Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Plumbing => Topic started by: atvalaska on March 20, 2013, 03:11:16 PM
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newbe here, I'm putting in the lines (I have 1.25 lines) this spring...... 1 to the house@75' and 1 to the shop @60'. I plan to bury it with a 10/3 power feeder and a 6pair wire for some control/monitoring systems...of some sort along with some 14/2 wire to feed a outside light that I can turn on and off any where in the house /check on the fire/smoke. as I move along with the "setup"there maybe some pumps/water storage in both the house and shop O0.....good by 4'00 a gallon fuel oil >:D
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If I had it to do over again I would bury a 3/8 or 1/2" compressed air line from my shop to the boiler underground in the same trench. I use one out there from time to time to aid in cleaning out the stove, if I had one buried I wouldn't have to stretch 80ft of hose from my shop every time I want to use it. It really works good !! A small pancake compressor will also work, but doesn't have much volume.
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On eguy on here filled his with foam insulation. A bit pricey for me, but a great idea if you have the means. And go as deep as water table will allow. I am not quite 24" and have discovered the moles like to trench next to my lines in the winter. Little bastards almost broke my ankle this winter. Sounds like you have a good handle on planning it out. Wish I had done more than super pex and uf cable. RSI on here has a kickin monitoring system.
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good one guys ...keep them coming...
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I buried 3 wrap double walled pex about 5 feet deep since I am high and dry. I also ran a 3/4 pvc to the stove and pulled in some thhn for pump etc. Maybe even tossed a heiniken bottle in the trench by mistake. :post:
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When we buried our lines we foamed two 1" lines in a 12" x 8" block of 2lb foam with a
solid 4" tiled buried above the lines with a rope in it. We can then pull in whatever we want in
the future as long as you pull a new rope in with it for the next time. Until the tile is full! ::)
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I ran #2 wire out passed my boiler to the wood shed for a 100 amp service. I also ran 1" water line out for a water hydrant.
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I ran my 5-wrap and the tile, and TWO 1" conduits - one for the 12/2 (w/gnd) that I ran to the boiler, and one empty. I can pull another wire through the first conduit, and can get 3 in the empty one should the need arise. Only thing I'll probably ever get around to, when I get my woodshed built, is just pull one more wire for some lights / outlets in the shed.
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I ran the electric wire in a PVC pipe so I can run other wires if I ever need to, I think a few soda cans, burger wrappers, a pair of gloves and maybe a pair of sunglasses
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I ran an 1 1/4 inch water line that could be used as an electrical condiut, perhaps an air line at reduced pressure or maybe even as a water line. Four years later it is still unused but I would rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
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This thread has given me a lot of good ideas for my future install.
One thing I haven't seen in this thread (but have elsewhere on the forum) and a thing I am planning on doing, is to run my insulated lineset (which will probably be a typical factory-manufactured 5-wrap inside the corrugated plastic "drain tile") inside of a 6 or 8" PVC pipe conduit. I have a source for 6" SDR22 plastice pipe for about 40 cents a foot.
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i ran cat 5 cable for my temp sensors
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Thermopex, 2 power wires and fresh water pipe for a hose bib.
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I ran a 3/4" water line between house, stove and shop. Cat 6 network cable between the three. Extra power supply to stove. 4 way circuit to control lighting needs between the three. I also laid 2" SM over everything before back filling.
Rick