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    Heat pump, and add on furnace ??

    IndianaTech if you're a complete newbie to cutting and burning wood you might check out the arboristsite.com. There is a woodburning forum there and...
    Post by: atlarge54, Jul 28, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Heat pump, and add on furnace ??

    You'll probably get more help at a different woodburner site, this is boiler oriented information. Personally I'd never attempt to have a 15'...
    Post by: atlarge54, Jul 26, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help - plumbing design - radiant floor+ storage

    You might want to add power outages to your list of concerns. A boiler exposed to outdoor temps and no electricity can rapidly become a major...
    Post by: atlarge54, Jul 16, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help - plumbing design - radiant floor+ storage

    I haven't been checking this forum lately but my state (IN) is preparing to place some pretty severe limits on OWBs, so I've been looking to check on...
    Post by: atlarge54, Jul 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help - plumbing design - radiant floor+ storage

    I'm not going to be a lot of help but you might get some idea on your pump requirement from this. My system is super simple, the floor loops are 1/2"...
    Post by: atlarge54, Jul 13, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Retrofitting staple-up under existing hardwood - NAILS NAILS NAILS!

    When I encountered hardwood flooring nails I simply squeezed the homemade alum (flashing) transfer plates to hold the tubing below them. Wouldn't the...
    Post by: atlarge54, Aug 4, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Gasification may solve energy problem ?

    Required reading for any energy discussion www.fcpp.org/main/publication_detail_print.php?PublD=2737 If this link doesn't work do a search on Energy...
    Post by: atlarge54, Apr 25, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Frustrated EKO 80 owner

    What is the insulation on the basement walls and slab? My first guess is that basement slab could be a major culprit. On This Old House they had a...
    Post by: atlarge54, Apr 7, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Frustrated EKO 80 owner

    Perfect world assumptions 7000btu/lb of firewood, 100% combustion efficiency, 275,000btu/hr heat load, 12hr burn equals 471lbs of good dry wood in...
    Post by: atlarge54, Apr 6, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Sticky Aquastat

    Aquastats are snap action type switches, if it is near the point of open or close any outside force will make it respond. Is the probe in a well? If...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 23, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure problems, exp. tank, and air removal???

    Well after all this nervous gauge watching these past few weeks, a new gauge and the pressure indicator is resting on the zero peg. That's where it's...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 20, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure problems, exp. tank, and air removal???

    Well today I tried adding the old expansion tank with a bad bladder and no precharge to the system. So there's a new (I hope it's good) model 15...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 16, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure problems, exp. tank, and air removal???

    Thanks for your input guys, this has been a real head scratcher. Tank says it's precharged to 12 psi and relief is pressure only. My temp/pressure...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 16, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure problems, exp. tank, and air removal???

    Here's some more information. Total volume of the system is slightly less than 20 gal. and expansion tank is amtrol model 15. There is a float style...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 15, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Pressure problems, exp. tank, and air removal???

    I've got a homebrewed heat exchanger type boiler that worked fine for three winters. This winter during a couple power outages I experienced what I...
    Thread by: atlarge54, Mar 14, 2009, 7 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    replacement circulator cartridge

    Considering the price of a taco 007 it's worth keeping a spare on hand. How old was the pump that failed?
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 13, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermosiphon through 200 ft of 1" pex?

    I'm thinking of doing something similar this summer. I plan to install with isolation valves and unions so when it gets dirty just take it outside...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 10, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermosiphon through 200 ft of 1" pex?

    How easy do you think it would be to coil the 1" pex in that space???? For less money get friendly with your local scrapyard and get some scrap...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 8, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What size pump for radiant floor?

    Not to hijack this thread but I do have some related questions. My manifold is plumbed with 1" copper and a mixing valve also 1". How much does a...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 7, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    What size pump for radiant floor?

    Yes you'll want a mixing valve to temper the floor loops. What size pex? Hope it's not 1/2". I've got 800' of 1/2" in 5 loops and a taco 009 only...
    Post by: atlarge54, Mar 6, 2009 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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