Building a Chimney for a Kb8 Boiler

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Thu. Oct. 08, 2015 9:03 pm

Everything looks good so far :up: ,BUT,are you planning on heating that house THIS winter ???? :) You have done lots of work so far :clap: ,looks like an awful lot to go tho :hammer: ,maybe no hunting season for you this yr ?? :what:


 
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Post by Olllotj » Fri. Oct. 09, 2015 9:46 am

Ha Ha. Yes yes lots more to do! Should be doing the near boiler piping within the week. And we will depending on the original houses zones this winter, and blocking off entrances to the addition.

Nope no hunting this year!

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Oct. 09, 2015 10:33 am

Olllotj wrote:Ha Ha. Yes yes lots more to do! Should be doing the near boiler piping within the week. And we will depending on the original houses zones this winter, and blocking off entrances to the addition.

Nope no hunting this year!
Bambi is safe!

But those little coal rocks are in danger of getting burned up!

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Post by McGiever » Fri. Oct. 09, 2015 11:07 am

How'd ya get that cement mixer on the roof? :verycool:

Sorta like the guy who got his Harley on the high dive at the pool. :lol:

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Oct. 09, 2015 11:23 am

McGiever wrote:How'd ya get that cement mixer on the roof? :verycool:

Sorta like the guy who got his Harley on the high dive at the pool. :lol:
Must have installed the elevator first.

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Post by Olllotj » Sat. Oct. 10, 2015 7:30 pm

Ha no elevator. The guys framing our addition let me use their telehandler.

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Post by SWPaDon » Sat. Oct. 10, 2015 8:26 pm

Olllotj wrote:Ha no elevator. The guys framing our addition let me use their telehandler.
No wonder my furnace is crooked...........I was using my level incorrectly :)


 
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Post by Olllotj » Thu. Oct. 22, 2015 9:35 am

Setup a permanent work bench next to the boiler, and got the mano hooked up. Used brass 1/8 npt to 5/16 hose barbs and 5/16 ID automotive vacuum line. Hung the mano on the hopper, and used the side ports. The needle pulled off the pin when I hooked it up, i'm guessing that's a good sign. Using the low side of the mano.

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Post by Olllotj » Sun. Nov. 01, 2015 6:08 pm

Started hooking some pipes together today

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Post by windyhill4.2 » Sun. Nov. 01, 2015 6:57 pm

Looking good so far,you are going to have to keep stepping or you will be wearing insulated coveralls to pipe the rest :shock: toothy winter is closing in :!:Someone edited the pics & got your boiler on its feet,looks even better now,there is hope !! ;)

 
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Post by Olllotj » Wed. Nov. 04, 2015 12:06 pm

Windy- The Carhartts are always ready to go as needed!

So after re-reading the installation manual from Keystoker, They have the bypass loop T installed BEFORE the Calculator pump. Mine is AFTER, Does anyone see any reason for me to change this?

 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Nov. 04, 2015 12:52 pm

Olllotj wrote:So after re-reading the installation manual from Keystoker, They have the bypass loop T installed BEFORE the Calculator pump. Mine is AFTER, Does anyone see any reason for me to change this?
Yes. The way you have it piped currently will create a "system bypass" rather than a boiler bypass. Basically the water will just go through the bypass piping rather than out through the radiation. Unless you can adjust this with valves, you will end up with most of the flow in the boiler & bypass piping, and very little through the radiation.

What make/model circulator is that anyway? It looks huge.

What type of radiation is in your house?

 
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Post by Olllotj » Wed. Nov. 04, 2015 12:58 pm

My bypass has a ball valve in it, in case it needed to be throttled.

The circ pump is just a b&g style.

Baseboard fin tube radiators.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Nov. 04, 2015 1:04 pm

For a fin tube system, I doubt you need a bypass at all. Do you intend to run the circulator all the time or only on heat calls?

Interesting that you are using a $300 power hog circulator over a Taco 007 or equivalent.

 
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Post by Olllotj » Wed. Nov. 04, 2015 1:11 pm

Maybe I will just close the ball valve on the bypass loop.

The calculator pump is just one that I already had.

It is the same pump that is on my propane boiler. It will be setup to run on heat calls only.


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