post a pic of your wood burner in use...

[svk]

SVK
Info please.... What kind of indoor boiler do you have. Size ,make, btu output. I would love to to hear, not to many indoor boilers on this site. Mine is a ds machine aqua gem 3200. i burn half anthracite and half wood.Im addicited to peekin in the door!!!!

Sorry for not answering sooner I hadn't viewed this thread in a couple weeks.

I don't know what brand it is. My dad built the place in 82' and this was set on the foundation first and the house was built around it. I can try and find out. It basically looks like a 3' long chunk of 3' diameter pipe that's about 3/8" thick metal. Obviously the inside diameter of the actual firebox is a little smaller. Immediately next to the door of the stove I've got a hatch through the house wall to my deck and can roll a wheelbarrow right up to it for easy filling. (See photo, hatch is above garbage can.)

I've got an overabundance of softwood around here and it's got a very healthy appetite for that stuff which is fine as long as I'm home. Moving into mid grade hardwood you can get decent burn times unless it's really cold out. Upside: you can load the stove in your underwear. Downside: A little smoke in the house upon startup and the ever present risk of chimney fire.

 

[mn woodcutter]

Sorry for not answering sooner I hadn't viewed this thread in a couple weeks.

I don't know what brand it is. My dad built the place in 82' and this was set on the foundation first and the house was built around it. I can try and find out. It basically looks like a 3' long chunk of 3' diameter pipe that's about 3/8" thick metal. Obviously the inside diameter of the actual firebox is a little smaller. Immediately next to the door of the stove I've got a hatch through the house wall to my deck and can roll a wheelbarrow right up to it for easy filling. (See photo, hatch is above garbage can.)

I've got an overabundance of softwood around here and it's got a very healthy appetite for that stuff which is fine as long as I'm home. Moving into mid grade hardwood you can get decent burn times unless it's really cold out. Upside: you can load the stove in your underwear. Downside: A little smoke in the house upon startup and the ever present risk of chimney fire.

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I bet you are running quite a bit of soft wood right now! Lots of snow in the forecast and temps dipping to zero this week!

 

[svk]

I bet you are running quite a bit of soft wood right now! Lots of snow in the forecast and temps dipping to zero this week!

At the deer shack till the 20th but sure will when I get back! Bringing 1/2 cord of blowdown spruce home with me. Its already at 16 percent mc

 

[mn woodcutter]

At the deer shack till the 20th but sure will when I get back! Bringing 1/2 cord of blowdown spruce home with me. Its already at 16 percent mc

Good luck hunting! Wish I could make time this year!

 

[3000 FPS]

Osburn 1600 and some wood stored in the basement.

 

[svk]

Good luck hunting! Wish I could make time this year!

Thank you. I've got a wolf permit this year too so I'm trying my darndest to get one.

 

[stihlfanboy]

put this little burner in for ny uncle the other day in his shop. Never installed one but went prittt well. Stove was free and had about 600$ in the pipe.

 

[newyorker]

First winter with new rig

 

[mn woodcutter]

First winter with new rig

I much prefer the window. Half of the enjoyment of a wood burner in my opinion is enjoying the visual.

 

[3000 FPS]

I would agree. Turn the lights down alittle in the evening and watch the flames.

 

[newyorker]

Very true I'll take cold beer in front of the fire instead of the TV anyday

 

[navanman]

Some fine stoves you guys have. This is my set-up from across the water!

 

[zogger]

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Some fine stoves you guys have. This is my set-up from across the water!

Now that's real pretty! What do ya'all mostly burn?

 

[mn woodcutter]

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Some fine stoves you guys have. This is my set-up from across the water!

What kind of stove is that?

 

[UpOnTheHill]

First winter with new rig

Nice setup you have. If my basement had more headroom, I'd look into a wood furnace. Just too cramped down there as it is. Someday I might put a wood fired boiler in the detached shop/barn and pipe it into the house. I have more know how and tools than time and money right now.

 

[Xjcacher]

Here's my fireplace. Thinking about adding an insert before next winter

 

[newyorker]

Yea I think the wood furnace is going to be the ticket I heated with a very large stove for 4 years and last winter was to much house is 72 feet long so this should distrubute better

 

[stratton]

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Running some coal throuh the OWB last year.

Art, how much coal do you have burning in your boiler pic.... 50-75?? 75_100?? What do you think.

 

[stratton]

Sorry for not answering sooner I hadn't viewed this thread in a couple weeks.

I don't know what brand it is. My dad built the place in 82' and this was set on the foundation first and the house was built around it. I can try and find out. It basically looks like a 3' long chunk of 3' diameter pipe that's about 3/8" thick metal. Obviously the inside diameter of the actual firebox is a little smaller. Immediately next to the door of the stove I've got a hatch through the house wall to my deck and can roll a wheelbarrow right up to it for easy filling. (See photo, hatch is above garbage can.)

I've got an overabundance of softwood around here and it's got a very healthy appetite for that stuff which is fine as long as I'm home. Moving into mid grade hardwood you can get decent burn times unless it's really cold out. Upside: you can load the stove in your underwear. Downside: A little smoke in the house upon startup and the ever present risk of chimney fire.

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SVK, Thanks for response...

 

[artbaldoni]

Art, how much coal do you have burning in your boiler pic.... 50-75?? 75_100?? What do you think.

I would say no more than 50#. Now that I have things figured out I am using about 2-3 coal shovelfuls of stove and nut sized anthracite mixed and 2 pieces of wood every 12-14 hours. Just ran 24 hours with 3 shovels and 3 pieces of wood. Went out this morning and did a shake down. Wood was gone but still had plenty of coal. I'm off work today so I'm going to see how long it will last. I expect at least another 12 hours at these mild temps.