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Re: Wood Fired Boiler Install
« Reply #250 on: November 05, 2018, 10:25:08 AM »
I've been avoiding it, but sooner than later, I need to do some digging...

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« Reply #251 on: November 05, 2018, 10:26:04 AM »
Looks like a heavy duty set up, especially the pumps... awesome.
... except I thought the black insulation looked like some kind of GLO welds, at first glance of the first pic of the boiler. (around the bungs) ha!

It’s ok, I imagine it’s just your eyesight failing you. Mine probably would too if I had to look at H everyday
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« Reply #252 on: November 05, 2018, 02:30:12 PM »
I've been avoiding it, but sooner than later, I need to do some digging...

Calling young pre rangers....
Work with the kids backs not your own...
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 #253 on: November 05, 2018, 05:19:54 PM »
Just bring Chief down from the hide, that will make the digging take no time at all!

Maybe time to invest in a mini-ex for the small stuff around the farm?  :popcorn:
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« Reply #254 on: November 05, 2018, 05:49:33 PM »
Don and the pre-ranger getting ready to dig the trench for the PEX lines:
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« Reply #255 on: November 05, 2018, 06:36:19 PM »
 :popcorn:
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« Reply #256 on: November 05, 2018, 07:40:15 PM »
Bahaha. That's pretty funny Tate.
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« Reply #257 on: November 05, 2018, 08:48:25 PM »
 :likebutton:  Good one Tate
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Re: Wood Fired Boiler Install
« Reply #258 on: November 05, 2018, 09:31:33 PM »
Don, why dig, just lay the pex, cover with dirt and bark and call it a raised shrub bed.

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« Reply #259 on: November 05, 2018, 09:49:31 PM »
Don, why dig, just lay the pex, cover with dirt and bark and call it a raised shrub bed.
Hmmm...
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Re: Wood Fired Boiler Install
« Reply #260 on: November 05, 2018, 09:54:44 PM »
Well, I'm pondering the chimney

It will be an eight inch affair, but since its outside, I am wondering if I should create it out of the dual wall stainless duravent pipe which is really costly (over $200 per section, five required). Or could I use the standard chimney pipe for one tenth that price. All I need to do is to get the smoke above the roofline and high enough where it will draft properly and not smoke me out.

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« Reply #261 on: November 05, 2018, 10:02:18 PM »
Double wall insulated  pipe is used to keep things around it from burning. And you have what "AIR" around yours???

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« Reply #262 on: November 05, 2018, 11:21:20 PM »
Standard chimney pipe is fine, you want to upgrade it add some decent high temp paint. Stuff it’s coated with factory is crap.
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« Reply #263 on: November 06, 2018, 08:52:10 AM »
OK, men, sound advice and what I was thinking.

I was going to use that dark green stove paint on the pipe sections to hide it down some more so the hippies won't so easily see it.
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« Reply #264 on: November 06, 2018, 09:19:02 AM »
Just ordered the paint. Same stuff (Stove Bright) I used on my wood burning stove farmside. That paint held up great, no flaking, peeling or color change.
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« Reply #265 on: November 08, 2018, 07:52:38 AM »
Today, I wired in the circuit using the old one for the discarded electrostatic air filter. I used an existing circuit for the main garage heater because it's two floors and several walls away. But for the small garage and boiler demands I will utilize this new circuit
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« Reply #266 on: November 08, 2018, 07:55:35 AM »
That didn't take too long. I chased that by pulling the 12-2 wire for the outside install and then got about the business of running the water lines through the house wall

In the final analysis it seemed smartest to just poke out one of the bricks and therefore not have to hammer through 10" of reinforced concrete. But first I had to go through quite a bit of insulation. This wall is built on 2 X 8's so it makes for a pretty deep cavity
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« Reply #267 on: November 08, 2018, 07:56:31 AM »
Look at all that stuff that I dug out!
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« Reply #268 on: November 08, 2018, 07:57:48 AM »
After that I started making some holes through the next few layers
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« Reply #269 on: November 08, 2018, 07:59:56 AM »
Next I drilled a few pilot holes (get it? A pilot drilling a hole = Pilot hole ;-))

Then with a couple chisels I opened up a rectangular hole about the size of a 3 X 5 card
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« Reply #270 on: November 08, 2018, 08:01:42 AM »
The idea is to place a bulkhead on both the inside and outside which holds and stabilizes the pipes, then fill the void with expanding foam. These panels are part one of that process.
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« Reply #271 on: November 08, 2018, 08:02:39 AM »
I used both ISB (Inside board) and OSB (Outside board) ;-))
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« Reply #272 on: November 08, 2018, 08:03:53 AM »
And just like that I had a connection shapin' up
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« Reply #273 on: November 08, 2018, 08:05:34 AM »
I removed the railing so the grand kids could fall off and practice their PLF's in the rocky debris below, then fastened on the outside plate
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« Reply #274 on: November 08, 2018, 08:07:03 AM »
I found it necessary to screw on a truss over the top of the lines to keep it all from moving and tucked in nicely
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« Reply #275 on: November 08, 2018, 08:08:26 AM »
Then I drilled a 1/4" hole and let the stick expandin' stuff fly. It got all over everything, but luckily nothing that was not important!
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« Reply #276 on: November 08, 2018, 08:12:16 AM »
The democrats use tons of that stuff to fill in the gaps of their credibility and integrity, so at this time of year (election) you will have a very hard time finding some.

I heard that this year that mr. trump had actually bought several million cans of the stuff which he turned around and sold back to democratic candidates for a profit which he later used to finance his senatorial wins!

Smart guy!
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« Reply #277 on: November 08, 2018, 08:13:22 AM »
With some time remaining before the EM (evenin' madness) set in I wrapped some more hot water pipes
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« Reply #278 on: November 08, 2018, 08:15:34 AM »
the next morning, 12 hours later that pesky foam expanded into what astronomers call a "Globular cluster." Funny how I captured the stellar concept so easily all within the confines of a dusty workshop! Science sometimes just seems to come out in the oddest of ways!
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« Reply #279 on: November 08, 2018, 08:16:46 AM »
^^^ Or is that a poodle sitting on its haunches starin' at cha? ^^^^
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« Reply #280 on: November 08, 2018, 08:18:07 AM »
^^^^ Or a sheep starin' at its shepherd who is talkin' with an angel about the birth of Jesus? ^^^^^^
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« Reply #281 on: November 08, 2018, 08:19:00 AM »
^^^^^Or Nate on the couch after a second bowl of that tortellini stuff? ^^^^^^
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« Reply #282 on: November 08, 2018, 08:19:34 AM »
^^^^^Or Tex after too many fajitas? ^^^^
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« Reply #283 on: November 08, 2018, 08:20:08 AM »
^^^^^ Or any Air Force warrior gettin' ready for their PT test? ^^^^^^
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« Reply #284 on: November 08, 2018, 08:20:18 AM »
Or.......
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« Reply #285 on: November 08, 2018, 08:49:06 AM »
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

did you have a little bourbon cream with your evening coffee?
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« Reply #286 on: November 08, 2018, 09:16:28 AM »
^^^^^ Or any Air Force warrior gettin' ready for their PT test? ^^^^^^
Hey, hey , hey!!!  No need to get mean spirited.  That looks nothing like any of my airman sitting at sick call.


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« Reply #287 on: November 08, 2018, 09:38:37 AM »
^^^^^ Or any Air Force warrior gettin' ready for their PT test? ^^^^^^
Hey, hey , hey!!!  No need to get mean spirited.  That looks nothing like any of my airman sitting at sick call.


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« Reply #288 on: November 08, 2018, 10:02:15 AM »
lets not forget about our department of the navy folks!
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« Reply #289 on: November 08, 2018, 10:24:18 AM »
You wouldn’t believe how many airmen I knew that would come up with “sprained” ankles around the time of the annual PT test. It was plain silly. 

And now back to our regularly schedule program, “Don builds a better fireplace”

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« Reply #290 on: November 08, 2018, 10:53:30 AM »
Hey now.....he dot'd his own thread, were just following suit.

Come on airman, you gotta keep up
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« Reply #291 on: November 08, 2018, 11:15:19 AM »
Has anything happened besides foam stuck on Don's hands?
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« Reply #292 on: November 08, 2018, 11:37:47 AM »
Maybe he was testing the hardness of the concrete again
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« Reply #293 on: November 08, 2018, 01:14:36 PM »
Has anything happened besides foam stuck on Don's hands?
Lines. Man, Lines!

They got poked through to the outside. Hashtag: Major development!

Or not so much...
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« Reply #294 on: November 08, 2018, 09:37:49 PM »
Sounds like you’ve already decided.
You don’t need the insulated pipe outside. That’s just to keep wooden bits from burning.
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 #295 on: November 09, 2018, 09:01:04 AM »
Sounds like you’ve already decided.
You don’t need the insulated pipe outside. That’s just to keep wooden bits from burning.
Yes, I did

I'll use standard 8" stove pipe, properly painted and secured with a cap
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« Reply #296 on: November 09, 2018, 11:02:48 AM »
Can’t wait to see how this works out for you. Saw the “aux heat” indicator on the thermostat the other night. Think there might be an issue with that heat pump, the newer one didn’t seem to have any issues at the same time keeping up.


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« Reply #297 on: November 09, 2018, 07:30:18 PM »
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 #298 on: November 11, 2018, 07:36:23 PM »
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....
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« Reply #299 on: November 11, 2018, 07:47:53 PM »
Yep Shawn, has to shovel the deck and test out the new tires on my truck!  Hope you’re feeling better soon too.  Hey Don, how far from functionality are you?
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