thermal storage

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    Buffer Tank / Thermal Storage needed/recommended for new Pellet/Log Boiler?

    I'm having a new boiler furnace installed in my house (Domusa Dual Therm 35KW). It can use both pellets and logs. I plan to use both. Installer says not to use a Thermal Storage or Buffer Tank. He says the size we'd need won't fit thru the door of the house into the furnace room. I read...
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    Can't figure out what to do; advice needed

    Hello all! I have hours and hours reading on here and other pages. I still don't feel any further ahead. Hopefully I can get a few things straight. First off, introduction: I am building a house in Maine. I grew up running wood stoves and live 1 mile from my dad's 300 acre woodlot along with a...
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    Recommendations please for Ontario install

    Hi All, Impressive forum you have going here. Can I get advice on my best option for an 1860 Victorian home with no present heat supplied to a second floor. Presently the house is heat via a condensing propane furnace. We'd like to convert to a renewable fuel. Since we have lots of wooded...
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    Shared wall/brick hearth for added heat storage/release

    Hello, New to the forum and looking for some advice. I have a Drolet Savannah (found on CL for $250) that I plan on installing in our 1100sq. ft. single story home (slab construction). The plan is to centrally locate it on a wall that will partition a bedroom area. My hope was to use brick or...
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    Thermal storage Qs, PEX vs Copper; bleach in non-Pressu. tank; Flue and boiler sizing

    First time post here! This site is really great, learned a whole lot already. I'm just about to pull the trigger on an EKO 25 kw - 85k btu (gasifier), and incorporate a thermal storage tank. This system would run in parallel to a very tired propane boiler from the '80's. My house is moderately...
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    HELP! Plumbing Closed loop wood boiler to indoor boiler

    Good afternoon I’m having some trouble with plumbing my closed loop wood boiler into my indoor propane boiler. I have a 125 gallon buffer tank and my design is based on the simplest pressurized storage sticky. I think I piped my supply and return into poor location. I almost think I need to flip...
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    Thermal Storage Tank Fitting Seal?

    I have 2x 500 gallon propane tanks, filled with water. There are multiple pipe threaded fittings, but none of them leak. I would like to permanently (and very reliably) seal the fittings that are made for the float/gauge mechanism. I thought of tapping the hole, but it would be at least 1.25...