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    Solar heat without water storage, slab as storage?

    I hear you and agree, I am no engineer by any means. Just giving a hint for the answer. I think the problem is not in the winter, it is in the...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 22, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Solar heat without water storage, slab as storage?

    Look here for the answer, water is the way to go. Not just for capacity, but also for stratification and ease of transfer....
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 22, 2011 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    trouble installing eko 40

    First of all welcome to the forum. I would recommend spending some time with the sticky's and do some searches and most will be clears as mud! A...
    Post by: hkobus, Nov 18, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can I bury a pump in insulation?

    I read al the "against" post here, but I am not sure about that. On several displays I have seen solar pumping stations that are a self contained...
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 31, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    dara

    I know the challenge of the basement door. I would like presurised storage, but not feasable in the basement. I decided to build a 1500 tank with...
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 22, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    dara

    Welcome to the boiler room Dara. To get a better look at this we could use some more info, like if there are top and bottom access to each. If you...
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 22, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Sulfur odor in well water

    I would use Hydrogen peroxide 35% or 50% if you can get it. We use it to clean lines in the barns at a rate of 1 to 3% of the volume of water using...
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 17, 2010 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Questions on buying Slab Wood

    Does anyone have plans or pictures of their preferred sawbuck THANKS[/quote] If I am light on supply, I get slabwood in bundles of about a bush...
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 17, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Where to purchase pex compression style fittings for Logstor????

    The supplier where I got the logstor had the fittings but they were 1.25 inch. The Logstor is metric 25 mm ID and it lines up with 1.25 pex.
    Post by: hkobus, Oct 17, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Canadian equivalent to PexSupply.com

    Similar experience here, if you don't have a TSSA registration # you are out of luck unless you can buy through an existing account from a company...
    Post by: hkobus, Mar 14, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    how cold is it where you are today

    Looks like -22 °C here this morning (-8 °F ) but wind chill much lower. Feels like real normal winter again, much better than this wet stuff.
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 30, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    Δ There are some variables again in this answer: yes, maybe if the ΔT gets too small for it to run full out, but it won't be much and it will...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 16, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    Pressure relieve valves are generally at 30 lbs, I am no engineer but it takes a lot of "meat" to handle that. Above that you need a safety margin...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    I am rating efficiency on amount of wood the unit will consume to do the job required. If it will take less wood using storage that IMO is more...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    As I said my house is very well consructed (above code). It doesn't use a hell of alot of propane, but wood is free! Even tough the wood is free,...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    Singed, Captioned, Randy, I was just going to say the same. I have run the Eko for almost 3 seasons with minimal controls and no storage, building...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler questions. Tank size? Lifespan?

    There are so many options out there and in your mind you have a good understanding on what your situation is and what your preferences are. That...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 15, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 40

    Wow, wish I had known. Not that we could have done much more than kept you in our prayers with regard to distance. Still glad to hear you are...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 14, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 40

    Hi Eric, glad to see you're still out here. I totally agree with this statement. I used the minimal required to start, the last 2 seasons I ran...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 13, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO door hinge broken

    Seriously? Seems silly to me. This is the first I've heard of any door hinge problems. Folks that don't enjoy a bit of a challenge from time to...
    Post by: hkobus, Jan 13, 2010 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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