did you go for permits and have it inspected?
Ive been reading the NYS Building Code and Mechanical Code.
I cant find one thing that prohibits a boiler (oil, gas or wood) from being in a garage, (thats where I want to put mine). They actually have a list of prohibited places.
Closets, bedrooms, surgical rooms and living spaces.
As far as I can see, according to what I read, they dont require a permit or inspection.
I could be wrong but hope Im right.
No permit. I am out in the country and had a solid fuel burner (wood stove) already. Used the same S.S., insulated, double wall chimney pipe for boiler. You want this same pipe as well before you go through ceiling in garage. Expensive, but worth every penny. Take a look at all the framing wood in your garage. Pretty dry isn't it. I saw your pictures. That is why houses go up like a box of matches. Sheetrock my friend. Sheetrock. And a properly installed thimble.
I Built to code. Insurance company informed.
You do not want your boiler in your garage or any uninsulated space. It should be in doors.
Wall off a section of your garage and insulate it. It would be good if you could have a door from house to boiler room. Then, while you were home, you could leave that door open and have the heat from the boiler room come into the house. But, if not, shoot for insulating entire garage down the road and the boiler will keep your garage nice and toasty for you. Then you have a new instant cool man cave, perfect for a workout place, hang out place, etc. In the future you will add radio, TV, small fridge. Sweeeeeet. A cool place to get away when the wife has company over or her to do list going. (If you already have a project your working on, you can't work on hers right now.) :lol:
We put good lighting in, a boiler shut off switch just inside door and I am now going to finish double sheet rock on walls/ceiling. I had left part of it undone so they could run wiring and piping wherever they needed to. Now I will finish, hopefully this week. Also, plenty of room around boiler, especially front and back. Pictures will follow after I complete inside of boiler room. Good luck with install and keep us posted. I will try to answer any questions I can, but will also defer to the guys on here that know a lot more than I do.
Later.
Oh, if you did not get the low temp. shut down option. I did not, nor did they tell me about or offer it to me. We are trying an aquastat that shuts the circulation pump to that boiler off when temperature gets down to set temperature. Probably 150 Deg. Now I just have to figure out the fan thing. I think that is still going to run even though the temperature is down. Hey guys, shouldn't I be able to turn off the fan with the same aquastat that shuts down circulation pump? I guess the problem is allowing it to come on when the boiler is starting up cold???????
