I’m almost ready to do mine now after reading the threads of you guys doing it. My setup is very similar to the original posters with a 2500 sq ft 2 story farmhouse, a 1500 sq ft detached apt, and a 24x24 2 story shop/garage. Leaning towards a Heatmaster G7000. I want to mount it in under a lean to behind my shop. And close the leanto in eventually. But I’d like to know any similar new setups you guys think should be considered. The house is steam boiler with fuel oil and a Lopi Leyden woodstove. The apt is hot water with fuel oil and the shop is a wood stove and a seldom used 100k btu propane forced air fuel on a 30 gallon tank. Last year’s fuel price was 6200 and 3 cords of wood. Looking for an all in price of under 20k. I’ll get pictures of the initial place I’m hoping to setup and hope you guys will jump in with tips and corrections as I go. I have to talk to the town as far as any restrictions before I finalize my plans. After I do a couple more weeks research and comparisons, I plan on digging the trenches and getting the thermopex purchased and in the ground. That appears to be a good place to start after researching. Stay tuned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I’m going to switch the steam radiators out to baseboard hot water in the farmhouse. The apartment has hot water baseboard already. The shop will “probably get some of the old steam radiators converted to a hot water system 2 line. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
A few pictures. I want to place the boiler if possible to the left of the tractor with the loading door facing inside and the rear door(if any) towards the camera. I thought I’d make a service entrance access door on that end to access valves, lines etc. That’s the apartment back over to the right of the picture. The small little door on the lower corner is where the hot water boiler and oil tank sit for the apartment. This is a view across the back yard. The lines will go in to the basement approximately where the mini split is. There’s a window well there in the basement. There is about a 6 foot elevation change from the tractor to the ground level of the apartment and the house. I have swales and drains along there to divert ground water. I still have to measure the distance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you go with a Heatmaster with smoke bypass, I would position it so that you could add steel siding around the boiler and have the loading door inside and everything else outside.
I contacted Central Boiler also on their Edge HDX series. They replied but said there is a 500 dollar increase coming 1Apr. So I need to act now! Also a 26% tax credit can be applied for the purchase. Are these legitimate or sales tactics? Anybody know? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
No idea on the price increase...might be from CB, might be the dealer...I'm sure prices will be going on up shortly though...on everything! CB has fallen out of favor with many people in recent times...partially due to not honoring the "lifetime" warranty on the doors of the older units...the ones that said "lifetime warranty" right on them, and (my opinion) partially just due to dragging their feet on building a proper clean burn boiler...they spent a TON of money lobbying DC to block the new EPA regs that eventually forced them to clean up their act...seems like other companies spent their money more wisely on RnD rather than lining pockets, Heatmaster being one...
Thank you for the insight. That’s what I’m grateful for with this forum for lessons learned and heard about. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Lennyzx11 where in Bennington are you located? I just looked at a Crown Royal 7300E at Hoosick Distributors. Have you checked them out?
I’m out by the airport. I’ll check the Crown Royal out. Thanks for the tip. Lenny Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The only suggestion I can offer is to face the loading door towards the birth so the north winter wind blows smoke away from you as you load it
[QUOTE=" I am in the middle of building new house and will be putting my heat Master directly into new garage.That way do not have to go out to fill and will have wood indoors also during the heating season.
