Out with the old, in with the new!
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homemade
Certified Chainsaw Tester
What did you have before that?
Whitbread
ArboristSite Operative
An empyre 200. Less than impressed with that unit after 4 years.
Only a week late, but the g200 finally arrived. Hopefully this lasts longer than 4 years before chasing cracks like clockwork.
Let the fun begin!
I really hope it holds up for Ya', really do.
Nothing like dealing with junk, we ain't got the time.
Whitbread
ArboristSite Operative
I researched the hell out of it before buying and with what I learned from the previous boiler, the g200 was the best option I could find.
My installation is indoor and I'm not changing it, so that eliminated quite a few options unfortunately. I also have a 6-inch chimney and I refuse the repipe my entire chimney, so that also eliminated a few that had 8-inch flues. Hopefully I'll be firing it up within the next 2 hours! Had to make the obligatory trip to Home Depot for fittings I didn't have.
Rjpoog1989
ArboristSite Member
Very Nice! I hope to one day own a heat master.
homemade
Certified Chainsaw Tester
I looked into them a while ago. Well built machine. I think you’ll be happy.
Whitbread
ArboristSite Operative
It certainly is built much heavier than the empyre was. My little forklift needed some friends hanging on the back to lift it haha.
8 hours after arriving back at the shop with the boiler, it's fired and warming up!
Dug up some coals out of the old boiler, sparked up easy as pie
We have fire!
Looks like an awesome piece of equipment, good luck with it.
It certainly is built much heavier than the empyre was. My little forklift needed some friends hanging on the back to lift it haha.
8 hours after arriving back at the shop with the boiler, it's fired and warming up!
Dug up some coals out of the old boiler, sparked up easy as pie
We have fire!
Looks like a nice unit but one question. Why the round pipe under the legs? I would think it could roll.
Whitbread
ArboristSite Operative
It's actually 2x2x1/4 square tubing that I welded to the feet of the boiler. The one rear leg of the boiler landed inside my 3'x4' "pit" (where the lines to the house run through the shop footer) that's under the boiler. So the square tubing let's the boiler straddle the opening and not fall in
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Doh !I made the picture larger and now see its square tubing. Need to get stronger readers I guess
