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    Old House, Poor Owners

    Gary, is this number a typo ? Will Will, We used 4080 gallons our first year , 1976. The delivery truck came weekly. The house had been converted...
    Post by: GARYL, Sep 12, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Old House, Poor Owners

    Our house is 216 years old and 32 years ago we used 4080 gallons of oil. We had NO money but scrounged up enough to just insulate the attic. The...
    Post by: GARYL, Sep 11, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    SWITZER pics - finally!!

    Ed: Now I am a little concerned that a Switzer may not be the one for me. I plan on installing in an unheated outbuilding and am concerned about...
    Post by: GARYL, Aug 28, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    SWITZER pics - finally!!

    WOW Ed!!! Just put some wheels on it and lay some track..........Impressive. I am still leaning toward a Switzer if for no other reason than the...
    Post by: GARYL, Aug 27, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Utilizing Existing Furnace Convection System...

    Peter B., I used two 275 gallon oil tanks for over 20 years and they worked great. I bought mine new so I didn't have to deal with the cleaning of...
    Post by: GARYL, Aug 15, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing between efficient wood boiler and wood gasification

    I want to say right off the bat.....I am no expert on wood boilers....there are plenty of guys here who are better qualified to answer your...
    Post by: GARYL, Jul 27, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Help choosing between efficient wood boiler and wood gasification

    Grapeview, I posted in the earlier Thermo Contol threads but thought I would add my 2 cents for you to contemplate upon. 8-/ The first year I had...
    Post by: GARYL, Jul 26, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    I talked to a couple "lifer" welders and they pretty much said the same thing but they said it wasn't impossible either. I wanted to save the...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 25, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    I talked with the pipe manufacturer and he stated that the corrugated galvanized would not be a problem in the application I outlined, which was...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 21, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    I was figuring on the weld tracks a paint of somekind could be used but I didn' think about "divots". So, would the solution be to spray the...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 19, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    Now I'm thinkin' .... why use cement?? Why not weld a bottom on the pipe and set it on insulation board and frame up around the outside of the...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 19, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    The concrete at temps of 200F+ worry me too. I think the expansion & contraction would have a very negative effect!! :bug: Maybe there is a...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 19, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    I don't think so unless one could weld a top on it. The engineer at the pipe manufacturer said they could fabricate a top for me...BUT I didn't...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 19, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Drainage pipe for storage ?

    I saw our local town highway crew pulling up an old corrugated metal drainage pipe (which could have been reused) from under a road and started...
    Thread by: GARYL, Jun 19, 2008, 14 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermo control boiler?

    The units are the same as they were 30 years ago. They have a secondary combustion chamber in the rear but the water is heated in the firebox, not...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 8, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermo control boiler?

    GARYL...your winters are probably comparable to ours and I could live with 300 gallons of oil a year. Did your oil usage include dhw?..but at the...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 8, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermo control boiler?

    Until I saw this post I didn't realize Thermo Control was still in business. As I posted above, I used their 500 boiler model for 22 years and it...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 7, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thermo control boiler?

    Thermo Contol was/is made near Cobleskill, NY. I bought one of their units in 1979 and ran it till 2001. I used two 275 gallon oil tanks for water...
    Post by: GARYL, Jun 4, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    pump oil

    I think you can(at least you could years ago) BUT wait for someone more knowledgeable than me to say yes or no. My only reason for posting is to ask...
    Post by: GARYL, May 10, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    200' from property line & EPA Certified or remove from service by 2015!

    As usual, the answer is to draw a broad stroke and outlaw the "suspected" cause of problems instead of placing the blame and responsibility on the...
    Post by: GARYL, May 9, 2008 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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