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Doug I thought I read that your system is a closed system. Do you have a water line trenched to your boiler to add water when it needs or a ( I know they make automatic valves to refill)? Do you only have one zone? Do you use your boiler to heat your water tank too? How many pumps and what brand size, ect. (for example Taco 007). Thanks

Doug, I just went back through some of your thread and found the answers to some of my questions.
1) is the boiler pipes and water suppy trenched below frost line?
2) do you have a mixer installed ( I have read that especially with cast iron boilers the return needs to be mixed with a little of the supply to prevent boiler shock)?  Thanks

Good to hear Doug! I am just a curious person by nature and have lots of questions.  Just tell me when you've had enough with my questions! Speaking of how many hours yours has produced heat, what kind of hour meter do you have installed? I assume it only clicks off when the burner is called for with the relay?  Thanks

How about an update on the 2016/2017 heating season? Thanks Doug!


James

I hear you Doug. It's frustrating to know I have basically an unlimited supply of good  quality used oil and can't take advantage of it yet and to top it off I just put $600 in my LP tank. 

Doug, I saw the first two last night but that third one whooo mama that is a good deal but overkill for my house. Doug or Russ would you think the Riello would be just as easy to convert as a Beckett? I have heard that they are a very good burner.

I also have been on the look out for a Buderus. I have heard it's the BMW's of boilers. What are some other best brands? Crown, Weil Mclain, slant Fin, Burnham, ect. What wouldbe second best? What state or area are you located in Russ. I'm in the northwest ohio region.

Just checking on your boiler. Any new info? Still doing fine? Any upgrades? I want to start a boiler project just like yours. Thanks

I have been reading here for at least a year. I joined Yahoo alt fuels furnace and have read a lot there. I have been planning in my head and need to make a move this year. I need some help with some of the design. I will build a 12'x14' shed the house a converted fuel oil boiler. I am craigslist shopping for a good used deal. Hopefully a good used (the more the complete the better) system. I am a diesel tech. I'm not totally ignorant when it comes to this stuff. I understand the basic stuff but maybe I'm forgetting something of a way to do it better.

1) build shed about 30-40' from the house. Trench about 48" down to run the pre-made insulated boiler pipe. 2x 1" pex insulated inside a 4" field tile. Probably need an electrical run and 2 communications wire run.
2) heat exchanger for using my existing forced air furnace and ducting. I want to use boiler as the primary heat source and my LP furnace as a back up.
3) purchase a used boiler and use a CK kit to convert to waste motor oil.

Is there any sites to look at for all the little stuff that I need? I need help with knowing all the other stuff. Pumps, closed system? expansion tanks. aqua-stats. mixers. ect.

any help would be awesome!