Homebuilt Boiler Project

This is a project I started early spring, boiler holds 950 Gal, + 500 Gal propane tank, heated my shop march & april , built with old iron around the farm. Don't know how many BTU. Heated the first load of water from wellwater cold to boiling in 3 hrs. with osage orange. Plumbing will be next, just finished insulating yesterday. Plan to heat my house, shop & DHW. very economical from what i see. Thanks for all the vast knowledge from hearth.com. Very interesting & fun project, burns awsome with no smoke.


Larry

Brent, I built the door from the end of a propane tank i used for the firebox, the hinges are an old drawbar, the outside is an old disc blade with part of a hay rake wheel. The insulation is fiberglass R-19 wraped with radiant barrier. the inside is an old 30" propane tank 32" long. Horizontal 4" exhaust.

sorry for the slow reply,been in the field. it's a five pass heat exchanger, about 60ft. of pipe inside, flue temp runs about 350-375 * on the last pass, 150* outside. went a little overboard on some parts,but thats what i had laying around. double welds everywhere, lots of grinding,2- 30 # spools of wire. anxious to burn it after i've insulated.

I'll watch that for sure, have the chemicals in my shop. Thanks for the advise.