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Fire Wood / Re: sawmill scrap

« on: May 11, 2014, 06:38:11 PM »

I have 2 buzz saws and don't use either one. Amish mills here cut them into either 4' or 16" (or much less) long pieces.

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Fire Wood / Re: sawmill scrap

« on: May 10, 2014, 04:48:51 PM »

You can buy oak slabs, edgings already cut to 16" here for about $40 for a 6x10 dump trailer load. Even at that it just isn't worth the effort in a owb. I got a couple of loads as rent for my dump trailer, I burnt it up but it was a pain. Another local mill is selling 4' long stuff for a little less, it might be worth handling if you don't have a source for free wood/logs. I thought it would be handy for shoulder season but the handling is a pain.

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General Discussion / Re: Mastercraft Doors Junk

« on: April 29, 2014, 04:32:06 PM »

If they won't do crap for you then a small bead of silicone on the weatherstrip to the glass will seal it. Any picture of where it's leaking on the sill?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: used stove leaky

« on: April 25, 2014, 04:20:19 PM »

Likely new is a better idea, especially if you have to hire the work done. I can weld so I wasn't worried about my used owb. I had actually planned on building my own and was going to use this one until I could find the time to make my own, turns out it's fine and working great so my self built is sitting on the shelf for now. I replaced the fan, solenoid, pumps, aquastat which also added some money to the used owb. It adds up quick.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: used stove leaky

« on: April 24, 2014, 08:59:18 PM »

I bought a used owb without air testing it but I got lucky and had no leaks. You already know this one has a leak but I would want to know exactly where the leak is and if there is only 1. What if the whole weld job is bad and you put major hours into it and partway thru next winter it starts leaking again in another spot? Will you be able to keep water lines hot while you are doing "emergency repairs"?

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Plumbing / Re: Underground Lines

« on: April 05, 2014, 04:06:44 PM »

For those who are thinking of using spray foam why don't you buy a can of closed cell foam, cover a 2' long piece of pipe and set the whole thing in a 5 gallon pail of water for awhile and see what happens. If it leaks right away or within a few days you will know it will definitely fail over time.
Then I would buy Logstor, again.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Splicing Undergroung pex

« on: March 31, 2014, 07:06:53 PM »

Just put the connection in a drywell or a underground vault so you can check it. If and when I move my OWB I will be using a concrete vault to connect the existing lines together, the new line will be at other end of the shop.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: New Installation...bit of a problem...

« on: March 31, 2014, 06:51:50 PM »

Where do you live now? I'm about 80 miles from Strathroy, north on Lake Huron. I wouldn't put too much money into heating the driveway until you do some calculations on BTU's and amount of wood it would take just to keep that square footage warm let alone melt snow. You might need a pretty big chunk of that unheated shop to store enough wood just for the driveway. There are other guys here from Ontario who could give you a better idea. Will you be living in the shop now while you build the house or how do you plan to keep the owb full?  Logstor is about $17 a foot here for 1" lines inside.

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Fire Wood / Re: TYPE of CHAIN SAWS USED

« on: March 25, 2014, 05:41:21 PM »

Was a nice saw holder, turned it into firewood after the pic. My wife thinks it takes that many saws to cut firewood. When she goes to the bush with me I have to take 3 or 4 saws and when each fuel tank gets empty I just grab another saw, tell her if you run them too long they will over heat and blow up. Told her they don't have a fan or a radiator like a car. I don't think she believes me though.

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Fire Wood / Re: TYPE of CHAIN SAWS USED

« on: March 24, 2014, 05:40:37 PM »

I run Stihl but have a husky or two to give out as loaners. I have a few more stihls now, this is an old picture.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Logstor Price Increase

« on: March 22, 2014, 03:16:40 PM »

Slim, when was the last time you had an increase from logstor? Around here it seems as if most manufacturers of everything from farm equipment to whatever are trying to keep prices at the same price for as long as they can hoping to retain market share in a poor economy. Suppliers of raw inputs are already in tight margins so anytime they get an increase they have to move prices up right away. I'm in the housing industry and most of our contractors haven't had an increase in rates paid to them in around 4 years. They are slowly going broke because the cost of everything else keeps going up, fuel, insurance, trucks, tools etc. and their rates are staying the same. There's a huge difference in being busy and making payments to being busy and putting money in the bank. Like the old saying "no use working for free, I can go broke sitting at home".

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Plumbing / Re: newbie dhw question

« on: March 10, 2014, 06:52:55 PM »

hayburner, I have my dhw hooked up 1st so that hottest water goes to it. I have my house on a tube exchanger and my other house on a plate exchanger. On the plate exchanger we have some issues with the water getting cold in the tank after not being used for several days. Not a problem just something to think about. Tube downfall is if you use large amounts of hot water it might have an issue keeping up. We don't have a huge demand so it's works great in our house.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: FORKLIFT CAPABLE OWB

« on: March 10, 2014, 06:33:32 PM »

Slimjim, depends on which way he is setting the unit in the building. I assumed he is lifting from the side and not the front. I plan on welding a set of tubes onto my feet to strengthen them up and for lifting later. I can only lift mine about 2" off the ground with my tractor, just too heavy and tall. If I put tubes on the legs then I can lift and drag it. That is if I ever get around to moving it to it's permanent location, it's pretty handy just outside my garage door now.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: FORKLIFT CAPABLE OWB

« on: March 09, 2014, 07:25:28 PM »

pinehouse, just leave the runners under it. Not going to hurt anything as long as you make them the length of  legs.

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Fire Wood / Re: Burning Lumber or Pallets

« on: March 09, 2014, 11:43:50 AM »

I burned a bunch of pallets last fall for quick heat. Scrap lumber is ok just make sure no oil, paint or whatever is on it. It smolders for a long long time. I threw 3 pieces of scrap MDF trim in mine yesterday, it had white water based paint on it and you would think I threw 20 gallons of paint in the stove. I burn all kinds of junk wood in mine, I have a big magnet to retrieve the nails and other steel crap.