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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Fixing my Ridgewood crack issue
« on: October 28, 2017, 05:06:56 PM »
Did not have enough time last year to fix the infamous cracks in my ridgewood the right way, so I ended up welding them up from the outside and inside. Stove ran fine last winter, but cracks came back so I decided to do a better fix. I cut the door frame out with a plasma cutter, then cut the 3/16 steel out that was the front of the firebox that is 36” inside diameter. I purchased a 3/8 thick, 37.5” round plate for 100.00 and cut the door opening in it today with a plasma cutter leaving radiused corners. I welded the door frame back on the 3/8 new front as well as the angle iron for the siding. I have the boiler all clean and ready to weld the new plate to the front of the firebox tomorrow inside and out. Hopefully this will fix the cracking issue and I can get a few more years out of this boiler.
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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / I have Fire!!!!
« on: November 02, 2014, 05:24:37 AM »
Well,
I finally have my Ridgewood fired up for the first time on Tuesday. No issues so far, everything is working good. I am busy now insulating lines at the back of the boiler, and in my garage as well as the copper in the basement. Do not know how I pulled it off, but my wife is stacking the wood in my expanded wood shed. I had a large barn fall down last winter and I am burning the wood and beams that I did not recycle. It has been a long but fun summer, ended up with a 12' by 36" lean 2 wood shed off my garage, sided to match with doors on both ends. Concrete pad for my boiler with 4' extra in front, Logstor pipe buried and grass growing. I ended up going with the Grundfos pumps that Slim suggested 26-99 I believe. One is in my basement and heats my domestic as well as my water to air. I also added a loop with two 1" tee's off of my main line close together with a smaller pump feeding a water to air exchanger in my breezeway, with a line voltage thermostat controlling the pump. My garage has a 26-99 feeding it with a recycled large Hydraulic cooler with two fans on it. I have a line voltage thermostat controlling an outlet. This way I can plug one fan motor in or both if needed. This pump is inside the garage as well, as it is below my boiler water level. I have shut off valves on all exchangers, and boiler valves in place to flush each one out when needed. Just wanted to say Thank You for all the help and advice I received here from your answers or just reading previous posts. Special thanks to Slim!!
I finally have my Ridgewood fired up for the first time on Tuesday. No issues so far, everything is working good. I am busy now insulating lines at the back of the boiler, and in my garage as well as the copper in the basement. Do not know how I pulled it off, but my wife is stacking the wood in my expanded wood shed. I had a large barn fall down last winter and I am burning the wood and beams that I did not recycle. It has been a long but fun summer, ended up with a 12' by 36" lean 2 wood shed off my garage, sided to match with doors on both ends. Concrete pad for my boiler with 4' extra in front, Logstor pipe buried and grass growing. I ended up going with the Grundfos pumps that Slim suggested 26-99 I believe. One is in my basement and heats my domestic as well as my water to air. I also added a loop with two 1" tee's off of my main line close together with a smaller pump feeding a water to air exchanger in my breezeway, with a line voltage thermostat controlling the pump. My garage has a 26-99 feeding it with a recycled large Hydraulic cooler with two fans on it. I have a line voltage thermostat controlling an outlet. This way I can plug one fan motor in or both if needed. This pump is inside the garage as well, as it is below my boiler water level. I have shut off valves on all exchangers, and boiler valves in place to flush each one out when needed. Just wanted to say Thank You for all the help and advice I received here from your answers or just reading previous posts. Special thanks to Slim!!
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Plumbing / Looking for pump advice
« on: August 31, 2014, 07:42:52 AM »
I am getting close to finishing my install and am ready to buy my pumps and could use some advise as to sizing them. I have a ridgewood 7500 and my loop to the house in 75' and it is Logstor. I have 25" of 1" copper in the basement going to a 20 plate exchanger for my Domestic water, then 10' of 1" copper to my water to air exchanger 15" by 20" then returning back to the logstor which is 30 more feet of 1" copper. I have eight 90 degree elbows in the loop and the plate exchanger and water to air are 1" feed brazetek units. I would like to put my pump inside as it is below the boiler.
My second loop is to my attached garage. 30' of Logstor, 4' of 1" copper to a Recycled Hydraulic oil cooler with 1 1/2 npt fittings in and out and two independent fans, then 4' back to the logstor. This pump will be on the boiler, with the garage exchanger at floor level.
Any advice would be appreciated! I am thinking Grundfos, just not sure of sizing.
My second loop is to my attached garage. 30' of Logstor, 4' of 1" copper to a Recycled Hydraulic oil cooler with 1 1/2 npt fittings in and out and two independent fans, then 4' back to the logstor. This pump will be on the boiler, with the garage exchanger at floor level.
Any advice would be appreciated! I am thinking Grundfos, just not sure of sizing.
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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Picked up my new Ridgewood 7500 yesterday
« on: March 15, 2014, 07:28:37 AM »
Went downstate yesterday to Ridgewood in Hersey to pick up my new stove. I am more than impressed with their operation and their product. It is a simple stove that is built well by some pretty nice people that were very helpful. Looking forward to getting it installed this summer, after the winter we had in the Upper Peninsula this year. I had rented a home here with a Woodmaster 4400 for a year, and enjoyed the experience as well as not paying the propane man. I choose the Ridgewood for its simplicity and quality, and its seems to be the best priced stove out there.
Just wanted to thank everyone here for the wealth of information that you have posted here, which will help me in my install.
Just wanted to thank everyone here for the wealth of information that you have posted here, which will help me in my install.
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