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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / creasote removing

« on: February 17, 2012, 03:22:09 PM »

hello justthought i would throw this out there  today was boiler cleaning day on my portage&main ml36 did all the regular stuff and stood back and looked the stove look kinda grungy but iam out of creasote remover. so why not try simple green the brown and black just started to run off where it was heavy  above the filler door i had to spray twice but the stove looks new again have a good day rick

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / SHOP HEAT

« on: January 11, 2012, 11:02:23 AM »

I havent read anything or any of you guys using roof top air conditioning condensers for heat ex changers for your garage or shop. a friend and neighbor stoped by on the saturday of my install of my ml36 portage&main boiler and asked what i was going to use for a heat exchanger for my 28x40 polebarn and i said i was thinking of using a roof top a/c condenser he thought it might work. he has a friend that is in the heatand a/c buisness so he called me mid week and said he has 2 units. by this time all i had to hook up was the shop so sat morning he shows up with 2 roof units fans in complete. so we flushed out the condenser plumed in the feed and return lines.another friend thats a electrican wired in a 220 volt thermostat (using one side  thermostat to make iT 110 volt) turned on the breaker powered the pump up and have been heating the shed for the second season now for about 125.00 instead of 750.00 for a heat exchanger.as of now we have 2 of these in opporation. we just put one in my friend carls shop. a warm electrician is a happy electrician. so watch you heating and a/c scrap piles they do show up for little or nothing.also hot roofing companys replace condencers on re roof jobs. keep your eyes open. thanks just my 2 cents worth. rick wierstad spooner wisconsin

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Portage & Main / ml36

« on: January 09, 2012, 09:37:19 AM »

wow what a wood burning machine. i couldnt believe the little amount of wood iam using compaired to my old boiler.12 pieces in 24 hrs fill morning and before bed still have wood left in a.m. many thanks to dave jacoby of strawbalefarms for his service and advice. portage&main is defently worth the extra few bucks. thanks rick wierstad spooner wisconsin