Non-used HEATMOR froze up?

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I have a heatmor as well and it will burn green wood, Of course dry seasoned is better but the green will burn.
 
Then he is charging her for.. Buy the pump from him.. It will have a warranty.. If it quits he will come replace it..
I am betting a dollar to a doughnut he is pricing a bronze pump not a simple cast iron pump.
Go do some pricing on bronze pumps.. and then come back and tell me if 300 is real far out of line..

Since the dealer stated "pumps are hard to come by this time of year", maybe he just happened to have a bronze pump in stock. Otherwise I wouldn't pay extra for one if its not needed. I guess its a matter of how quickly you need it and keeping a good relationship with the guy. For comparison, I paid $115 for my cast iron pump two weeks ago.
 
If your house has a basement where all your plumbing and heating is installed, I'd ask the dealer if he can install the pump down there instead of on the back of the OWB.
 
totally depends on size of the pump, I just got a taco 0013 which is their biggest one in the 00 series everyone uses, best I found was $250 and I looked everywhere...and I needed the 0013, a $100 007 wouldn't have worked at all for me....your service guy has seen your install, buy his pump...but like others have said maybe ask if it's bronze of cast iron...my 0013 was $375 for a bronze one...that would have been wasted money.
 
If your house has a basement where all your plumbing and heating is installed, I'd ask the dealer if he can install the pump down there instead of on the back of the OWB.

I am curious to know why this would be a benefit? Wouldn't it be the same as being at the boiler?
:confused:
 
I am curious to know why this would be a benefit? Wouldn't it be the same as being at the boiler?
:confused:

I'm thinking If the boiler ever froze up again the pump would be ok because it would be in the basement. It would also be more convenient to work on the pump if you had to inside.
 
maybe the pump went south because of inactivity? or the previous owner ran it dry... or something like that...
 
I'm thinking If the boiler ever froze up again the pump would be ok because it would be in the basement. It would also be more convenient to work on the pump if you had to inside.

BINGO!

Plus if you cycle your pump with heat demand it makes it easier to wire since everything is close together. Also, most pumps are rated for indoor use only, I know my steel grundfos 3 speed is.
 
I'm RUNNING!

Hey all,
I bought the pump from the dealer...total cost to get it up and running was just over $500 and that included the pump.
He left me with a underground line still frozen and told me to just keep trying the pump and when I heard the water 'swish' through then I was unfrozen and could start it running. (fire was going, the pump just wasn't running....which actually caused it to overheat, it's okay now tho)
Heard the "SWISH" this AM. Thank goodness.
Kept my house at 76* all day. :biggrinbounce2:
Think I might have cut it too close with the filling of the wood tho. I went out to fill this evening and there were little to no hot coals left.....OOPS.
Sooooo.......filled it hoping it would catch.
Went out a bit later and shoved a little cardboard under the pile of wood and lit it. But before I could get it going enough to catch the wood......I heard the coyotes start in......really, really close.
Shut both doors......grabbed my little dog and headed for the house.
Geesh.......why didn't anyone bother to tell me I'd have to contend with the bad side of the wildlife in the late evening hours.....:censored:
Worst part is.....I've seen the pack out there numerous times so I "should" have known!
Guess the best I can do is wait for all the yappin' to stop and go back out and check it.
It's Christmas Eve...I'll be up late playing Santa anyway.

Does anyone run their electric system 10* colder as a back-up?
I'm am, until I get the hang of this Heatmor. After that I figure I'll be good and can just shut the electric one off.

I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for your advice and help!
 
Merry Christmas to you.

That 500 dollars will be paid back to you in just a few months.Once you get a good bed of coals established it will work better.. I am very happy that it all turned out so well for you.. (Go buy lotto tickets) cause you are very very lucky..
Now your next question to us will be. "What is a good sidearm to carry to the woodboiler"?LOL
 
That is one hell of a boiler to sustain a solid freeze and have no leaks. I know pex can sustain the freeze, but I would have bet against a stainless steel boiler.
 
That is one hell of a boiler to sustain a solid freeze and have no leaks. I know pex can sustain the freeze, but I would have bet against a stainless steel boiler.

fletcher, it did have one other leak, right above the pump but I didn't really think that worth mentioning since that part only cost me $7..lol.
As long as it doesn't start losing water we are golden......if it does start losing water then I have a underground leak in a pipe.
But the unit its self seems to be good to go.
 
That 500 dollars will be paid back to you in just a few months.Once you get a good bed of coals established it will work better.. I am very happy that it all turned out so well for you.. (Go buy lotto tickets) cause you are very very lucky..
Now your next question to us will be. "What is a good sidearm to carry to the woodboiler"?LOL

Merry Christmas to you too eric,
What the heck is a sidearm???
I'm kidding!
There is one on my hotwater heater ..... that's the only reason I know what it is.
Do I still have to share if I hit the lotto big time?! lol
 
Merry Christmas to you too eric,
What the heck is a sidearm???
I'm kidding!
There is one on my hotwater heater ..... that's the only reason I know what it is.
Do I still have to share if I hit the lotto big time?! lol

I think he was thinking more along the lines of a Colt, Kimber, Glock, or some other side arm for the Coyotes. :)

Good to hear it is working for you. Not to sound like a negative ninny, but I thought from reading your first post that thing was done for! Now you can enjoy the heat from it and wave off the propane guy!
 
I think he was thinking more along the lines of a Colt, Kimber, Glock, or some other side arm for the Coyotes. :)

Good to hear it is working for you. Not to sound like a negative ninny, but I thought from reading your first post that thing was done for! Now you can enjoy the heat from it and wave off the propane guy!

Oh, hell, now I feel like a total idiot! That side arm thing went totally over my head.......:dizzy:
My choices are a FNP-9 or a S&W 9mm.
Either will serve the purpose......LOL
But I'm also thinking a light near the stove would be a great addition!
 
Glad to hear you are up and running. I am truly surprised you didn't have more damage. I forgot to drain a galvanized water trough for cattle one year and it pushed the bottom out. The force from freezing water can be tremendous, it will split pipes and push fittings apart like they had no threads. Anyway I just finished playing Santa and am having a beer. Have a great Christmas.
 
Good for you

Welcome to the world keeping our heating dollar$ in the USA. It's nice to see a little persistance and a couple of crossed fingers pan out for someone. Merry Christmas and welcome to AS....now give us photos !!!!:givebeer:
 
Welcome to the world keeping our heating dollar$ in the USA. It's nice to see a little persistance and a couple of crossed fingers pan out for someone. Merry Christmas and welcome to AS....now give us photos !!!!:givebeer:

He is right :sucks: now without pictures. Even if it just pictures of the sidearm. :)
 
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