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  1. Rory
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    I'm done.

    The chimney cleaning bit threw me a little. I've done 4 years with the Tarm, nearly all my heat and hot water year 'round and no sign of chimney...
    Post by: Rory, May 17, 2013 at 6:53 PM in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Which way does your woodshed face?

    I imagine that facing South is ideal with East a close second, followed by West and trailed by North, but some people's yards and entryways just...
    Thread by: Rory, Apr 25, 2013, 9 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Older Tarms???

    The plumber that installed my Solo 30 has an older Tarm. He says it's not in the same class with mine, but he's been using it for years and it does...
    Post by: Rory, Apr 16, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Gassin' on slab wood

    I just bought some slab wood from a pallet manufacturer for $95 a cord, and I have to admit, it has me scratching my head a little over all the work...
    Thread by: Rory, Apr 15, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Building a house, want a gasser, advice needed

    Interesting to hear from the folks who feel they're aging out of the wood equation. My father's 84 and cutting and splitting is his favorite...
    Post by: Rory, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Building a house, want a gasser, advice needed

    So it's essentially Thermax in 1/4" thickness, then? Makes sense. I had only seen the term "Low-E" in reference to windows before.
    Post by: Rory, Mar 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Building a house, want a gasser, advice needed

    The conductive heat loss through the wall studs gets mentioned a lot. Why hasn't simply adding an inch of foam board on either the inside or outside...
    Post by: Rory, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Almost out of seasoned wood...

    Interesting. We have a local supplier that gets $265 for seasoned and $300 for a cord of cut and split wood, mostly ash. This is the second time...
    Post by: Rory, Mar 2, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    A meaningless tree ID

    I guess ash can get pretty big as well. [img]
    Post by: Rory, Feb 26, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  10. Rory
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    A meaningless tree ID

    That bark looks like an old white ash to me, but I've never seen a 5-footer.
    Post by: Rory, Feb 25, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Some cherry love

    Actually, I've burned very little ash in the Tarm. Although my woodlot abuts my father's, our tree species vary quite a bit. Most of my ash...
    Post by: Rory, Feb 25, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Some cherry love

    I used to cut on my father's 40 acres or so of woods, but I acquired 23 acres next to it a long time ago that mainly has beech and red (soft) maple...
    Post by: Rory, Feb 24, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Some cherry love

    I've been burning wood for a long time, mostly starting around 1969 when my parents purchased an old farm and decided to heat it with a woodstove....
    Thread by: Rory, Feb 23, 2013, 17 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Hydronic Questions

    I agree. I'm on my 5th season with my Tarm Solo 30, and I have yet to see any creosote in my chimney. I clean my heat exchanger tubes a handful...
    Post by: Rory, Jan 26, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    tarm leaking smoke

    My Solo 30 has had that issue since it was brand new. I solved it by using a little pink fiberglass insulation as gasket material, teased out a...
    Post by: Rory, Jan 11, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    There's nothing quite like a woodstove

    I know some folks will consider this trolling, but I'm really just spreading a little joy. Background - my parents moved to an old farm in 1969 and...
    Thread by: Rory, Dec 23, 2012, 3 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Burning pine, doing fine

    I think I'm on my fifth year with my Tarm solo 30, unpressurized storage system. I haven't bought more than a pittance of oil since I started, so...
    Thread by: Rory, Nov 10, 2012, 8 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Is anyone piling it really high?

    Sorry for the delay, I kind of forgot I had started this thread until this evening. My "stove" is a Tarm Solo 30, a very efficient gasifier....
    Post by: Rory, May 26, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Is anyone piling it really high?

    I have an area behind my garage that holds perhaps a year's worth of wood (around 6 cords) if I pile it up to my usual 6 feet or so. There's plenty...
    Thread by: Rory, May 18, 2012, 57 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    How long will your storage retain usable heat?

    dogwood, your last post reminds me of one of the plumbers involved in hooking up my system. With the DHW heat coil in my tank, I had the plumbers...
    Post by: Rory, Feb 28, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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