how it hooks up. Has not ever given me any real problems. Just seems awful hungry.
I have no complaints with the smoke either. Ours has never been real smoky.
I know how to fix it, and how it hooks up. Has not ever given me any real problems. Just seems awful hungry.
I have no complaints with the smoke either. Ours has never been real smoky.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Southeast Missouri OWB dealers
« on: October 03, 2011, 06:43:32 AM »
With in about 15 miles of Poplar Bluff.
I was going to buy a CB at Bucheits in Jackson, but I called over there and they quit selling them
I was going to buy a CB at Bucheits in Jackson, but I called over there and they quit selling them
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Southeast Missouri OWB dealers
« on: October 03, 2011, 06:12:49 AM »
As I mentioned in another post, we are going to be building a new house soon. We are letting our daughter and son-i-l have the Hardy.
I want to get something more efficient. The closest CB dealer is a 100 miles. What other brands should I consider?
Although after reading some of the information on here, I have figured out my pipes are a great deal of the problem. They are 4' deep but not insulated and all of them are touching.
I didn't install it. HVAC company did.
Also are there any benefits of the Hardy having 4 water lines instead of 2 like most?
I want to get something more efficient. The closest CB dealer is a 100 miles. What other brands should I consider?
Although after reading some of the information on here, I have figured out my pipes are a great deal of the problem. They are 4' deep but not insulated and all of them are touching.
I didn't install it. HVAC company did.
Also are there any benefits of the Hardy having 4 water lines instead of 2 like most?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / hardy or Central Boiler
« on: September 29, 2011, 07:11:15 AM »
A new highway is taking our house, soon.
We have had a Hardy for 12 years and I like it other than it's appetite for wood.
The highway will not pay us for the furnace as they consider it personal property. However my daughter and son in law want it. Since they are moving our house and we are building new.
Will I save a lot of wood if I buy a CB instead of a Hardy this time? The Hardy seems to be hardly insulated at all.
The CB seems to be much more protected from the wind and cold.
We have had a Hardy for 12 years and I like it other than it's appetite for wood.
The highway will not pay us for the furnace as they consider it personal property. However my daughter and son in law want it. Since they are moving our house and we are building new.
Will I save a lot of wood if I buy a CB instead of a Hardy this time? The Hardy seems to be hardly insulated at all.
The CB seems to be much more protected from the wind and cold.
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Hardy / Re: How Much $$$$ have you saved
« on: December 29, 2008, 02:02:44 PM »
How do you have your water heater plumbed into the system?
I have mine completely bypassed, saves a lot of electric but the wife is grumbling because it take a few minutes to get hot water.
I have thought about installing a recirulating pump
I have mine completely bypassed, saves a lot of electric but the wife is grumbling because it take a few minutes to get hot water.
I have thought about installing a recirulating pump