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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Nov. 08, 2020 5:26 am

Jkohanski wrote:
Sat. Nov. 07, 2020 11:16 pm
yes, I have glycol in coal loop. To save money, I was going to pipe to oil boiler direct, but that would be 50 gallons of glycol, way to expensive, especially if I had an issue and lost it. I ran 2 rehaue pipes, so 1" pex in parrell for both return and supply, as I need 180,000 btu thus the ah260. so far so good, but I need to add a dump zone, non powered in the shed. will post more pics later. I must say this site has been the inspiration to keep me going and switch to coal.
Keep an eye on that baro, you might have issues with flyash puffing out of it. How did the cost of the remote install compare to fixing the chimney in the house?


 
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Post by Jkohanski » Sun. Nov. 08, 2020 7:51 am

Pad and shed about 1800.00 dollars. New chimney, estimate was over 8000.00. Also no basement entry, and the floors have termite damage. I don think they would have taken the weight to basement entry located in middle of house. I will keep I on ash. Ran through 1st night and loving it.

 
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Post by Jkohanski » Sun. Nov. 08, 2020 8:49 am

Pad and shed about 1800.00 dollars. New chimney, estimate was over 8000.00. Also no basement entry, and the floors have termite damage. I don think they would have taken the weight to basement entry located in middle of house. I will keep I on ash. Ran through 1st night and loving it.

 
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Post by Idlorah » Sat. Dec. 12, 2020 10:00 pm

Figured I'd join this topic after being on the forum for about a month and finally getting my stoker running properly after some help with guys on this forum. I'm new to coal the house I just moved into has an allen stoker boiler with single pipe steam hear and and a DHW. I will say I love the hot water from this boiler and the heat is great as well, loving this unit now that I have worked the all the bugs out. Heating approx 3500 sqft to 72* making 1 ash pan every other day burning direnzo buck coal.
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Post by swyman » Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 7:23 am

Guess it's time, still have to paint the auger. I thought it would be easier to do while it's running! Here is my recently restored 1980 Axeman Anderson 260M
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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 10:41 am

That is one Cool lookin' Copper Coal Cookin' Contraption you got there!

-Don

 
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Post by swyman » Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 10:52 am

StokerDon wrote:
Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 10:41 am
That is one Cool lookin' Copper Coal Cookin' Contraption you got there!

-Don
Thank you Don, was a very fun project and happy with the way it turned out!


 
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Post by dbsuz05 » Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 10:58 am

The copper color on the axeman is awesome! Excellent!!

 
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Post by Jkohanski » Wed. Jan. 13, 2021 8:33 pm

Idlorah wrote:
Sat. Dec. 12, 2020 10:00 pm
Figured I'd join this topic after being on the forum for about a month and finally getting my stoker running properly after some help with guys on this forum. I'm new to coal the house I just moved into has an allen stoker boiler with single pipe steam hear and and a DHW. I will say I love the hot water from this boiler and the heat is great as well, loving this unit now that I have worked the all the bugs out. Heating approx 3500 sqft to 72* making 1 ash pan every other day burning direnzo buck coal.IMG_20201106_133239276.jpgIMG_20201106_133244545.jpgIMG_20201125_131922773.jpgIMG_20201125_131932988.jpgIMG_20201125_132215965.jpgIMG_20201206_161034421.jpgIMG_20201206_185043355.jpgIMG_20201210_121935278_HDR.jpg
Nice, I know my family loves coal heat.

 
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Post by Jkohanski » Wed. Jan. 13, 2021 8:34 pm

swyman wrote:
Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 7:23 am
Guess it's time, still have to paint the auger. I thought it would be easier to do while it's running! Here is my recently restored 1980 Axeman Anderson 260M

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A work of art, very retro.

 
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Post by lzaharis » Thu. Mar. 18, 2021 12:25 am

Jkohanski wrote:
Wed. Jan. 13, 2021 8:33 pm
Nice, I know my family loves coal heat.

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I am glad your steam system is working well and
you have plenty of hot water too.

In the future you may want to install a drop header coming off
the top tapping(s) to eliminate wet steam from rising into the
header pipe.

Your home will heat faster and the air in the radiators
will be purged from the radiators much faster and the
radiators will hold thier heat longer.

You can always install TRV's on each radiator to avoid
wasting heat in rooms that are unoccupied.

You may want to invest in a couple of well written books
on steam heat written by Dan Holohan;

The first one is "WE GOT STEAM" and the second one is
"GREENING STEAM".

You can purchase them directly from the author through
his web site www.heating help.com via the book store page
on the heating help forum.

Mr. Holohan ships the paperback books directly to you from his office
and all profits go to the author.

 
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Post by Idlorah » Thu. Mar. 18, 2021 10:23 pm

lzaharis wrote:
Thu. Mar. 18, 2021 12:25 am
==========================================================================================

I am glad your steam system is working well and
you have plenty of hot water too.

In the future you may want to install a drop header coming off
the top tapping(s) to eliminate wet steam from rising into the
header pipe.

Your home will heat faster and the air in the radiators
will be purged from the radiators much faster and the
radiators will hold thier heat longer.

You can always install TRV's on each radiator to avoid
wasting heat in rooms that are unoccupied.

You may want to invest in a couple of well written books
on steam heat written by Dan Holohan;

The first one is "WE GOT STEAM" and the second one is
"GREENING STEAM".

You can purchase them directly from the author through
his web site www.heating help.com via the book store page
on the heating help forum.

Mr. Holohan ships the paperback books directly to you from his office
and all profits go to the author.

I assume this was meant for me? what exactly is a drop header?

 
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Post by lzaharis » Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 12:04 am

Yes it was,

The drop header allows only dry steam to enter your header pipe and allows the condensate to drain back to the water line of the boiler.

You can type in drop header in the search box here and you will see pictures of them or you can google them and look at hundreds of them in steam boiler installations.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 7:54 am

Hartford loop too?

 
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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 8:39 am

lzaharis wrote:
Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 12:04 am
Yes it was,

The drop header allows only dry steam to enter your header pipe and allows the condensate to drain back to the water line of the boiler.

You can type in drop header in the search box here and you will see pictures of them or you can google them and look at hundreds of them in steam boiler installations.
If the system runs well as is I am not sure why you would want to rework the piping. Unlike modern boilers that rely heavily on the near-boiler piping for dry steam, that Allen boiler has a large steam chest to do the job.


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