[Homestead] Wood-fired water heating

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu Oct 23 15:50:00 EDT 2008


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Gene GeRue wrote:
> I am unable to find an American company that sells wood-fired water  
> heaters. I may be forced to build one. I am thinking that the first  
> experiment will be to suspend a small, old-but-sound water tank-- 
> should be easy to find one that was discarded when the controls froze-- 
> high inside a barrel stove. Will add another pressure-relief valve to  
> supplement the one on the propane water heater that will be plumbed to  
> follow the wood-fired unit. This will allow preheating water with wood  
> before propane is used. Our present propane heater is in the basement  
> and I used to have a barrel stove down there, so the double flu is at  
> the ready. Any excess heat will warm the basement, which is under the  
> kitchen.
> 
> Comments, please.
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