THE WOOD BOILER. Starting it for the 3rd season. Questions and Answers. What has been learned?

[@suepeterson5675]

Thanks Joe - I watched the Tent video , nice. One thing I missed was , “ Sarah it’s 4:40 time to wake up, Sarah it’s 4:45 time to wake up “. 😊👍

[@WilliamReich-ik6db]

I think she got a man friend that hunt's in a better area.

[@StevenPappadeas]

It's like that every year!

[@havingfun6527]

The chunks of wood that thing takes is amazing

[@JC-om4wd]

Happy Thanksgiving Joe. Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@cindyblair1283]

That boiler Joe looks like a beast and for sure does the job keeping you and Melissa and the dogs very warm and cozy. We just got our first snow and it’s 26 degrees right now burr.

[@Wolverinemark]

Thanks great video

[@LFH02]

Very interesting, & I don't even use wood to heat, thanks for sharing.

[@marygordon3032]

Thanks Joe you’re the best and please stay safe and God bless y’all! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@scottconwayfitness]

Thank you for answering my question, Joe!

[@lscblackwell9202]

Great video, Joe! I also watched the tent video several times and loved the time you got to spend with Zach and your dad! But I did miss Sarah's wakeup calls! We live in the sultry south, so our winters are nothing near yours. But our least favorite time of year is January & February, so I fully agree that you definitely need heat in your outbuildings. You remind me of my husband - he can't sit still for long either. 😂 He is retired and constantly on the move. I really enjoyed the boiler segment and the Q&A time. Thanks for sharing and y'all be safe. Looking forward to the next installments!

[@ferraritrip]

LOVE the Q&A Joe -- many thanks!

[@rogerpultz5597]

Great video 👍👍 Really enjoyed watching

[@garycothern3617]

Joe you are a natural just talking to the camera.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

It's that time again, have a great winter Joe and Melissa, stay safe and keep up the great videos. Enjoyed watching you get the boiler back on line for the winter season. Fred.

[@mikenawrocki1837]

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions. Informational video

[@gailbernhart1389]

Thanks for answering the questions!

[@ronaldstarrett1957]

The wood boiler just interest me to no end Joe. Down here in Louisiana of course never have seen one of those 😂. Like the way you prepare for the seasons so organized. Keep the videos coming we love them.

[@robertrockwell7581]

another nice video Joe. good explanation on the wood boiler.

[@johnl8996]

Thanks for the Q&A, Joe. That was some really interesting info.

[@susanfrens8837]

Love the red chair

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thanks Joe! We got to 32 last night!thanks for sharing

[@sawdustmaker49]

Joe, i sure do like your videos, feels like home!

[@MrLangDog]

All that winter prep !! Sheesh. I've mentioned before that I spend 2 weeks every year, over near Park Rapids, on the White Earth Reservation, but in early June. We Floridians don't do winter well :) But like you said, having tasks is needed in winter or you get cabin fever :)

[@claire_A-T]

Thanks Joe.

[@JohnNininger-hg9im]

You connect W from the thermostat to G at the furnace control board and of course R from the thermostat goes to R at the furnace

[@coreyjohnson2418]

interesting info==miss having a wood stove

[@402ben]

It's 56 dipping down in the upper 40's by tomorrow night " Winter is here " from Southwest Florida It's the start of our two weeks of winter but then the Hurricanes,humidity and homeowner insurance starts all over again

[@WLeonardAthas]

I'm over in Fort Lauderdale and they are calling for temperatures around 54 tonight! That's our winter weather for sure, LOL! We don't know how good we have it, LOL!

[@petekleinschmidt4251]

Thanks for the tutorial on the wood burning boiler! Good luck hunting!

[@williamguthrey5009]

Put the ashes in your garden, very good

[@WilliamReich-ik6db]

Power cords one of top reasons for building fires .

[@bullgiraffe]

I love the idea of it but I just turned 50. Nice where you are at you can have wood delivered. I could probably figure a way to do that too. Just not sure I have the time to do all the splitting. I have burned some inside the house but would love to just split it stack it and burn in instead of having to haul it in the house and down into the basement too. Anything to reduce the number of times you handle it.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

I know several people who burn it in the basement but they have chute that either fits into the window when they open it or they cut a hole in the upper basement wall and put a chute in when they throw wood downstairs. This gets done in a non finished area though. It is always a mess.

[@glennbryant7712]

I think you may have mentioned this so I apologize. Will you show us how you install the insulation? Even a brief video would be appreciated, the knowledge you share is extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

I did not show the actual blowing of the insulation but you will see the machine that is used to do it.

[@nojnoj3069]

Woohoo!

[@JohnNininger-hg9im]

I should have said it is best to connect the common wire between the thermostat and furnace as well some thermostats do not have a C terminal though

[@NorthernSeclusion]

John. Will you email me please? Maybe we can text and I can show you pictures of the board if needed. We could exchange numbers in email. [e-mail]

[@mikekubiak8467]

Did you say another tent video coming??? I can't wait!!! Thanks for posting.

[@darcydesmit7117]

Hey Joe, would you considering putting a indirect hot water tank in the shop now that the wood boiler is going? Then you would have hot water in the shop.

[@johnyb9884]

I wonder if I should look into getting a boiler for heating

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Timothy is correct on the fact that it is more work and you need to fill it every day unless like I explained in this video, you are going on vacation, your fossil fuel takes over. If you are lazy, do not get one. He is totally wrong on propane being cheaper, he is talking straight out his ass on that one. Burning wood is way cheaper than propane BUT, you do have the cost of installing the unit. Timothy needs to go back to math class.

[@nojnoj3069]

Thank you Joe. I do the same as you. If you use wood for heat and do most of the work yourself it stands to reason it's cheaper. Where you live wood is plentiful and me too.

[@butlerdawgs78]

Great info! Thanks, Joe. Hopefully the insulation will cut down on the amount you have to burn. Is there more insulating you have to do anywhere?

[@tokyodarkness3380]

Its been a late autumn - Mt Fuji here in Japan has only just received snowfall.. 2 or 3 weeks later than usual

[@dutchglobetrotter6464]

The noise from the airhandlers in the shop......my oh my.

[@jakeschisler7525]

I know of a few people who have boilers that quit using them. Or they have them for sale. Unless they couldn't afford to buy wood. Ash wood in Illinois were dying from the borer

[@cliffordward1388]

R/W on thermostat to R/G on furnace. The thermostat will just start the fan on furnace. When the thermostat reaches the setpoint the fan will stop. Set up thermostat for heat/ cool/ off.

[@jgross8118]

Hook the tstat wire up to “w” and “r” on the stat and “r” and “g” on the furnace

[@ToddChapman-m8t]

👍👍

[@amydamon2289]

How are you planning on keeping all those hay bales from rotting? We live in northern Maine and most of my farming friends make sure the bales are in a barn or under cover and elevated off the ground.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Most people here just stack them outside with no covering. Ours have the tarp over half and they are up off the ground using pallets. Keep in mind, for a full 6 months of the year here the ground is frozen solid down to 4 feet. Nothing rots in the winter.

[@janetschneider3462]

Joe, do you have a cap on the chimney of the boiler

[@kljahnz]

I see a "magic heat" for your all nighter wood stove, in your future.

[@gabeanprepper8409]

Have you got the furnace ready to run on battery power, and is it possible

[@Roarmeister2]

I suppose the turkey's days are numbered now that Thanksgiving is almost here? 🦃🦃🦃

[@bigcampnewyork3586]

24 cords wow a stack 96 ft wide by 96 ft high by 192 ft long you sure are a hard worker

[@NorthernSeclusion]

24 loggers cords. Cut and split is different.

[@bigcampnewyork3586]

Didn't know that Your still a hard worker

[@bigcampnewyork3586]

Didn't know that Your still a hard worker

[@dankerr6914]

Would it make a difference with a cap on the boiler chimney to keep the rain and snow out?

[@debrabellmore4415]

Hey Joe, what's the life expectance of the wood boiler under normal circumstances

[@rollinlowford]

Have you tested the acidity of the boiler water ? If It's bad, careful you don't get burned. The heat cycles change the water... eventually it eats the boilers out from the inside.

[@johnklenzak1001]

Joe, is there any good reason why you need to split your rounds other than size and weight? I see you throw both whole size logs (rounds and rounds that you split) and sections of logs. I'm guessing that it is size and weight that determines what you do. Do you get more BTU's out of whole rounds vs split rounds? My families never had to use wood. We used coal and then natural gas and then just gas. We used LP in the milking room and the tool shed and also the equipment shed. We all lived below Chicago if you drew a horizon line as to our winter heating line.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

It is just because of the weight. That wood boiler will burn anything you can fit through the door, but getting it through the door is a lesson I have learned the last two seasons. Throwing two halves in is much easier than one big one.

[@robertdendooven7258]

I realize that the following comes down to the amount of time you have and whether or not the logs are near a trail, but do you check your woods for downed trees that haven't gone rotten to add to your wood pile?

[@buckman840]

With as much wood that you use have you ever considered renting or purchasing a wood processor? Have seen a few homesteading channels utilize those in different ways when they burn so much wood.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Most I have seen, split the wood too small. I just need most of the logs split one time. I do not need fireplace size wood, I need wood boiler sized wood.

[@buckman840]

@NorthernSeclusion yes that's true now you mention it. Wonder if they could just skip or delete the splitting stage

[@FARMALLL666]

JOE WHEN YOUR AT THE TENT HOW FAR IS THE NEST TOWN. DO YOU LIKE CUTTING WOOOD ? I SORTA LIKE DOING IT.

[@johnrisko8719]

We had at least 1 confirmed tornado in Pittsburgh yesterday

[@ralphempson2719]

Joe never sits still......

[@danieljay952]

Nope that's why I am subscribed

[@charliemartin-k7m]

Best way to stay healthy.

[@marianfrances4959]

👍😎🇨🇦🔥

[@MrHowieZ1973]

Did you ever find a place to get Coal to burn, Joe ?

[@robertbandle378]

can you burn pine in your wood boiler

[@NorthernSeclusion]

Yes, it will burn anything, but the Btu's of pine vs the hardwoods like hard Maple and Birch are quite different. Pine will give you about 14 million Btu's per cord. Birch about 20 million. Oak and Maple about 24 million. Pine is very cheap to buy but in comparison ends up being about the same because using pine, I would burn a lot more wood compared to the hardwoods.

[@robertbandle378]

@ it’s too bad you can’t get a bunch of Beachwood or Ironwood so I had some of that Ironwood before that stuff burns hot

[@bigk2080]

I expected to see you start that with lighter fluid 😂

[@NorthernSeclusion]

The cardboard box I lit that was beneath the wood I had already drenched in lighter fluid. Lol.

[@unclebrenton4530]

Peace

[@marianfrances4959]

✌️

[@danieldeanmasterfinisher4715]

Just got my half of a cow back from the butcher yesterday. 🥩 for dinner… Festus is looking awful, tender and juicy😂

[@jumpin4joync]

On another channel in north east they have a different manufacturer but much larger outdoor boiler. They use it year round because it heats their water too. He says he uses about 12 cords a year. He does not spend any where near the time Joe does collecting/paying for, cutting or stacking wood. I need to add, the other family did build the structure they live as energy efficient as possible to withstand their cold snowy winters. The structure is two stories.

[@NorthernSeclusion]

NE united states gets snow but not as cold as we do for extended periods of time. They only make 1 boiler bigger than ours and that is a pallet burner. Our house is also a 2 story home with a basement so actually 3 stories that are getting heated and it is an old house. We also heat the two other buildings which is more square footage combined than our house.

[@TonyGeneseo]

Ash is by far my favorite wood to burn in my wood stove and there’s plenty that need to be taken down. And literally no real ash. lol. Then any maple is my second all day. Just my opinion but Beech and Oak take a full 2+ years to dry and unless that all you burn and you’re 3 years ahead it’s not worth it and some heavy dense wood !

[@GraceBaker-x9f]

Yeah, finish that Air B&B! We are ready to come visit!!😁

[@dstevenpaisley]

24 full cords ? Thats a ton of wood

[@Norton-67]

Every once and a while,while you have your ash pan out you should shop vac that out you’d be surprised at how much ashes are on both out sides of the pan that people don’t actually clean that out..especially when your burning hot for days in a row…just a idea..🔥