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General Discussion / Re: Getting to know one another

« on: January 10, 2010, 04:12:19 PM »

 1  tim
 2  38
3 truck/equipment mechanic
4 excavating/sawmill side business. cape cod beach camping, small block jeep cj7
5 99 f450 4door diesel dump
6 husky 61 20''
7 married 11 years 3 kids 2girls 11and 1 and son and best helper 6

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Has anyone received complaints about smoke

« on: January 10, 2010, 11:41:26 AM »

i load mine around 10 oclock pm so when it fires the heaviest smoke cycle is at late enough. i don't load it till the next night,burns real clean after the first cycle.  how about adding a 500gal water storage tank?  it would cut down on cycle times and increase burn length resulting in cleaner/hotter fire.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Still in the research process

« on: January 08, 2010, 08:54:54 PM »

r.w ...heating 2600sq ft log home. soon to be built garage with room above. flatplate is 40 plate , my heating requires 90k btu so i have more than i need for later down the road. what kind hx do you use?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Looking to buy OWB

« on: January 08, 2010, 03:19:11 PM »

  after building a furnace,and reading all the post about diff furnaces, i would consider having a welding shop build me one. only because you can over size your material ,insulation, etc. i think water capacity and insulation are the key to efficiency. i really dont think it would cost any more,if you did some work yourself , insulation , shed. i think the payoff would be in the long term.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Still in the research process

« on: January 08, 2010, 03:07:50 PM »

if you want to save money and have time , build the pex your self. i did for the cost of around $220  . only get 4-5deg heat loss at 100' distance.hx 400k btu flatplate and circ,-plus fittings ,copper etc, im at maybe $1000 and thats high. however i did pay $440 for taco 14oo series pump for constant circ pump from furnace to house to bring my total up. not sure if u get one when u buy a factory built .

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Home Made / furnace born nov 14th 2009

« on: January 05, 2010, 04:37:08 PM »

after seeing some really cool homemades and gathering parts i decided to start. it first started when i bought a rolled over stainless steel 8000gal water tanker.after slicing and dicing i ended up with all  the water storage i wanted.1200gal! a trip to the scrapyard with the leftovers got me $2800 bucks and a nice find, 36'' dia x 3/4'' thick steel pipe and 8'' dia x3/8''wall pipe all 1700lbs of it! after buying everything else to make it happen my out of pocket expence is $1500 . the beast has a 3'x5' firebox ,forced draft blower ,20''x20'' 4'' thick sandfilled door,9.5'x9.5' r79 insulated shed . she gets loaded once per night and cycles every 4 to 5 hrs when temps are 20s and 30s, and 10 plus hrs when 40s and 50s .i'llpost pics when my wife can,cause i can't.. i can thank you guys here for all the great info. it really help with the build.