Maine Dealers/Installers of Gasification boilers

I can't give you much but I believe there is some dealers of gassifiers in southern Maine. I think there may be a Tarm dealership and also an EKO or similar. Just check out the web sites of the boilers your interested in and do a dealer search.

nchezy,

I'm in southern Maine and have made inquiries to both H. S. Tarm and Garn just this week. Garn's dealer responded the same day. He is Chris Holley from Floor Heat Systems in New Harbor, Maine 207-677-2509

The info packet that I received in the mail from H. S. Tarm today encouraged me to contact ReVision Energy LLC in Liberty, Maine 877-369-6757. I haven't contacted them yet.

Not sure how near to Brunswick either of them are but I guess they are the Maine dealers for those two companies anyway.

Welcome and good luck.

Rick

I'd be interested in how you make out with revisionenergy. They just quoted a Greenwood for me and I think it is quite high as boiler alone was 50% higher than other quotes I had and install was over 2X boiler cost (23k total). I haven't spoke to the Garn dealer yet

I have dealt with Chris he is very knowledgeable and helpful. Also there is http://mainewoodfurnaces.com/index.shtml He sells Benjamin's and Greenfire's.

Also, 23K is nuts. I installed my own Greenfire for around $4500 boiler and parts. IMHO Greenfire has less issues then GW... The only issue I have with the Greenfire is cleaning the rear part of the HX. I think they are working on a design change to address that...

nchezy,

Tarm sent me a "suggested price list" sheet, dated 4/18/07 that said on it to contact ReVision to order. The SOLO PLUS 40 is listed at $6895.00

They sent a tank price list too, dated 4/1/08, that seemed to say that you had to order tanks directly from them. They show 415,512,620,738,822,957,1205 and 1550 gallon units for 1500,1540,1700,1985,2150,2285,2560,2970 dollars. 120 and 180ft heat exchange coils are 700 and 950 dollars.

Rick

sparke said:

IMHO Greenfire has less issues then GW... The only issue I have with the Greenfire is cleaning the rear part of the HX. I think they are working on a design change to address that...

Click to expand...

Sparke,

Can you describe the procedure for cleaning out the boiler and what you have heard about design changes to make this easier? There have been a few people on this board who have described some "horror stories" related to issues of clogging and cleaning, etc. Is this a problem with all boilers of this design? Anybody else want to wade in on this?

Mike, Cleaning the ashes are easy with the ash pan set up. Cleaning the top of the Hx is easy with a furnace/boiler brush you can find at any plumbing/heating store.
The only issue I have is the back of the Hx(just like everyone else with this style boiler). I asked Greenfire if they are going to be addressing the issue and they said they are looking at it...

sparke said:

Mike, Cleaning the ashes are easy with the ash pan set up. Cleaning the top of the Hx is easy with a furnace/boiler brush you can find at any plumbing/heating store.
The only issue I have is the back of the Hx(just like everyone else with this style boiler). I asked Greenfire if they are going to be addressing the issue and they said they are looking at it...

Click to expand...

Thanks, Sparke. Not having seen the back of the Greenfire, what exactly is involved in cleaning out the back? Any idea how they could improve the design to make access easier but still allow the unit to function properly?

Right now I think I could get to the back HX easy enough by removing the smoke pipe and 3/16" steel on the lower half where the smoke pipe exits. If Greenfire does not come up with a new skin that has an access panel, I will make my own. Similar to Anthony. He has pics somewhere. I know they are improving their design. Mark sent me some pics showing the smoke bypass they are working on.

nchezy, I've been trying to set my Tarm solo 40 up without spending a large amount. I purchased the solo 40 directly through Tarm in NH over a year ago for about $5000. I thought that was it, just hook it up and heat, wrong! They don't tell you you will need heat storage up front. They tried to have me go through the people in Liberty. His price was over my budget. I persisted and Tarm sold directly to me. My local plumber has a solid fuel license and the ability to hook everything else up. I have been researching different heat storage possibilitys on this forum. Pressurized VS non pressurized. The open heat storage requires the exchangers and the closed requires an expanshion tank plus insulation and a side arm DHW. STSS CO INC makes the open storage for Tarm and sells directly through them. Expensive. They seem to have a monopoly. I e-mailed STSS CO INC and never received a reply. I also e-mailed Tarm several times about the different sizes available, no reply. Because of space I'm still looking for other manf. of open storage tanks, they don't exist except for a very expensive stainless tank manf. From what I read here it's DIY closed heat storage using a used LP tank, or a site built EPDM open tank for the gassifiers on the market now. Most of the threads I've read in this forum suggest heat storage for all gassifier. Get educated here before you spend a large amount of your hard earned money. sweetheat!

http://www.mainewoodfurnaces.com/Seton.shtml

Don't know anything about them other than they are in Maine.

rod67, not a gassifier! the Europeans have developed their technology around there strict emission laws. Here we don't have the same laws, so the technology lags. My goal is to burn clean and hot, extract all the heat, and burn less wood. sweetheat