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[Wood Nutt]

I have really hard well water at the house.  When I put my boiler in, the lab called my water "liquid rock"  and did not recommend I fill the system with it.  I ended up hauling water from town and had to figure out a way to top off with the same hauled in water during the heating season.  I built this nurse tank and added an inlet on the outside of the boiler with garden hose threads.  Basically I hook the nurse tank to the inlet to top off the boiler.  I bought the pump at Harbor Freight ($40), the 15 gal tank at an auction ($1), a used washing machine fill hose, and a few plumbing supplies and scrap plywood.  I have $50-60 in it and haul water 5 gallons at a time to refill the nurse tank.  I store it inside my heated shop and wheel it out to the boiler with a 2 wheeled cart when necessary.  I also add some corrosion inhibitor to it to keep the levels up in the stove.  works pretty well and something I did not think of, I keep much better track of how much water I have to add to the system.

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