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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / tell me what you think about this idea

« on: January 03, 2011, 05:48:49 PM »

I have in floor heat tubing in the basement of my new wisconsin home, I am cheap yet creative and want to build my own boiler. After reading of water jackets rusting through or cracks forming causing it useless.    I want to take a 36" diameter 1/4" thick and about 4 feet tall steel "drum" wrap it with copper line, surround that with a 48" diameter 1/4" thick and 4 feet tall also. then here is the kicker, so i think fill the void with sand. I would also have the wood fill door on the top to maximize copper line wrapping. and a small ash clean out door at the bottom. also some sort of air intake that i can manually adjust the air intake to regulate the fire size I also could use a barometric damper and or a damper. My biggest fear of being a cheap ass is the water getting too hot.. . what do ya think