bridgerman said:Rockey said:Bridgerman, 2jotultom, and Rocketman - you guys are my heroes. I may never get a chance to test my two stoves capability like you just did. I'd have to get it 110 deg inside to do what you did. Wood heat rocks!
It is this kind of cold that caused my pipes to burst on my hot-water baseboard heat system. With my stove keepin' the house at 70, the water never circulated through the system. The pipes close to the wall froze and burst. I knew that there had to be a way to prevent this from happening. I searched and searched and couldn't find anything. I developed the ThermGuard to circulate water through pipes, no matter what temperature the thermostat thought it was in the house. Now I can stoke a fire in the morning, turn down the thermostat to 50 and leave for the day. I know no matter how cold it gets, my pipes won't freeze.
Don't forget the 10% discount and free shipping for Hearth.com members.
Bring it on! 7 cords stacked up and thermguard watching the pipes....wooohoooo
Stay warm all!
John
We most all use hot water hydronic (baseboard) heat up here; oil fired boilers. The remedy for keeping pipes from bursting on the outside walls is potable antifreeze. There's several brands, most propylene based. I mix my heating system capacity to a 60/40 glycol/water solution and fill it all up to 18 psi, bleed the air, good to go. The heat transfer suffers some (straight water is best for this, even in an automobile), but its absolutely necessary.