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Re: Wood Fired Boiler Install
« Reply #300 on: November 11, 2018, 08:19:09 PM »
Yeah, felt better yesterday so one step forward then two back today. I have to get steel shipments and my 2 post lift picked up at freight terminals tomorrow. High of 30, no rest for the wicked as they say. Thanks
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« Reply #301 on: November 12, 2018, 10:54:12 AM »
and practice their PLF's in the rocky debris below

And just like that my knees and back got a familiar twinge from practicing PLFs for hours.
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« Reply #302 on: November 12, 2018, 10:56:20 AM »
This thing running yet? Cold set in there? Apparently when I was passing thru Jon, Mike, Nate & Norm shared and this crap followed me home....
Maybe by weeks end. Rain today when I had planned to dig in the black pipe. I'll get the chimney painted and built up, but will need to finish the H2O hookup. Was down the farm for a few days
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« Reply #303 on: November 14, 2018, 05:44:30 PM »
It was cold going, but I pressed forward some more today. Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

The thermostatically/programmable controlled outlets came in finally. These will control the heaters in the garage
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« Reply #304 on: November 14, 2018, 05:45:19 PM »
Fits up there nicely. Loop ah' hangin' is the temp sensor.
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« Reply #305 on: November 14, 2018, 05:46:23 PM »
This guy was all over me and in and out of everything today. I'm surprised puppies survive ownership by grumpy old men!
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« Reply #306 on: November 14, 2018, 05:48:20 PM »
I used the same stove bright paint I successfully used on my wood stove which is still looking great. I chemically cleaned six- twenty four inch sections of eight inch chimney pipe and laid down a couple of coats
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« Reply #307 on: November 14, 2018, 05:50:07 PM »
Dark forest green is the color which I selected as my first choice over the second choice of flat black to help camouflage the whole setup in amongst my woody lot.

This rain hood will get pop riveted to the top pipe
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« Reply #308 on: November 14, 2018, 05:52:33 PM »
Assembling and coaxing 1" PEX in the cold, below freezing is not an easy thing to do. The stuff does not want to bend much at all, nor slip over the ribbed fittings. Nevertheless, I connected both circuits to their house mounted counterparts. I'll backfill in that area and fill the convoluted pipe with foam
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« Reply #309 on: November 14, 2018, 05:53:35 PM »
Two runs make the short transit to the boiler
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« Reply #310 on: November 14, 2018, 05:54:32 PM »
Then I began trenching the course of where the pipe will be buried
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« Reply #311 on: November 14, 2018, 05:59:47 PM »
Trenching is incomplete at this point. I am just test fitting everything before putting a few hundred pounds of permanize on top of it. No photos, but I pulled the 12-2 wire to the boiler but noticed I was out of 3/4" X 90 degree conduit fittings so I cut and ran because my snowflake buttox was telling me to seek warmer climes.

So I assembled the chimney sections into four foot long sections, which I will pop rivet together in the morrow and think about stuffin' all that business into the boiler chimney short stack. Before completing that, I will have two sections of 1" steel conduit standin' by to connect to my house to make it easier for squirrels to throw their useless bodies into the fiery depths of the chimney.
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« Reply #312 on: November 14, 2018, 06:06:23 PM »
So, we are getting close to pourin' in some water and setting some of my home state afire in the bowels of that lovely money savin' creation.

I have to:

Connect the water lines to the boiler
Get the conduit assembled, buried and filled with the 12-2 wire
Install a switch and outlet on the boiler to give me something to plug the pumps into
Connect the wires in the basement
Mount the chimney
Install the chimney support straps
Fill with water, turn on the pumps and allow it to purge air from everywhere
Test for and repair any leaks
Throw in some dead ash tree parts
Light er' up
Sit in my cozy mini-castle and sip some hot chocolate
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« Reply #313 on: November 14, 2018, 06:11:17 PM »
You forgot the pics of the slave labor  uh Er I mean pre ranger trench digging lessons...
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« Reply #314 on: November 14, 2018, 06:48:14 PM »
You forgot the pics of the slave labor  uh Er I mean pre ranger trench digging lessons...
Because
It didn't happen
We had our own emancipation proclamation here
Called "Wrestling practice"
Now everything that causes the boyz to use a single calorie of energy is regulated by the warden (My wife)
She is happy if the boys get to practice unworked and on time
I like to be happy
I am not happy when she is not happy
Connect the dots...
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Re: Wood Fired Boiler Install
« Reply #315 on: November 15, 2018, 12:08:09 AM »
I like those temp plugs, Ebay?

Now I know why I could be happier, but I have my projects,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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« Reply #316 on: November 15, 2018, 08:50:02 AM »
I like those temp plugs, Ebay?

Now I know why I could be happier, but I have my projects,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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« Reply #317 on: November 19, 2018, 11:05:42 PM »
Don, remember the quicker you get this one finished the warmer it will be working on the new ride.

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« Reply #318 on: November 20, 2018, 11:05:56 AM »
Don, remember the quicker you get this one finished the warmer it will be working on the new ride.
It hurts to be reminded

So I was working on the thing in freezing cold outside, then we had a nice day Sunday. Kat decided to have this big all day Thanksgiving on that day, an all day thing, house full of people of all sizes. That day was like 70's, not a cloud in the sky.

I planned to finish it Monday. Well it got cold again and rained all day. The ditch filled to overrunning, so no work Monday. Then came Tuesday and again, rain all day, but warmer. Now its Wednesday and guess what? If you guessed rain, you'd be right. Rain and ice mixed actually. So I'm just gonna get on the Suburban and get some mileage with the evaluation of that thing.

Tomorrow is, yep, Thanksgiving!...

But then'there's Friday, and I have two pre-Rangers available for enslavement!
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« Reply #319 on: November 20, 2018, 11:21:08 AM »
But.... Today is only Tuesday.  How long you been at the hide?

Also, not sure why the wife thinks the boys need to get to wrestling practice un-worked.  If I didn't lift weights before practice I was running.  The only exception was I went really light on the weights the day of match and the day before a tournament.  Also went easy on the running the day of a match or day before a tournament unless I needed to drop weight.  My senior year I won my first 28 matches before losing my first match at a very competitive tournament at the end of the year.  It wasn't because I had better skill then everybody else, it was because when we got to the third period my opponents were running on empty and I still had plenty of gas left in the tank.

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« Reply #320 on: November 20, 2018, 05:23:39 PM »
Now I've been told by 2 different people that today is Wednesday. wth is going on!
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« Reply #321 on: November 20, 2018, 05:34:12 PM »
Well Wednesday really is Friday, and Thursday Friday and Saturday are all one long food coma day, so they're kinda right?
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« Reply #322 on: November 20, 2018, 06:07:14 PM »
Yummy turkey...... :tongue:
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« Reply #323 on: November 20, 2018, 08:29:50 PM »
It’s tuesday right?
I’m confused too and Dons big ole beater is still not a heatin the house.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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« Reply #324 on: November 20, 2018, 09:23:07 PM »
Errr, I think I got my Saturday and Sunday confused...Duh :facepalm:
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« Reply #325 on: November 20, 2018, 09:26:50 PM »
Nope your just confused and build 20K trucks for landmarks! But we both like burbs.

Yep, just Tuesday and we are supposed to get rain for 3 days.
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« Reply #326 on: November 21, 2018, 10:58:20 PM »
Almost done now. Finding it hard to get any time on it with the holidays and the weather, but today I got the water lines hooked up and semi-buried.

I'll clean up the insulation the next time I get to it, but at least the water lines are hooked up and the electric line buried and run inside the correct conduit.

I shoved everything down in the trench, then hammered these big rebar "Staples" over them to hold it all in place
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« Reply #327 on: November 21, 2018, 10:59:12 PM »
Looking better!
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« Reply #328 on: November 21, 2018, 11:02:25 PM »
Then I poured three bags of the fast setting quickcrete and mixed in some water from the standing rain water in the trench.

But, the boys called me for a ride to wrestling practice so I bugged out without snapping a pic of the endstate.

I plan to inject some foam in either end of the conduit/PEX hose assembly to keep the water out and stabilize things, perhaps right after Thanksgiving. Yes, we have another Thanksgiving dinner this year!
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« Reply #329 on: November 23, 2018, 10:25:00 PM »
Today I dug the pipes in some more, ran the rest of the conduit for the electrical supply, wired in the switch and started on the chimney
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« Reply #330 on: November 23, 2018, 10:28:45 PM »
I back filled the conduit/PEX assembly with spray foam to waterproof it. My thinking is if the hollow casing filled with water, it would transfer heat to the ground more easily than if it remained a empty chamber of warmed air
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« Reply #331 on: November 23, 2018, 10:30:54 PM »
I camoflaged the pipes and conduit with some forest green paint to hide it in a bit more
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« Reply #332 on: November 23, 2018, 10:33:32 PM »
Meanwhile the PreRangers are working on some dead trees we dropped in our yard. The emerald Ash Borer killed all the Ash trees in Kentucky. I am the unfortunate owner of four big ones on the two acres the northern house sits on. They are getting processed as I finish the boiler install
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« Reply #333 on: November 23, 2018, 10:35:25 PM »
Next up, I have started the chimney installation. I have riveted together a lower section of two pipe sections which I secured to the boiler.
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« Reply #334 on: November 23, 2018, 10:36:49 PM »
That 8" stove pipe fitted into the 8" X .250 Chimney stack perfectly. I riveted it in eight places to give me a strong base
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« Reply #335 on: November 23, 2018, 10:39:26 PM »
On top of that goes four more sections for eight additional feet of height. At the top of the third pipe section, I welded on two 3/8" bolts to make studs. To these I will fasten the struts which will brace the stack and give it a lot of strength to help it in the occasional high winds we encounter.

The rain shield/diffuser is riveted to the top of it all
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« Reply #336 on: November 23, 2018, 10:40:36 PM »
Its almost done and ready to push heat throughout the house for the rest of the winter...Yippee!!!
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« Reply #337 on: November 23, 2018, 11:00:26 PM »
Camo piping looks good, about time HH6 let pre rangers work!  :likebutton:
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« Reply #338 on: November 23, 2018, 11:22:01 PM »
Looks much better with that cover on there.

Got enough wood on hand?
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« Reply #339 on: November 24, 2018, 08:58:57 AM »
Looks much better with that cover on there.

Got enough wood on hand?
Not nearly enough JR

This year is going to be catch up and not using perfectly seasoned wood. I think we will be chasing it all winter, but will be in great shape next winter with lots of wood stored up.
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« Reply #340 on: November 24, 2018, 09:39:30 AM »
So outside wood storage there next or maybe the commihoa won’t allow that?
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« Reply #341 on: November 24, 2018, 10:14:09 AM »
So outside wood storage there next or maybe the commihoa won’t allow that?
Dunno
Don't care really about what any commies think
good thing is most of think I am a bit loose in the gears...think I may go off, so they steer clear
That's a good thing.
So downrange my plan is to put up a bit of a wall, off to the side a few feet, maybe lattice with some weeds growin' all over it. Then I could hide my still, err, my stack of wood behind it. Could maybe even get away with a bit of a roof...???
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« Reply #342 on: November 24, 2018, 10:27:24 AM »
Roof would be a plus......
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« Reply #343 on: November 24, 2018, 11:57:41 AM »
Now why would they think you would “go off”?

I mean, shooting a neighbors dog and all.....

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« Reply #344 on: November 25, 2018, 02:47:55 PM »
Now why would they think you would “go off”?

I mean, shooting a neighbors dog and all.....

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« Reply #345 on: November 25, 2018, 07:00:10 PM »
Stack is on, almost done

Only have to connect wiring in basement, wire in the aux thermostats, fill with water and make a fire

And, yes. it appears as though the top section of pipe is a tad crooked :-(
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« Reply #346 on: November 25, 2018, 07:02:33 PM »
But the weather was nice so we concentrated on cutting wood. We dropped a total of four trees including one monster. We cut and hauled wood for 7 hours and still have a few cords laying on the ground still.

This is maybe a quarter to a third of it:
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« Reply #347 on: November 25, 2018, 11:22:54 PM »
A little crooked boss? Looks like it belongs in Italy.   ;p
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« Reply #348 on: November 26, 2018, 02:32:59 AM »
Don, great place for a camera and it won't freeze up.
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« Reply #349 on: November 26, 2018, 03:49:24 PM »
I fired it up today at 1415.

First I built a small fire inside to warm it up a bit, then started filling with water.

While all that was going on, I finished the wiring in the basement, switched it all on and tested the circuit. Everything worked, and I noticed the water was running out of the top of the vent!

I shut the water off and timidly started switching on the pumps. The whirled right up to a pleasant hum, then started to squeal! Oops, forgot to open the water valves. Well doing that immediately stopped the squeal and the pumps settled into a low hum again. I noticed the water level going down like crazy as it was being pumped throughout the house and filling everything. So I topped up the tank once again and threw in a few logs.

When first I started, the water temp gage on the boiler read "60"

I then went all over the house checking for leaks, there were none so I then set the on/off temp bulbs controlling the garage heaters to cycle on at 67F, then off at 71F.

After doing that, I checked, now around 1525 and noted the output water temp was 72. The fire was puny and the air flapper was wide open, so I checked to find a vigorous flame and even some embers, so I tossed on more wood and the first larger log, measuring maybe 10" in diameter.

I checked the garage heaters and sure enough they were just starting to put out just a hint of heat.

So far-so good!
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