Birdman said:
I am still hoping to have pressurized storage soon. I have read posts about how some people have built nice sheds or have a garage with their gasser in it. These garages and sheds also have their storage ( tanks ) in there too. However.. I have also read adn seen people putting their storage in the basement. Pro's and Con's of each?
The reason I ask is I am hoping to also do an attached garage with a Tarm room, space for 4 cord, and all the space for everything else we want.
Should i put the storage in garage? or basement of house?
The tarm is already set up in basement and wood stored there too. This is the second year using the tarm. Have used about 20-30 gallons of oil so far this year as back up. Best purchase I have ever made.
I have a tarm room in the back of my attached garage the room is 6' by 22' What is in the room is 2 gas water heaters that haven't been used in the last 6 years my gas boiler and my solo 60 , plus I have enough room to store about a cord and a half of wood .
I have my unpressurized storage in my basement .
I am wondering if there is a particular reason you want to move the boiler out of the basement ? If I was you I would just put the storage next to the boiler in the basement .
My tarm room even with all my piping insulated is very warm , I actually have built a cold air return using a window fan on low to blow the heat out of this room into my basement , and that's without storage in there .
On the plus side though if I leave the tarm room door open to my garage it does a fair job of heating the garage .
If I didn't run the window fan the temp when I am burning in this room goes into the middle 80's to about 95 . With the fan running now its just a couple of degrees warmer than my basement .
My storage does loose a bit of heat I know that . The tank feels warm on the out side . But I am not sure how much I gain off of the tank for my basement .
I know the boiler and pumps and piping give off quite a bit .
Convenience wise its nice in the back of the garage for the burning of wood , back the trailer right up to the boiler room door and unload a few feet away . I didn't have a choice but to put it there , but where you are all hooked up in the basement I would leave it there and put your storage down there too if you can .
What I am getting at here is unless you have some important reason to move your tarm from your basement I would leave it there and put your storage there too , This will also leave you more room in the garage for more toys like 4 wheelers, snowmobiles ,camper , bass boat , corvette . Its a little hard to store these in the basement .