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Water and space heating | 19 comments (19 topical)

Re: Water and space heating (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by ghurd on Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 03:28:47 PM MST

I was thinking something super simple,
maybe a couple blue plastic 55 gallon drums of water?
maybe with gravity flow near the stove?
I don't think it would take much to make a pretty big difference in most of the similar places I visited.

My French is mostly limited to "Je prendrai le hamburger deluxe avec fromage", "Lebres le Blue", and "oo ee a'la rue o de plan?"
And I'm from 1 county south of you, if you couldn't tell. :/
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Re: Water and space heating (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by mbeland on Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 07:33:56 PM MST

Sorry for the use of French, although within brackets. It's just that I was not sure of the right term to convey my thought. After googling a bit I found that a "poele de masse" is a masonry heater. Now we both have learned something :) Glad to know where you are from! No I couldn't tell apart from the fact that I assume a large proportion of this forum's members are from the states.

By gravity flow do you mean a convection loop powered by the raising of heated water and piping between the drums? I am not sure I get your point. Why not just siting the 2 drums close to the stove and rely on the convection loop within the drum?

Thanks for your help
Eau, soleil, le vent
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Re: Water and space heating (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by ghurd on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 09:17:36 AM MST

The convection idea was so the barrels could be set in a different pattern or something. Couple barrels near the stove would be just as good.
I am not sure if any of it is a great idea. It is mostly just an idea.

I have seen some simple gravity fed systems that move heat from a wood (coal) stove to another area. Such as under the wash room floor to keep that room a little warmer.

I have also seen heat drawn from the (coal heated) hot water storage tank via air, fed into a wash room air vent to keep it warmer, and it works very well. Which is probably why the idea came to mind.
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Water and space heating | 19 comments (19 topical)

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