I recently purchased a home with a CB OWB and noticed this spring where the lines were ran the snow melted first. I know everyone is thinking to tear it out and put in a gassy with correct lines but its not in the budget next big purchase is a tractor.
With that being said here is the current setup
35ft run from the boiler to the house burried 20ish inches inside 8inch pipe wrapped in foam(CB sold this with their units in mid 2000s)
Once it comes into the house is runs to the LP boiler and then the full length of the house, goes outside again(20inches deep) to the garage and runs up to a forced air unit. From the garage floor to the forced air unit it is about 10ft and that pex is also bare.
It then returns the same way.
Inside the house and in the garage it is bare 1 1/8 pex
I was planning on insulating the exposed lines in the basment and garage, is it worth it to dig up the lines and add some sort of insulation? few inches of spray foam?
This project would be a limited budget and once this boiler died I would start from scratch.
additional info
3250sf log cabin(propane backup)
1200sf garage
10 acres of thick woods around the house an additional 100acres 4 miles away
Ideas? questions? Sorry for the long post but thanks ahead of time as im sure your suggestions will help me with my decision.
With that being said here is the current setup
35ft run from the boiler to the house burried 20ish inches inside 8inch pipe wrapped in foam(CB sold this with their units in mid 2000s)
Once it comes into the house is runs to the LP boiler and then the full length of the house, goes outside again(20inches deep) to the garage and runs up to a forced air unit. From the garage floor to the forced air unit it is about 10ft and that pex is also bare.
It then returns the same way.
Inside the house and in the garage it is bare 1 1/8 pex
I was planning on insulating the exposed lines in the basment and garage, is it worth it to dig up the lines and add some sort of insulation? few inches of spray foam?
This project would be a limited budget and once this boiler died I would start from scratch.
additional info
3250sf log cabin(propane backup)
1200sf garage
10 acres of thick woods around the house an additional 100acres 4 miles away
Ideas? questions? Sorry for the long post but thanks ahead of time as im sure your suggestions will help me with my decision.