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[zipper]

Here’s my wood eater
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It can handle a 2k sq ft house good but much more & I can’t keep enough wood in it. I run a heat exchanger in the plenum of the furnace and a sidearm exchanger on the water heater. We keep our place between 66-68 & that seems to be a good temp for letting the boiler keep up. Due to living in the middle of nowhere with no hills or tree lines to stop the wind I probably go through about the same amount of wood as you @zipper without heating the garage.
I ended up hanging a Hot Dawg in the garage and keeping the temp set at 45. View attachment 141419

Bad pic. but this is the beast.



I have seen 1300° in the reaction chamber temp. reading. 300 gallons of water in this thing.

 

[drewkaree]

I put inl

I put in floor heat in the attached garage & to keep it at 45* when the outside temp drops below 0* and both cars are pulled in for the evening it takes more than 2x as much wood in the boiler than regular to maintain temperature. Looking back, I wouldn’t spend the $$ on infloor heat in garage.

Does that wood boiler run more efficiently than say natural gas? That's what I have, and I was just looking at Running a small-ish tankless heater just for the in-ground heating.

 

[drewkaree]

Just started working for the evening, here's my second stop of the day. Wilmot, WI is open for business!

 

[Babin Farms]

Does that wood boiler run more efficiently than say natural gas? That's what I have, and I was just looking at Running a small-ish tankless heater just for the in-ground heating.

Not sure on the efficiency but lots cheaper than propane.

 

[Babin Farms]

Just started working for the evening, here's my second stop of the day. Wilmot, WI is open for business!

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My aunt/uncle used to live up in Wimot. We’ve been on those slopes quite a few times.

 

[zipper]

Doing a little catgut repair on my old set of Tubbs snoeshoes. Some strands had broken at the heal. Rehydrate the catgut and tie knots with a couple of pairs of pliars. After yesterdays 14" on top of the 12" we had, I will be using these in the woods to get around, for a while.
Looks almost like new after tying 3 knots. Should last me the season.

 

[Babin Farms]

The wife seen this yesterday on the way home. ??‍

 

[Julian]

Doing a little catgut repair on my old set of Tubbs snoeshoes. Some strands had broken at the heal. Rehydrate the catgut and tie knots with a couple of pairs of pliars. After yesterdays 14" on top of the 12" we had, I will be using these in the woods to get around, for a while.
Looks almost like new after tying 3 knots. Should last me the season.

No cats where harmed in the repairing of these shoes?

 

[Julian]

Not as impressive as @zippor @Babin Farms external wood furnaces....but our internal unit keeps our ground floor toasty when we see these deep freeze temperatures of 45 here in NC! Lol. (Ok...so the occasional overnight in the 20s)

We've had this running 24/7 since we got back from Florida on 12/28! I can load it at night and the blower is still running when I come down in the morning!

 

[Babin Farms]

Finished welding up the hitch attachment for the skidloader. Going to be nice having this to move trailers & wagons around.

 

[John McLaughlin]

Doing a little catgut repair on my old set of Tubbs snoeshoes. Some strands had broken at the heal. Rehydrate the catgut and tie knots with a couple of pairs of pliars. After yesterdays 14" on top of the 12" we had, I will be using these in the woods to get around, for a while.
Looks almost like new after tying 3 knots. Should last me the season.


A little interesting history regarding catgut. As you all may know catgut was in heavy demand during WW l for medical use.. So an entrepreneur set up a farm where he raised cats and rats. He killed the cats for the catgut. He fed the cat carcass to the rats and then fed the rats to the cats. You got to admit very entrepreneurial.

 

[zipper]

Not as impressive as @zippor @Babin Farms external wood furnaces....but our internal unit keeps our ground floor toasty when we see these deep freeze temperatures of 45 here in NC! Lol. (Ok...so the occasional overnight in the 20s)

We've had this running 24/7 since we got back from Florida on 12/28! I can load it at night and the blower is still running when I come down in the morning!

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Very nice insert. The outdoor boiler is just the start. It takes care of the first floor heating and domestic hot water for the house. The boiler also keeps the garage at about 45°, as I ran the supply/return lines thru the garage. Insulated the supply, but not the return. It keeps her car thawed out and her happy. But it can get colder than the +20's here. At about 15°F we will light this one in the livingroom.



At 0°F we will start this one in the dining room/kitchen, The other side of the 3-flue chimney from the living room.



And on the rare occasion that the outside temp. is -20, we will light this little one in the Master bedroom on the second floor.

 

[buckbuck]

That is some obsession.

 

[zipper]

That is some obsession.

Agree, it's tiring. Not as young as I was 25 years ago. lol

 

[drewkaree]

Not as impressive as @zipper @Babin Farms external wood furnaces....but our internal unit keeps our ground floor toasty when we see these deep freeze temperatures of 45 here in NC! Lol. (Ok...so the occasional overnight in the 20s)

We've had this running 24/7 since we got back from Florida on 12/28! I can load it at night and the blower is still running when I come down in the morning

I remember when we first moved from Wisconsin to Durham and the first house had a wood burning fireplace in it. I looked at my wife, and said to her, well there's something we are never going to need while we live here LOL

 

[TexAg2010]

50F in KC tonight, but predicting -4F this time next week. I’ll take the reprieve while I can.

 

[TimW451]

Chicago Is Lighting Its Railroads on Fire — Popular Mechanics

This is perfectly safe—and really smart.

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If I moved back, this would be my snow removal tool......

 

[zipper]

The Nor'easter has passed. First view of the Lake in a few days. The broad Lake will, most likely, not freeze over this year. Mallett's Bay and the outer bay have though. Nice view across the Lake to Whiteface Mtn. and the Adirondacks this morning.

 

[zipper]

Oh what the heck, two more from a different viewpoint, near our hay barn up the road. Warming up today, the snow in the trees will come down.



And the driveway just below the house.

 

[BigN8]

Oh what the heck, two more from a different viewpoint, near our haybarn up the road. Warming up today, the snow in the trees will come down.

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And the driveway just below the house.

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Dude, very pretty but..........'F' that shit!!!!!!! I'm headed to the golf course.