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[hondaracer2oo4]

Well today marks 3 months of burning for me, started October 22 this year. 2nd year with the g200, pretty mild winter so far, a few cold weeks but other than that not bad. I have hit just about 3.5 cords so far. We will see what the rest of the season brings for temps. No complaints with the boiler, adjusted the damper plate today since I found it staying open 1/4 inch because of the position on the shaft. Fixed that and suddenly found I have zero smoke from the flue in between cycles. It must have happened gradually and the smoke slowly increased with time(very little smoke, I'm talking wiffs). Also found temp climbing to 184-185 after a cycle, I don't remember that happening before. I think shutting the air should fix that too. I'll pull the rear cover off above the hx tubes to check that. Other  than no maitanence needed. I do still have the door gasket leaking issue with creosote. It's really at a minimum and I don't think I can get that right without replacing the gasket, not the right time of year to do that. How's everyone else doing midseason?

[aarmga]

Doing well here also.  I don't start burning until December usually.  I have about 1.5-2 cords through mine so far which isn't a gasser.  Knock on wood I haven't had and issues yet so far and everything has been good.  I bought myself a new pump just incase I needed it I would have one on hand.  I really do like my NC a lot it has been very good to me. 

Anyway hondaracer, have you heard of the silicone door gaskets?  I've heard they work good, I'm still using my original door gasket and I have a second one I got from my dealer as a spare so I'm good for 4 years or more if they all last this long. 

I plan on running mine until the middle/end of march. After that I clean it up and shut the garage door until the next season.

[mlappin]

The G series comes with silicone door gaskets already, I think honda has one where the silicone is a little low in one corner.

But you are absolutely correct, the silicone door gaskets beat the old fiberglass ropes hands down. When I built my waste oil boiler the main door and the cleanup both got homemade silicone gaskets. Place some silicone in the bottom of the groove, place the 1 inch rope in then fill it up with silicone and strike it off with a putty knife.

[aarmga]

What kind of silicone do you use?  It says in my manual that I can make homemade gaskets this way to make a better seal but NC never really says what to use.  I just figured as much I'd use the same stuff as I seal the stove with I guess.

[coolidge]

Half way through? At about 7 full cords since late Sept, the G200 has to be the easiest boiler to run as far as cleaning goes.

[Roger2561]

My CB E-Classic 1400 is doing very well.  This is my 6th winter heating my home and DHW.  The winter has been very mild; a lot of 30's and 40's for the month of January.  I believe it's warmer this year than it was last year.  Anyway, I think I've gone a bit over 2.5 cord since early October.  I burned more wood through December when we had a couple of nights of sub-zero temps than I have all of January this year.  I've had a couple of minor hiccups but over all it's been running flawlessly. 

I was always under the impression that mud season showed it's ugly face in the spring, March, April, etc...not in January.     Roger

[mlappin]

Yah on the mud, our drive is nothing but a big frost boil in places.

[duramax]

Just around 4 cords so far. We started early this year. Last week lowered the house temps because it was to warm at night. Today I did a mid season full clean out of the 1450, scrapped the inside and pulled all the corner air vents and vacuumed it all out. I last fed the fire Saturday at 8:00 am with a small load and let it die out to get the F O alarm. They call it fire out I have another idea Last night lit the coal stove for the 1st time this year and heated the house up, almost to warm. So 28 hours after feeding the fire I still had hot coals to restart it. I had a small fire behind the boiler where I dumped ashes, all good it was in a sandy area so I let it go.

[mlappin]

What kind of silicone do you use?  It says in my manual that I can make homemade gaskets this way to make a better seal but NC never really says what to use.  I just figured as much I'd use the same stuff as I seal the stove with I guess.

I have some high heat red silicone from Permatex in a caulk tube. I’ve also found suitable high heat silicone form Old Fort building supply in caulk tubes.

[kommandokenny]

Just sold a couple of our face cords, as we won't burn everything this year.
Neighbour was stuck.


Sled trails up here still closed,,so mild,, and some lake crossings still unsafe.
Glad I don't own a sled

[Roger2561]

Just sold a couple of our face cords, as we won't burn everything this year.
Neighbour was stuck.


Sled trails up here still closed,,so mild,, and some lake crossings still unsafe.
Glad I don't own a sled

Kenny - I hear ya on the sleds.  I had considered purchasing a used one before the winter set in after listening to the long range forecast.  I am so happy I did not buy one with all of the mild weather we've had.  I saw some people ice fishing the other day and I think I'd be a bit leery being out there right now.  Roger

[kommandokenny]

Ya 10-4 Roger.
We got tracks for the atv  ,,now we can get in the bush all year round.
And we use the sled trail behind us,, as it;s closed .
Thing goes anywhere!!

[kommandokenny]

Just sold a couple of our face cords, as we won't burn everything this year.
Neighbour was stuck.


Sled trails up here still closed,,so mild,, and some lake crossings still unsafe.
Glad I don't own a sled

.  I saw some people ice fishing the other day and I think I'd be a bit leery being out there right now.  Roger

Sled would of been a waste of money for sure.





Imay walk out but not taking any equipment onto the ice.
We got our ice hut in the driveway still.

[aarmga]

What kind of silicone do you use?  It says in my manual that I can make homemade gaskets this way to make a better seal but NC never really says what to use.  I just figured as much I'd use the same stuff as I seal the stove with I guess.

I have some high heat red silicone from Permatex in a caulk tube. I’ve also found suitable high heat silicone form Old Fort building supply in caulk tubes.

Thank you sir.  I may try this.  If it doesn't work I can always peel it back out and install my new rope gasket!

[RSI]

You should be able to get high temp silicone at Menards. The temp rating isn't quite as high as the stuff Nature's Comfort uses but should be enough.

I have never coated the rope on Nature's Comfort boilers because they said if we do it not to completely cover it and leave rope showing on inside. The reason is because the inside of the door is only welded to the outside in the middle on each side and they don't want moisture getting trapped inside the door.

The reason it is only welded in these 4 small areas is to stop heat transfer. The outside of the door stays much cooler because of it.