spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Jan 12, 2017 7:15:11 GMT -5
When you rolled the window down frost bite set in in 20 seconds. I almost died. And it froze my screen. That is a far cry from the weekend I spent in Kamloops in July @spriritstone. Still got chill bumps, turning on the hot water in the shower.  Haha! The last 3 days have been like this. I should of got some vid next to a group of trees, it sounds like they are being sandblasted. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 12, 2017 7:33:15 GMT -5
spiritstoneI prefer being sand blasted. Just use warm sand. Why don't you come see me.
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Post by panamark on Jan 15, 2017 15:23:38 GMT -5
Jugglerguy You have a spectacular back yard. How long did it take for you to build that area out ? Okay Rob, Jugglerguy can you do this during your construction sensations? And how is your German? JK, you all should know he is a fantastic juggler as well as construction dynamo :-) |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 15, 2017 15:45:12 GMT -5
Uh, no, I can't do that. Impressive though!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 15, 2017 18:18:15 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks, Chuck are all of those furnaces in the picture yours? Sounds like a stupid question, I know. We just had snowpocolyps, which for this area, means a foot of snow. My daughter's heater gave out just when the snow started. Great timing. Her significant other is a geothermal engineer. He designs all of the heating and air conditioning for most of the municipal and large scale construction in the area. Of course, he couldn't figure the "small" heater problem out. And, he kept putting off the chimney inspection, so they couldn't light that. He had to run to Walmart and fight the panicked crowds for a couple space heaters. Doh! Eventually, though, he took the heater apart, put it back together and then it worked... go figure.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 15, 2017 22:24:41 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks, Chuck are all of those furnaces in the picture yours? Sounds like a stupid question, I know. We just had snowpocolyps, which for this area, means a foot of snow. My daughter's heater gave out just when the snow started. Great timing. Her significant other is a geothermal engineer. He designs all of the heating and air conditioning for most of the municipal and large scale construction in the area. Of course, he couldn't figure the "small" heater problem out. And, he kept putting off the chimney inspection, so they couldn't light that. He had to run to Walmart and fight the panicked crowds for a couple space heaters. Doh! Eventually, though, he took the heater apart, put it back together and then it worked... go figure. Bummer about your kids furnace. Glad it got worked out. I live in the burbs so I just run a normal natural gas furnace and also a wood burning fireplace here. If I lived up on the Island one of those wood boilers would be the way to go. They have twenty inches of snow on the ground right now and we have zero in the metro Detroit area. I used to go up a lot in the wintertime when I had snowmobiles but since I sold them it is not worth driving 6 hours on snowy icy roads anymore. I winterize the place right around Thanksgiving and reopen around April/May. Chuck |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2017 16:11:14 GMT -5
Spent a long weekend about 20 east of Blue Ridge Georgia this weekend at my friend's cabin. We cut 5 trees and split firewood. About a 2 year supply for mostly weekend burning. Cabin and heater system by old school Appalachian carpenters. The long flue really heats the place well.   Wood splitting area  Views of the property. Two kinds of people reside there, city folks with fine cabins and hard core mountain people. 40 years ago only mountain folks lived here. My friend's father built the place and is a city person with mountain practices about 50 years ago. He purchased the property from the Stanley's only because he won them over. The Stanley's and two other families owned most of the territory. Two of the families are bitter enemies. Hatfield's and McCoy's so to speak. The other family accuses the Stanley's of being carpetbaggers(from the north). Apparently some Stanley hangings occurred back in the civil war due to them being Union sympathizers.    About 2/3rds split. white oak, red maple, persimmon, sourwood and sweet gum. White oak being by far the superior heat generator.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 12:25:57 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2017 8:01:38 GMT -5
Yes @shotgunner, and the message ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2017 11:41:30 GMT -5
Yes @shotgunner, and the message ? You asked for pics of our wood heaters. Thats mine. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2017 5:52:06 GMT -5
Yes @shotgunner, and the message ? You asked for pics of our wood heaters. Thats mine. fibber |
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Post by 1dave on Feb 5, 2017 9:57:21 GMT -5
Nice when a stove holds coals 24 hours so no re-light is needed. When I worked in Dubai the water storage was either on the roof or under the driveway. When you went to take a shower you used only cold water and it got too hot if you didn't shut it off while lathering up. No way to temper the water just hot and hotter. We had the domestic coil in our outdoor heater at the greenhouse in MN also, again you had to be careful, you always cranked the cold water on more during your shower. Summer hot water with 500 gal boiler you could just burn junk wood and garbage. When I was in Uruguay they often pumped water from the wells to a tank on the roof. Never thought of a tank under ground. Combining the two with solar Heaters above sounds like a great way to go!   |
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 5, 2017 10:30:00 GMT -5
I seen one of those Bellina heaters in Michigan. I stopped to look at it and put my hand inside it and almost fried it. It was Hooooooooooooot I was amazed. In New Mexico we have a domestic coil on our wood stove and I built a Sauna for cleaning up....got tired of a bird bath.
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Post by 1dave on Feb 5, 2017 10:41:14 GMT -5
We now heat and cool with natural gas - cost averages $45/month. No chopping or lugging nor stoking. Just turn the thermostat dial. Boring BUT wonderful! I do have a wood burning stove out in the shop and a wood burning LAUNDRY stove in storage I was going to take photos of 10 years ago to sell it. Don't know if I'll ever be getting a roundtuit. The Laundry stove is similar to this, but more rectangular with water pipes coming in and going out.  Another way to heat water  But they piped it with the cold water entering at the top  instead of the bottom. EDIT: Looking at it again I can't tell which line is hot or cold. |
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 5, 2017 11:29:13 GMT -5
when I had a guy weld up my sauna stove he put the hot water pipes horizontal instead of vertical and it doesn't work worth a hoot. Was going to do just what is in your bottom picture but haven't gotten a round tuit though. I like the top stove pretty cool. Our house now is heated with propane no air condition in Northern MN. By the time you get uncomfortable the hot weather is over.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2017 11:36:58 GMT -5
I use one of these at my Florida camp Dave. It is 200 feet of 2 inch schedule 80 black poly. It sits on black EPDM rubber. Holds a lot of hot water. It will cook you if you do not flush it with cold water 4-8 hours before bath time. Cooler days 8 hours, hot days 4 hours for nice hot bathing water. To push the hot water thru you simply turn crack a garden hose valve to the desired flow for your shower. Valve next to outlet. I cover it with a sheet of poly to trap heat for the duration of the visit. I have had my eyes out for 4 inch roll out irrigation pipe, like a 300 foot roll. The 2 inch pipe has been sitting out in the Florida sun for 15 years and shows no signs of deterioration. It can not break from freezing. Cool system, love it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 12:54:02 GMT -5
You asked for pics of our wood heaters. Thats mine. fibber Oh no. Absolutely true. She definitely heats my wood. |
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Post by Peruano on Feb 15, 2017 15:01:26 GMT -5
Here's my old wood stove. It was my Dad's for several decades before I got it in the 1980's.  |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 16, 2017 8:18:01 GMT -5
Classic Peruano. Bet she spits out a lot of heat. Liking the selective barrier. That does a good job. Those vertical cylinder designs can roar with gates open. Can often turn stove pipe cherry red. Looks like you have a valve in the flue. Good place to control the burn. |
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Post by Peruano on Feb 16, 2017 10:18:49 GMT -5
Its 26 today so the stove is cooking a bit. I use small bits of kindling fuel to moderate the heat output and two fuelings makes for a warm shop that lasts until the noon thaw in New Mexico.
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instead of the bottom.
