After having our boiler running for the last 10 years, we finally got a local guy to spray closed cell foam insulation onto the 750 gallon storage tank. I wish that I had taken pictures of the trailer load of mess that I removed from the tank this summer. It was fiberglass batting that birds and squirrels had built nests in. I did get pix of the tank when naked, durning, and after spraying. I am very hopeful of a significant improvement in performance / reduction in heat loss at the tank.
chance04 , then I adapt and overcome, as always. I, by no means, was trying to out-think the room. Actually there are no pumps, unions, or valves that are covered by the spray job. The ones that were close to the tank, I bagged and taped so I can uncover them for operation. Not that it is impossible to have a tank or pipe issue, but it was kept as simple as possible by design. Think k.i.s.s. method here. The nice thing is that the vendor is 5 miles up the road for a spot or respray, if I needed to dig out and weld a leak. Most of the piping out there (shed) is just going to be wrapped since trying to spray all of that would have been an expensive mess. The closed system usually runs between 8 - 12 psi, when hot. So no huge pressures to deal with. Not pictured is my expansion tank, which is located in the basement. It isn't insulated since any heat loss there is into the house anyway.
I hope I didn't come across condescending, I was honestly curious. In my limited experience with closed cell, whatever I think is fool proof is usually what fails and requires digging out. Carry on Sir
I didn't take it that way. chance04 . Murphy's Law seems to bite me at the most inopportune time as well!
Well, it hasn't exactly been super cold yet. I know, that is very relative based on location compared to many of you guys + gals. But, we are through November and it seems like I am burning 20 - 30 percent less than the last few years by this point. To me this is exciting! It could mean that getting farther ahead on c s s wood will be easier to come to realization.
