Guilty!
I'm forced to take a few days away from the cobra
, I have purchased an out door wood stove to heat the house the shop, my neighbors house, both water heaters, both basements and his shop. (The trade off is he has to supply the wood and cut it for the stove
) . The problem is I have had to dig a trench 2' deep, 4"s wide, 250' long. insulate 500' of Kitex 1" tubing, then encapsulate the entire lenght of tubing in 4" solid drain tile, then fill the tile with insulating foam. Than bury it. 2/3's done on my side!
Tried it late last winter without insulation on the pipes. Had to turn the water heaters down- darn they got hot, the house got to 86 on my side my neighbor 100' closer to the stove than I am, house went to just under 90's, both unheated basements got to house temp and we hadn't even burned a half cord of wood yet! Man I love this thing.
We now have the heat situation under control,(getting the furnace to actually cool down between cycles) and my infloor heat in the shop is simply amazing!
I'm predicting a normal ussage of 3,000 gallons of propane a winter to less than 200 gallons a year. My neighbors propane should drop to way less than 100 gallons a year.
So, until I get my side done completely, (by tomorrow I hope) I have had to play hooky on the cars!
If you're in an area that allow these furnaces, do yourself a big favor and look into one. We finally went with a Hawkins Stove.
Back to my ditch then on with the car in a very warm shop!
DV
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