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Portage & Main / Portage and Main BL34-44 Install

« on: October 02, 2013, 12:00:19 PM »

I am in the process of upgrading from a home made OWB to a Portage and Main Ultimizer BL34-44.  My existing boiler sits in a 12 x 12 shed with a concrete slab that I installed 10 years ago.  I got tired of the leaks and wood consumption, hence the upgrade.  The problem is the new 2800 lb boiler will not fit in the shed.  My plan is to poor a slab next to the shed run my plumbing straight out the wall to the new boiler.  I was thinking of putting a roof over it right away and frame it in and insulate the building over time.  IS insulating the building overkill?  Do I need to even frame it in?  Just seems to me the less exposure to the elements the better, even if it is a self contained unit.  IS there anyone that has experience with this unit or can speak upon burning a mixed bag of wood, i.e. pine, larch, fir, cottonwood, spruce???  Our forest is diverse and I have about 90 acres of it.  Some dead mostly green. 

Thanks for any input you may have,  I am new to the ultimizer, but have been running a OWB unit for 10 years so give it to me straight!