Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: DaveWertz on February 07, 2013, 09:38:24 PM
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Heres a few of my wood pile and stove plus one of just my wood truck. Lets see those wood piles ect....
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Where do you get all those blocks? That's what I need.
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They have those blocks here as well, there cutoffs from oak railroad ties
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I live right down the road from a railroad tie processing plant. The "biggest" distributer on east coast. Plus my grand dad that I bought the house from worked there for 30+ yrs and gave me a connect to get the wood before he passed. That blue truck he owned since the 80's and only drove 5 miles a week the whole time, its soul purpass was to bring wood home. That was my paps hobby was stacking his wood piles :)
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These pictures were taken before or while I was stocking the wood. It is full , 5 x21`x5` high on both sides now.
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Nice set up Pit Crew, I plan on building something similar this spring.
Do you have any problems with the smoke staining the back of your shelter there and is the stack far enough above the roof that you don't have problems with draft. Or maybe it doesn't matter with forced draft.
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the only problem with the smoke staining is on the front of the boiler itself. But I have found a couple cleaners that takes it off with little effort. The stack is plenty high enough as you can see in this pic. No draft problems at all. I will be putting sides on the shelter in the spring and 4` or so on each side of the front for apperance. With a strong blowing snow it still gets on the wood withhout the sides on.
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Here's my set up.
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good lookin setups guys! I would love to have a carport. Maybe by next year? :bash:
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Heres a few of my wood pile and stove plus one of just my wood truck. Lets see those wood piles ect....
Dave
Or should I call you lucky dog. Have you ever even cut firewood for your stove? Can I move next door to you :D.
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the only problem with the smoke staining is on the front of the boiler itself. But I have found a couple cleaners that takes it off with little effort. The stack is plenty high enough as you can see in this pic. No draft problems at all. I will be putting sides on the shelter in the spring and 4` or so on each side of the front for apperance. With a strong blowing snow it still gets on the wood withhout the sides on.
Nice setup pit crew When's the concrete get poured just kidding. Very nice job
Jack
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First pic is the gear, 856 IH with loader and boom pole,
Second is the front loader loaded,
Third is the boom pole loaded,
Fourth and fifth are two of the piles needing cut up, (the first wood pile pic got reduced to a very small pile before it started raining (and I ran outta gas))
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The stove is being built
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Nice build, I am a carpenter, builder by trade. I love to make and build things. I probably have burnt up maybe a dozen sticks welding in my life time. But I just started playing with a mig welder. I see a new addiction coming.....would love to beable to make on of these.
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Heres a few of my wood pile and stove plus one of just my wood truck. Lets see those wood piles ect....
Dave
Or should I call you lucky dog. Have you ever even cut firewood for your stove? Can I move next door to you :D.
HAHA yeah I cut wood every once in awhile. Only when trees blow down. It is nice just to lay skids down and throw the wood in a big pile. A lot less effort than splitting and cutting. But it does take the fun out of having a chainsaw. Well if you want to live in PA there are a few houses close to me and the railroad tie company that just went for sale. Not sure where you live but this area isn't the greatest for jobs unless you want to work for a gas company. Im not cut out for 100+hrs a week though.
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You guys are making me kinda jealous. You all have skidders and such, I want one!! Maybe someday when work decides to give me that big raise i've been waiting for :bash:
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Well I got the sides on the car port this past weekend. No more snow on the wood piles.
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Here are a couple before the sides...
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Here's some photos of my stove/carport setup. (1st attempt at putting pics on here... wish me luck)
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Nice setup chuck
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That is a really nice set-up Chas. How big is your shelter?
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How do you put pics up ?
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It's 20' x 25'. It's a Versa-Tube brand car port. I have the wood stacked over 6 ft high. If I did the math right I have close to 50 face cord in there. I shouldn't have to cut wood for a while but if I know me... I'll be back in the woods as soon as it cools off. My wife calls me a wood hoarder. Beats sittin' around. I've already got another stack started outside...someone at work asked if any one wanted some free firewood..already cut to length, I said hell ya! :thumbup:
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Nice set up..... I'm jealous lol
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very nice Chaz. I stood under a 18x21 car port when looking at them, and thought this will be plenty big. There never big enough. I just hope by adding the sides that it dosent make the smoke too much of a problem when opening the door. I may need to put a fan in there. The back is still wide open.
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very nice Chaz. I stood under a 18x21 car port when looking at them, and thought this will be plenty big. There never big enough. I just hope by adding the sides that it dosent make the smoke too much of a problem when opening the door. I may need to put a fan in there. The back is still wide open.
Thanks for the complments on my set up guys. I know a guy whose entire wood shed is inclosed and the OWB Is inside. He put an exhaust fan from above a cook stove over the door of the boiler and turns it on before he opens the door. It sends all of the smoke out through the roof. He said it works great.
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My set up
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Alright guys..Heres from pics of my pole shed and cord wood. Theres roughly 20+ cord of wood in there...2 years of burning if I didnt do any cutting or refilling...The left hand side and the middle of the pole shed was was cut and split this year..Right hand side was cut in the summer of 2012..
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Cut, split and stacked a tri-axle load of wood in just under a month. :thumbup:
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Hey guys, it's been a while since I've been on, but I have been busy. Here is my wood setup now. Sorry, it's a video instead of pictures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZfnxwJBwc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZfnxwJBwc#)
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Hey guys, it's been a while since I've been on, but I have been busy. Here is my wood setup now. Sorry, it's a video instead of pictures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZfnxwJBwc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZfnxwJBwc#)
MrDan - That's a darned cool set up. Roger
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MrDan, I watched that quite some time ago, pretty dang slick setup!
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Great idea to rotate your wood and cool toy to help you do it.
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This is my tractor moving a 1/2 cord of fire wood on a pallet. I build the pallets myself. I place the pallet next to the OWB. Once it's empty I simply swap out the empty for a full pallet. It saves me from handling the wood more than once.
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Nice looking set up Dan, I watched that a while back.
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Nice wood hauler roger!
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Nice looking set up Dan, I watched that a while back.
I second that Very cool nice thinking. I guess you just need to weld some stops on the end so if your ever by yourself you don't push off the end.
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I don't have any pictures of my wood pile and by looking at what is in these pic I do know that I don't have enough wood stacked yet. I do have one question for you guys.......why are you splitting the wood when you can feed the stove with logs? Will the split wood not burn faster? I understand if its too big to handle or too big around to go in but what i'm seeing in some of these pics looks to be small stuff. Just wondering.
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I don't have any pictures of my wood pile and by looking at what is in these pic I do know that I don't have enough wood stacked yet. I do have one question for you guys.......why are you splitting the wood when you can feed the stove with logs? Will the split wood not burn faster? I understand if its too big to handle or too big around to go in but what i'm seeing in some of these pics looks to be small stuff. Just wondering.
For me...Split wood is easier to handle and better stacking
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I don't have any pictures of my wood pile and by looking at what is in these pic I do know that I don't have enough wood stacked yet. I do have one question for you guys.......why are you splitting the wood when you can feed the stove with logs? Will the split wood not burn faster? I understand if its too big to handle or too big around to go in but what i'm seeing in some of these pics looks to be small stuff. Just wondering.
What MattyNH said. Plus my OWB is EPA phase II compliant and it burns much better with wood that's split between 4 and 8 inches diameter. Granted I have some larger stuff, but none larger than 10 inches diameter, and not much of it. This type of OWB needs wood that's well seasoned and to achieve that it needs to be split. Roger
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I don't have any pictures of my wood pile and by looking at what is in these pic I do know that I don't have enough wood stacked yet. I do have one question for you guys.......why are you splitting the wood when you can feed the stove with logs? Will the split wood not burn faster? I understand if its too big to handle or too big around to go in but what i'm seeing in some of these pics looks to be small stuff. Just wondering.
The small splits in my pics were actually cut a couple of years ago for a small wood stove i had in my pole barn, I'm cuttong them longer now and not splitting them as small.
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Here are some pics of my setup. This is only my second season with a owb...moved to this property (that had the burner) a year ago.
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Lord what a stack!
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Talking about owb chimney?
Last year I had a 5' chimney, and we were getting a lot of smoke in our house eve. I only had green wood and mostly pine. I also know our neighbors don't like the burner...closest has allergies. So I figured I would extend it up this year. Plus I have all hardwood, and somewhat seasoned wood this time. The chimney is 3 3' sections and one 2'.
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Talking about owb chimney?
Last year I had a 5' chimney, and we were getting a lot of smoke in our house eve. I only had green wood and mostly pine. I also know our neighbors don't like the burner...closest has allergies. So I figured I would extend it up this year. Plus I have all hardwood, and somewhat seasoned wood this time. The chimney is 3 3' sections and one 2'.
I see you did the same thing as me with your support wires on the stack..Im up 19 feet
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I see you did the same thing as me with your support wires on the stack..Im up 19 feet
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Yepper. Thanks for the ideal...and the proof it works. I got the chimney bracket from a company, online, that deals with central boiler. It works well with
Looking forward to firing up the owb and seeing how it works. Not cold enough here yet.
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I see you did the same thing as me with your support wires on the stack..Im up 19 feet
Yepper. Thanks for the ideal...and the proof it works. I got the chimney bracket from a company, online, that deals with central boiler. It works well with
Looking forward to firing up the owb and seeing how it works. Not cold enough here yet.
[/quote] Hey np lol..Thats the exact same thing i did ..Except I didn't buy the bracket online..Bought it from a central boiler dealer...lol..You got turn buckles to keep the tension? The set up absolutely works.. Yeah Im looking forward to firing up the owb as well..Its been warm heres as well..Maybe this weekend Ill see
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Yep.... That's a lot to put on one
Hoping it works for you... The e series heatmaster has a lower exhaust temp than most models so we just gotta hope that by the time it's at the top it's still over 300...
I know on some of the newer e series you can't even add 3 ft of chimney without potential issues because stack temps are so low, even if its insulated
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Yep.... That's a lot to put on one
Hoping it works for you... The e series heatmaster has a lower exhaust temp than most models so we just gotta hope that by the time it's at the top it's still over 300...
I know on some of the newer e series you can't even add 3 ft of chimney without potential issues because stack temps are so low, even if its insulated
Scott, Can you educate me on this further please.
I've got a Heatmaster 10KE with about 6' of insulated stack. Are you guys thinking its efficient enough to condensate before it gets to the top causing moisture problems or creosote buildup ? I do burn it out about once a month with cardboard.
Can i check the EGT with an IR gun or whats the preferred method for an insulated chimney ?
Thanks in advance :)
-Ryan
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Yep.... That's a lot to put on one
Hoping it works for you... The e series heatmaster has a lower exhaust temp than most models so we just gotta hope that by the time it's at the top it's still over 300...
I know on some of the newer e series you can't even add 3 ft of chimney without potential issues because stack temps are so low, even if its insulated
Hopefully it works...we will see. I used insulated pipes for this, plus I dont have a E series burner, just a straight 5000ss.
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Hey np lol..Thats the exact same thing i did ..Except I didn't buy the bracket online..Bought it from a central boiler dealer...lol..You got turn buckles to keep the tension? The set up absolutely works.. Yeah Im looking forward to firing up the owb as well..Its been warm heres as well..Maybe this weekend Ill see
I put a turn buckle on each corner.
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20 cords. Still havent fired as of yet. :)
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Yep.... That's a lot to put on one
Hoping it works for you... The e series heatmaster has a lower exhaust temp than most models so we just gotta hope that by the time it's at the top it's still over 300...
I know on some of the newer e series you can't even add 3 ft of chimney without potential issues because stack temps are so low, even if its insulated
Scott, Can you educate me on this further please.
I've got a Heatmaster 10KE with about 6' of insulated stack. Are you guys thinking its efficient enough to condensate before it gets to the top causing moisture problems or creosote buildup ? I do burn it out about once a month with cardboard.
Can i check the EGT with an IR gun or whats the preferred method for an insulated chimney ?
Thanks in advance :)
-Ryan
Yes, you get the point about condensing
I do t think you'll have that issue on the 10e at all tho..... Stack temps although lower than a regular, are still high enough to be safe
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Powerstroke, I see the brackets on the left side of your stove. Are they to hang your stove tools,rakes hoes shovels? I have been trying to come up with a good way to store those tools. What do some of you others do with yours?
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Yes Pit Crew, those are for my tools. I have a hoe end welded to a 6' piece of metal coduit and an ash shovel that I hang up there. They are just cheap metal hangers you can pick up at Menards and I screwed them to the framing. It works great! :)