Avoid The Top 3 Super-Fast Killers of Outdoor Wood Boilers!
There are three COMMON mistakes that will kill your outdoor wood furnace FAST! Please avoid these at all costs! These will shorten the life of your outdoor wood burning boiler, and prevent you from saving money! Here is the list:
1. Never use an UNINSULATED chimney extension.
2. Never allow a deep layer of ash to accumulate in your firebox.
3. NEVER operate your boiler with untreated water.
1. Uninsulated Chimney Extensions - This is the FASTEST way to eat holes in your steel. Again, wood fuel contains moisture and you want that moisture to exit the boiler harmlessly in the form of steam.
However, an uninsulated chimney cools the steam and it will condense on the walls of the chimney - this creates the most caustic acidic creosote! This acidic creosote drips back down into your boiler and eats holes in your boiler very quickly.
Solution? NEVER use an uninsulated chimney extension - if you have one, remove it TODAY! We all have chimney extensions on our outdoor furnace and love them - but they must be INSULATED chimney extensions.
Click HERE for more info on insulated chimney extensions. They are nice to increase draft and to get the smoke up and away.
2. Deep Ash - Ash is harmless when dry and powdery. But if you allow your ash to get deep in your boiler, it will absorb moisture from the wood, and become an acid paste. This will eat your steel.
Don't be foolish and think that your wood is different. Some say "I only use seasoned wood." That is great, but even the most seasoned hardwood contains 15-20% moisture - that is a lot of water. A thick layer of ash in your boiler will absorb that moisture, become caustic, and slowly eat your steel.
Solution? Keep your ash level to less than 2 inches at all times. Remove a small amount of ash every day. And once or twice a month, remove ALL the ash and scrape out the firebox bottom with a spade.
If you discover ash that appears moist and steamy, your ash level was too deep and you are damaging your steel. KEEP ASH LEVELS LOW! Nevermore than 1-3 inches in your firebox.
3. Untreated Water - Whenever water and steel touch, the steel begins to rust immediately. Steel companies have a spray they apply to their inventory, or else rust forms only minutes after the steel is made. This protective layer stays on your steel until you fill your outdoor wood stove with water.
Then, your water jacket steel begins to rust the moment water touches it UNLESS the water is properly treated with Liquid Armor water treatment.
Solution? It's simple - use Liquid Armor. See below for more details. THEN take advantage of the FREE water analysis and testing by sending a water sample to the lab.
Click HERE for the address where to send the sample.
And click HERE to order Liquid Armor!
Please avoid these Top 3 Super-Fast Killers of Outdoor wood boilers, and you will protect your right to burn wood. You will be able to Turn UP Your Thermostat and Save Money on your heating bills for decades!
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