1st wood boiler, pls help.

[hugh6177]

So I've purchased and am installing an indoor wood boiler in a shed appx. 25' away from my house. The house is currently heated with forced air. There was an old furnace in the crawl space, but it was replaced with a downdraft furnace before I purchased the house. I have removed the old furnace and installed my heat exchanger in it's place (HE has it's own fan and thermostat). I have two zones, a primary one for the house and then a second one wired up to take heat if the water ever gets above 190 (can manual overide to heat garage if desired). I guess my question is does anyone know how much capacity an old Royal boiler may take? I know I'm going to end up with extra, but I don't know if I need a 30 gal drum or a 55 gal drum? I can't find any specs either online, or on the stove... so hoping someone can make a more educated guess than I! (This is a pressurized system, btw.) Any questions, info, or advice, please comment. Need all the help I can get

 

[hugh6177]

So I've purchased and am installing an indoor wood boiler in a shed appx. 25' away from my house. The house is currently heated with forced air. There was an old furnace in the crawl space, but it was replaced with a downdraft furnace before I purchased the house. I have removed the old furnace and installed my heat exchanger in it's place (HE has it's own fan and thermostat). I have two zones, a primary one for the house and then a second one wired up to take heat if the water ever gets above 190 (can manual overide to heat garage if desired). I guess my question is does anyone know how much capacity an old Royal boiler may take? I know I'm going to end up with extra, but I don't know if I need a 30 gal drum or a 55 gal drum? I can't find any specs either online, or on the stove... so hoping someone can make a more educated guess than I! (This is a pressurized system, btw.) Any questions, info, or advice, please comment. Need all the help I can get

(Guess I should make it clear that I'm referring to the No-Burst/water solution, not the firewood capacity).

 

[stee6043]

Are you looking for water capacity of the boiler? What's in the drums?

 

[maple1]

I think he's asking how much glycol (or similar substitute, 'No Burst'?) he should get - 30 or 55 gallons.

Not sure though - had to read between the lines some.

 

[hugh6177]

I think he's asking how much glycol (or similar substitute, 'No Burst'?) he should get - 30 or 55 gallons.

Not sure though - had to read between the lines some.

You are absolutely correct. (NoBurst is a glycol concentrate sold by a small company here in my home state). Since I don't know the capacity of my stove, I realize I will have to get extra and have waste. I just am wondering if there is a "common average" of gallons for a stove? I guess I should have titled the post "How many gallons of fluid did YOUR stove take?"

 

[woodsmaster]

I have my boiler in an insulated shed and don't use any. If I were to leave for an extended period I would just put an electric space heater in there.

 

[DaveBP]

You could fill it with water and measure the water as you then drain it out. Be interesting to see how clean the water was coming out of there and how much sediment you could flush out with a strong stream from a nozzle.

 

[mmudd]

(broken link removed to http://www.royallboiler.com/wood-boiler/6150NS-indoor-wood-boiler.htm)

This is the link to the royall website. Not sure this is the same furnace as you have (Royal). Checkout my pic to see. Very heavy duty non gasser boilers. I have the 6150 and it holds about 30 gallons of water. Your pipe HX etc will hold a little more unless you also have storage.