Pictures Of Your Boiler

MATTHEW D. wrote:I was planning for this to be part of the meet'n greet. Unfortunately it is impossible to get a county employee to come in on a sat. I even tried bribing the maintenance supervisor with cheesesteaks and beer! He didn't go for it . So here are some pic of what we will miss. A coal stoker Modern Marvel. 8 foot grate, 7,000,000 btus?, 100 ton coal bin, auto coal feed, auto ash augar, etc. Just take a look

Maybe I could use that boiler to heat the 3 homes on my compound!

Dennis wrote:Hey Rob,those insulateded jackets must work good to keep your cold beer on top.The old EFM dressed up nice

Yeh it Did!!

Nice job Rob,

Don't let Arnie near your prized possession or else you'll get a VW sticker on it, like I did on mine.

my moneysaver and shop heater!!

Nice set-up and great looking boiler! Where did you find the stainless steel flue pipes? Are they single or double walled?

amish. heard of him from nieghbors, went down with a little illustration and good measurements, made it all up for me t's 90's straps, everything under 500

inside is single wall, outside double wall from the amish. heard of him from nieghbors, went down with a little illustration and good measurements, made it all up for me t's 90's straps, everything under 500
oops on the double post

Do you know what kind of stainless it is and what the wall thickness is? I wish I lived in NY so I could get some single wall stainless flue pipes.

not too sure on grade and thickness. im guessing the grade is decent because a magnet does not stick to it(claimed would last with coal). i would offer to run down and put an order in for ya but im sure hes waay behind. i ordered mine in june when i purchased my boiler, didnt see it untill sept. all pieces wrere in 4' lengths except for the piece that went thru the wall, he rivited that all together, along with the thru the wall T assembly that was all rivited together when i picked it up.

no amish country near you? i sided my shop with hemlock from the amish, super cheap. not bad quality either,

hey larry how do you like your s130, it was a coin toss for me, between a s130, and my ka6. wanted the slightly larger boiler. and the s130 wasnt available around here i would have had to go pick it up from the ahs wharehouse.

331camaro wrote:hey larry how do you like your s130, it was a coin toss for me, between a s130, and my ka6. wanted the slightly larger boiler. and the s130 wasnt available around here i would have had to go pick it up from the ahs wharehouse.

I like it a lot! Operation is extremely simple. I'm confident that the Ka6 is a great boiler also. All of the available stoker boiler brands that I'm aware of are built to last a lifetime (or two, three, ...).

Im happy with the ka6 but while i was still in the planning stages i talked to a local installer that claimed ever keystoker boiler he installed the homeowner complained. a neighbor of mine put my mind at ease that is heating a 5000 ft shop radiant floor and a simiair house in age and size with a ka6. in the end went with local availability.

Just my opinion, but I bet 9/10 of those complainants were due to owner incompetence.

By: Rob R. On: Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:41 pm

Just my opinion, but I bet 9/10 of those complainants were due to owner incompetence.

i think so too. also, a couple years ago, a good friend of the family converted his cabin and barn to coal, something happened, claims frozen coal jammed up the auger, starved the boiler and everything froze by the time he got there the following weekend. needless to say my family thought i was nuts switching to coal, i got the furry eyeball from everyone. but now i couldnt be happier. cant wait for the cold weather!