| well i do most of my time reading on here rather then posting. let me tell you a little about myself. my name is lance, im 24, im from Michigan and i bought my first house in may. its and old 2 story (1300sq ft) from 1930's. ive been spending all of my time fixing it up and im slowly getting it as effiecent as my budget will allow. i installed a new 90% 2 stage carrier furnace, energy effiecent water heater, CFL bulbs, and im about to add 18" of insulation to the attic.
right now the house stays a lot warmer then i though it would. but im the type of guy that always wants more. my uncle gave me an old wood fireplace insert that im planning on putting in my garage/shop to heat it durning the winter. i want to turn that into a "outside wood burner" style burner and use it to heat my house. i plan on building a water holding tank that sits on the top and hangs down on the side. i will have an in/out on the tank where i will pump the heated water to my furnace and into a radiator then back to the burner. i would also like to find a way to preheat my hotwater heater.
there is still a lot that i dont know about these system thats why i posted on here. here are some things i know i need help on.
- will it work or am i crazy?
- how big of a water tank on the wood burner?
- how big of pipe do i need for my feed and return.
- drain back or not?
here is some picture of what i got right now.
ATV radiator to use for the heat exchanger(mount in duct work) will seal up pressure release and install one by the wood burner.
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/LanceA0/house/?action=view¤t=4a3d_1.jpg
map of house and layout. the red square is my furnace(basement of house) the blueish grary square is the wood burner located in garage. its about 47' away from the furnace. the orange pipe is the out from the burner. it then goes the the exchanger. on the way back to the burner it goes through a home floor radiator located in my shed to help heat that then back to the burner to heat up again.
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/LanceA0/house/?action=view¤t=house.jpg
here is the wood burner. 20"D x27"W x23"T with an 8" hole for the chiminey.
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/LanceA0/house/?action=view¤t=P1040496.jpg
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/LanceA0/house/?action=view¤t=P1040501.jpg
please give me some imput, good or bad.
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