Building an outdoor boiler

[CHRanch2015]

Hello there everyone.
I am getting ready to start my build project for my home made outdoor boiler to heat my house next winter and I am looking for information on the details of it to help me through the project and have it come out a success.

I planned on using a section out of a 500 gal propane tank for my firebox, around that for my water jacket will be a large diameter 3/8" wall pipe. And then naturally surrounded by insulation and sheet metal "building"

What I'm looking for as far as information are good sources for things like my pumps, blowers, aquastat. As well as build information about water inlet/outlet locations, chimney pipe location etc.

I have a basic working knowledge of the unit just need to fill in the blanks to make sure I get it right and it will work well.

 

[BoiledOver]

Take a look around at the following link. Quite a few folks there have done what you are doing.

http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/

 

[warno]

If you search the word "homemade" then click titles only it will bring up a bunch of threads from this site.

As far as parts goes, I like www.supplyhouse.com for alot of things and eBay for a blower fan.