Wood Boiler Project - Chimney Phase

Well, as they say, every journey begins with the first step and that must apply to installing a wood boiler too.

Here is the concrete work I did last weekend. I'm putting Excel insulated chimney pipe horizontally through the wall and then vertically up the sheet rocked wall that you can see inside the garage.

In the basement I will have about 7.5 inches of clearance between my dwsp and my floor joists. The insulated pipe that will go through the wall has about 6 inches of clearance from the pressure treated wood you see on top of the sill. The vertical Excel should have about 4-5 inches from the inside of the chase once it is built.

In one of those pics it looks like there is some kind of PVC tube, but that's just an item sitting in the garage.

My next step is to pour a 3 sided concrete form that I will sink down into the hole in the garage with the open side facing the basement foundation. The form will be about 3 inches wide on all sides. The form will allow me to dig down without dirt falling into the hole and weakening the garage floor. By digging down, I will have space for my cleanout-T. The form will be about 3 inches above the garage floor to keep melted snow etc, from the cars from ever running into the hole. The form will also serve as the foundation for my chase.

I'm going to put up a lot of images of this project for your feedback. Everything I know about boilers I've pretty much learned here so, I appreciate your feedback.

EDIT: Forgot to add that there is concrete behind the sheet rock you see in the garage. I'm going to remove just a bit of that to give about 4 inches of clearance between horizontal Excel pipe and the sheetrock.

NP ALASKA said:

Nice, great start at he chimney. Lot of work reomving all that.

I am anticipating putting in mine, equipment should be here by June.

Cant wait.

Great Job

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Thanks! I've had to totally change gears and switch over to dealing with the wood situation. My parents are putting their place on the market and they said I could take down some trees on their lot but it had to happen before the house went under contract. I got everything out by last Friday, and they just got an offer on Tuesday.

Then, Sunday a neighbor let me borrow his splitter since his dad brought it back, so I am splitting like crazy every night after work to finish all the wood I just brought from my parents plus another 4 chord or so I have had cut and piled up around my house since I started entertaining the whole boiler idea.

I'm hoping to switch back to the chimney in another couple weeks once I have all the wood stacked. Everything I've read on here says to get the wood seasoned as soon as possible. I had hoped to start making dhw by June, but if I have to go on oil an extra month that's not a deal breaker.

Well, everyone I haven't been on in a while but I thought I would post pics of my finished chimney project. Me and the family are taking some time off for a camping trip and then "all" (ha ha) that is left is to turn the mess in the last couple pics into a fire breathing set up.

I hope to have the system online by the second week in September!














The boiler room