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    Asset or Liability?

    If I was really thinking about "adding value" I would do things that make the system easier to use and more flexible, to expand the number of...
    Post by: bupalos, Feb 26, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    modification for a full load of small dry pieces?

    Hey I wonder if anyone has messed around with trying to do full loads of small diameter stuff. I happen to have an endless supply of hardwood...
    Thread by: bupalos, Feb 26, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Speed up seasoning of small oak splits

    It's probably only the outside 1/2" of the wood that is much affected by the raising and lowering of relative air humidity levels around it....
    Post by: bupalos, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Understanding puffing......in simple terms

    This is right on. I have an atmos which is induced draft with a thermo-mechanical control that lowers the air flap as the water gets to full heat....
    Post by: bupalos, Jan 25, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EPDM on ebay

    The Firestone stuff (which is most of it) is listed at 180 I think and people exceed that. So I hear anyway.
    Post by: bupalos, Dec 11, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Indoor or Outdoor Boiler to Heat Garage?

    If you have space in the garage and that's where you want to put it, I'd shop insurance companies until someone wants the business. I wouldn't say...
    Post by: bupalos, Dec 11, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can I follow the "simplest pressurized" schematic for open storage?

    I mean minus the expansion of course. This sounds like a dumb question to me, but I'm not sure I see why not. Or can anyone point me to a good open...
    Thread by: bupalos, Dec 5, 2012, 2 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EPDM on ebay

    Hey all, for anyone looking to do open storage out of standard sized stuff, you could do a 4'x8'x4' tank with this :...
    Thread by: bupalos, Dec 5, 2012, 4 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    using 4 separate aluminum fuel tanks as storage

    If the tanks are aluminum and just have copper in them I didn't think they would corrode at all.
    Post by: bupalos, Aug 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    using 4 separate aluminum fuel tanks as storage

    Hmmm....point taken on the pressurized, but I can't really fit a single big propane tank and I've already made copper purchases for open. I...
    Post by: bupalos, Aug 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    using 4 separate aluminum fuel tanks as storage

    Hey all, I have the chance to acquire 4 150 gallon aluminum tanks for cheeeep ($80per) and I'm wondering if it's worth it for open storage. Was...
    Thread by: bupalos, Aug 29, 2012, 5 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I have a stove that can burn green pine and not get creosoted! Check it out!!

    Agreed on the outlet and the site. One reason not to do a contraflow would be that they have hot tops (where the gasses turn back down is a...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I have a stove that can burn green pine and not get creosoted! Check it out!!

    Well, then you need to store the water or throttle the fire...plus any heat exchanger exposed to fire will wear out quicker than one buffered by...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Concrete tank??

    absolutely. That would be great. I get up by Sandusky now and again, and with some mods I could probably get something on my trailer...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I have a stove that can burn green pine and not get creosoted! Check it out!!

    Well, the idea is the masonry right there acts as your storage, instead of a separate tank. The tubes embedded in the masonry deliver that heat...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    I have a stove that can burn green pine and not get creosoted! Check it out!!

    I think the idea of a masonry boiler is pretty good. Not sure about this one particularly, but the principle doesn't deserve the ridicule at all....
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Concrete tank??

    Yeah, I'd insulate, but my primary thought was avoiding the liner, as well as gaining the additional thermal mass. So what do you have kicking...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Concrete tank??

    Alright, for anyone who stumbles back upon this, it looks like the answer by folks who have tried is that the cement does indeed suffer hairline...
    Post by: bupalos, Apr 18, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Concrete tank??

    Alright, I'm through my second winter without storage, and I'm through. Keep thinking I'm going to luck into some salvage tanks or something and it...
    Thread by: bupalos, Apr 17, 2012, 10 replies, in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    So many boiler choices

    I'm still using a plenum heat exchanger conversion of my forced air (even though I had/have plans to switch over to radiant panels as soon as...
    Post by: bupalos, Feb 14, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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