Hello,
I am new to this forum and to wood boilers in general. I plan on installing a wood boiler in my garage which is about 75 feet from my house. I already ran the Thermopex. My question is whether or not I should directly plumb the wood boiler supply and return into the existing loops (3 heating loops, 1 indirect fired DHW) or if I should use a heat exchanger before the zones return into the oil burner?
I am concerned with freezing the wood boiler lines in the ground when I go away (I work on a ship and am away for a month at a time) so I am leaning towards using a heat exchanger and gylcoling the loop. This way I would not have to worry about running a circulator 24/7.
My house is approximately 3000 sqf, old and drafty.
Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
I am new to this forum and to wood boilers in general. I plan on installing a wood boiler in my garage which is about 75 feet from my house. I already ran the Thermopex. My question is whether or not I should directly plumb the wood boiler supply and return into the existing loops (3 heating loops, 1 indirect fired DHW) or if I should use a heat exchanger before the zones return into the oil burner?
I am concerned with freezing the wood boiler lines in the ground when I go away (I work on a ship and am away for a month at a time) so I am leaning towards using a heat exchanger and gylcoling the loop. This way I would not have to worry about running a circulator 24/7.
My house is approximately 3000 sqf, old and drafty.
Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan