[q]I looked at an old cast iron boiler the other day it was the type used to heat those old brass radiators in the ’40’s, I think it was originally coal fired, probably weighed 1200 lbs. What I thought might work would be something like this boiler, converted for wood, an insulated jacket around it […]
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Indoor B100 Storage Tanks
[q]I think I might use a copper line from the tanks, but I’m a little concerned about the oxidation/varnish issue still: someone said “the fuel doesn’t sit in there long”, but it could sit in there for months in a heating system (between heating seasons… granted, it’s not much fuel). In a system also providing […]
Solar Windows… Direct Gain Solar Heating
If you have a way to insulate a window at night, and on overcast days, but leave it free to let in the sun when it is shining, your windows will collect way more heat, than they lose, and won’t threaten to freeze you out on cold nights. If you are going to be there, […]
Solar Greenhouses & Sunspaces
If you can build your greenhouse on the south side of your house, then they can share heat, and the greenhouse can act as a big walk-in Solar collector in the winter, while your house (with a woodstove?) can keep the green- -house from freezing at the growing season extremes. It will also cost less […]