#42 CENTRAL BOILER-First Fire of the Season

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8 ай бұрын

Sarah starts up the new Central Boiler wood stove for the first time this season and lets you know how quickly it heats our house and you can see how much wood it takes to get the fire going during this first cold snap.

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@blueglide1 3 ай бұрын

I’ve had a HD760 for two years now,great heat and hot water!

@OUCHMountain 3 ай бұрын

Awesome.! We like our stove and love the radiant heat we get from it....constant heat without the fan blowing. Thanks for watching our videos!

@kevinchavis4786 6 ай бұрын

wonderful job, i have the same boiler here in NC and my wife also has to man the stove. thanks for making these videos..

@OUCHMountain 6 ай бұрын

It's great to have a wife willing to get her hands dirty. Mine is the best. She enjoys working outside as much as I do. The stove takes a little getting used to, but I think we are figuring it out. Thanks for watching our videos - we very much appreciate it. Have a great day!!!

@amossnowdaharleyman9179 8 ай бұрын

Small world: 20+ years ago I was the man who designed and built the hot water coils for these systems at my coil manufacturing company.5 years into production the boiler manufacturers and the coil wholesalers found chinee coils at a lower price (and piss poor quality and durability) and dropped me as the supplier.

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, that really stinks! I’d say you know a lot about these then. We appreciate you watching our videos!

@AATreeService 8 ай бұрын

That does suck for your company I’m sorry to hear that but those hot water coils are such a huge fail. Plate exchanger and done

@amossnowdaharleyman9179 8 ай бұрын

@@AATreeService Just to confirm: I am talking about the water to air heat exchangers used in the heated area and not the firebox. Mine were well built and not the "huge fail" you mention. You're talking about the Chinee coils: and yes they are garbage. As for the company: it did fine. Customers come and go and it was not dependent on a single product line or customer base. I just sold out last year and retired well.

@AATreeService 7 ай бұрын

@@amossnowdaharleyman9179 yes sir i apologize as i meant it in the exact way that you said it. The Chinese ones were a huge fail. The plate exchange is the only way to go now.

@amossnowdaharleyman9179 7 ай бұрын

@@AATreeService no worries partner.

@fricknjeep 8 ай бұрын

hi there good show , need to get mine going , best to all john

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Yep John it’s that time of year. We appreciate you watching. Stay warm!

@Living-The-Dream 8 ай бұрын

Great job !! That stove works really well. Looks like you are ahead of the learning curve already 🪵🔥👍👏🇺🇸 Rick

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Yes, we are very excited about it! Thanks for watching! Have a great weekend!

@kevinbauder8927 6 ай бұрын

You can put heat exchanger in your ducts. Only take a couple hours to heat house

@OUCHMountain 6 ай бұрын

You are spot on....we did put a heat exchanger in with our electric heat pump so that all we have to do is turn the "fan" on (not the heat pump itself) and it blows across the hot coils in the heat exchanger and blow hot air through our duct work. We plan to show this/explain this on an upcoming video. We appreciate you watching! Have a great day!

@jerryodonoghue8624 8 ай бұрын

Your thermostat in the house should be on heat and it shows off????

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Hey Jerry! - when we built our house, we put in an electric heat pump - and we did not put in the wood stove until 2 or 3 years later. So, the heat being off is for our electric heat pump and air conditioning, and we have it turned off at the beginning of the season. I was showing the thermostat to show the temp in the house as it changed. We try to keep the heat pump off as much as possible through the winter and let the stove do the work. If you have any more questions, must let us know. Glad to help in any way. Thanks for watching our videos.

@luvdogsandhorses 6 ай бұрын

After day 2 you almost had enough coals The initial full firebox should be small wood Approx 2” x 2” wood Stove must have a good coal bed to burn efficiently I also encourage you to hook controller to wifi if you can and use the various features that will make use of the stove better and more enjoyable

@OUCHMountain 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. Good to know. We have had a wood boiler for about 15 yrs but this is our first full winter with this brand. We are still learning its personality. Thanks for watching and stay warm!

@thomasarchambault9463 5 ай бұрын

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@OUCHMountain 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We appreciate your service.

@adamholbrook2281 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Doesn't the stove have built in lights up on the top? I'd love to have one of these. Maybe I will do an add on to my furnace eventually. I do have a Pacific energy wood stove I heat with.

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Adam - yes it does have a light on the front (door side) of the stove...but I totally forgot about it. We can even set the light to come on automatically after dark (has a photocell that will trigger it to come on after dark)...but, I forgot about it since it was the first time this season - and my first time to start it by myself...live and learn. LOL. Thanks for watching!!!!!

@beebjnu3906 5 ай бұрын

you don't need a bucket for the chimney all you need is chimney cap

@OUCHMountain 5 ай бұрын

A chimney cap would be a great option although we were looking for inexpensive and readily available so we went to our stockpile of 5 gallon buckets😂 Thanks for watching!

@beebjnu3906 5 ай бұрын

@@OUCHMountain trying save a buck one day might become expensive

@lastplacetrophy3821 8 ай бұрын

I thought you need a larger contact patch between the pipes and the floor to maximize heat transfer - it looks like the pipes you showed were mostly floating in the air. Might want to look into a system to maximize that!

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Having the radiant tubing closer to the subfloor would help keep the heat up near the floor. The tubing is attached to the subfloor with half-inch spacers holding it off of the subfloor...we were a little worried about puncturing the tubing if we were to run a screw or nail through the floor upstairs - and where the loops return we did not do a great job of keeping the tubing close to the subfloor. But running the tubing in long continuous runs (I think we have 5 long runs) between joists was not easy. To really maximize the heat, we could cover the joist space with aluminum sided insulation boards. But...having some of the heat stay in the basement (unheated part) helps keep that room above freezing when it is extremely cold out. Not the most efficient way to heat the main part of the house, but we get some benefit to having the basement a little warmer. Thanks for watching our videos!!!!!!

@woodhoundbug4697 8 ай бұрын

I took a 2 by 2 by 10 foot long and I attached it to the bucket so I put it up over my chimney and pull it down and then I put a zippy tie around the very bottom. That way, I can reach it every time. Just of the thought, your neighbor over here in Burnsville, North Carolina.

@OUCHMountain 8 ай бұрын

Good suggestion on the bucket. That might keep me and small animals from being hurt by a bucket falling out of the sky...Looks like some cold weather is headed for us and the Smokies this weekend. Stay safe. Thanks for watching!!

@beebjnu3906 5 ай бұрын

been cheap is not always good idea, you don't need a bucket for the chimney all you need is chimney cap

@AATreeService 8 ай бұрын

U don’t need paper in there!!!! Rake the coals to the center by the nozzle and set a split right there then fill the stove

@OUCHMountain 7 ай бұрын

Glad to know! Like I said, this is a new stove and the first time I’ve built a a fire in it. Our old stove usually required paper unless there was a REALLY good bed of coals. It was a real pain to get it loaded up with wood and then realize it wasn’t gonna catch. Sounds like I’ve done that a time or two, doesn’t it😂. Glad this one seems more user friendly! Do you have a Central Boiler yourself? We appreciate you watching!

@AATreeService 7 ай бұрын

@@OUCHMountain we have a Heatmaster g100 for the shop. Same concept. It is a downdraft gassifier. It looks like it is almost out of coals but I’ll set one small split over the slot (nozzle) then rake all the coals to the middle around and over that split then fill it up. It will take off in 5 minutes

@TheRussellStover 2 ай бұрын

Is it better to have a temp spread from 165 to 185 or 175 to 185? Is it better to run it less?

@OUCHMountain 2 ай бұрын

I feel like it is better to have it run less, just to have less power usage, but I don't think I can prove that. It would be an interesting study to see which would use less wood. Less wood is definitely a plus for us if we can use less wood and still heat the house sufficiently. Thanks for watching!!

@juancbarahona7544 7 ай бұрын

How much it cost you this unit and installation to your home?

@OUCHMountain 7 ай бұрын

We would be happy to share this information with you. Please email us at ouchmountainoutdoor living@gmail.com so we can provide you with this information. Thanks for watching!

@coreym5072 5 ай бұрын

How much wood do you go through?

@OUCHMountain 5 ай бұрын

Hey Corey! We have probably used between 5 and 6 cords of wood so far this season. I would think we will probably use a couple more before the season is over. We live in the South so our winters are not as extreme as other parts of the country. Thanks for watching!

@recentlyretired 5 ай бұрын

It amazes me that people who install these boilers don’t build a larger slab! Then cover the slab and boiler with a roof? Wood is next to boiler undercover? Wood is always under cover and feet away ,

@OUCHMountain 5 ай бұрын

That is our plan - to replace our wood shed that burned in the forest fire (video #19 shows the forest fire damage) so the wood is right next to the stove...we just haven't gotten to that project yet. The wood shed that you see in this video was meant to be our long term (1 season +) storage solution, but our shed next to the stove burned and we plan to build a new one this year. Thanks for watching our videos!!!