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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Needing a fire at night

« on: September 29, 2015, 08:47:08 AM »

This is my first year with my ridgewood 6000 and it looks like next week some lows in the 40s then back tonthen60s during the day. What do you guys do when you need a fire at night but none during the day do you restart it every time or keep a small one going threw the day.

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Equipment / making homemade log splitter for vertical use

« on: May 16, 2015, 05:22:24 PM »

Has anyone tried this before? I have a home made splitter sitting on a plank of plywood on a boat trailer and was thinking of taking off the plywood and extending the square tubing of the tongue to the axle and hinging it there just wondered if anybody has any advice or pics they could share. I have tried uploading but it says its to large.

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Plumbing / Re: Mixing valve install

« on: April 25, 2015, 05:34:39 AM »

Sorry should explained better. The boiler has 1 inch supply and returns going to the side arm being installed on the dmh. The mixing valve is also for dmh, all my existing plumbing is 3/4 PVC at the water tank and my mixing valve has the 1 inch female threads I would have to reduce down. I will have 1 inch supply and return coming into the sidearm then 3/4 going into the drain valve and pressure relief

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Plumbing / Re: Mixing valve install

« on: April 25, 2015, 04:58:42 AM »

All my existing water lines are 3/4 the mixing valve I have now has 1" female threads on all 3 connections

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Plumbing / Mixing valve install

« on: April 24, 2015, 08:33:44 PM »

I am getting ready to install my first wood burner and have a question about the mixing valve. I have a honeywell valve with 1 inch female connections coming out of it, originally i was going to have to reduce it to fit the 3/4 plumbing existing on the tank. Home depot has a 3/4 sharkbite fitting that would fit in and reduce the amount of fittings and cost significantly..my question is would this cause a problem in hot water load or should it be ok to do. we dont use hardly any hot water so not super concerned about recovery. I attached a link for you to see.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/SharkBite-3-4-in-Brass-Heat-Guard-110-D-Thermostatic-Mixing-Valve-24505/204498190