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Just forced some water into the system, shut down the pumps and opened and closed all of my valves... My stove seems to be making a gurgling sound, water temp is only at 174 and almost sounds like its boiling inside, I know there is enough water in there, maybe even a little too much...

How do you make sure the valve isn't air locked? There is a serious issues because my temps at tje exchanger are only at about 115 with the stove set at 170

I have two zones set up. the zone running to my big shop has the two exchangers running in series. zone 2 is in my smaller shop, running on its own pex directly from the boiler.

ok guys i am going to check my temps tomorrow with a infrared thermo. I did hook a hose to my system late last winter and pushed water back to the stove and through the system. seemed to help a little bit after that. but i still dont think its quite right. I understand that the second...

Ok, so after feeling the return line it is still warm heading back to the stove after running through two of those 140 k exchangers. Is this an issue with air in the system?

Ok, please forgive me for not knowing a whole lot about any of this. The guy who installed my system did not instill a whole lot of confidence with me, hence why i am now asking all of you for help. to be honest, he was sloppy with his work, and seemed to "cobble" things together. Anyways ...

ok, i have a central boiler 6048. I have three large heat exchangers running off of the system. each is equipped with a squirrel cage style fan behind them. i have my boiler temp set at 175 right now, and i feel like the air coming out of the heat x's is no where near that temp. any ideas on...

rock bucket, only way to go i have a rock bucket for my skid-steer and i love it! It has small enough grates that you wouldn't lose your wood out the bottom, yet it lets any dirt and smaller bark pieces fall out. this is the one i have... Virnig Manufacturing, Inc. - Skeleton Rock Bucket

Well i did some more cutting and splitting this weekend. I love that I can hardly see my CB 6048 behind the pile! Just wanted to share some of my hard work!

Here is one more pic of my "piles" ha. I am heating those two huge buildings with that bad boy so she likes her wood. The block building on the left is 60x108 and the other shop is 38x88. takes a lot of wood, but sure beats paying the propane man!!!! As for all of you asking for my membership...

Ok guys, here is what i got. 2- ms460 stihls 1- ms290 stihl 1- cs5250 cub cadet p.o.s......... My boiler is a central boiler as someone already pointed out. Model 6048 to be exact. I hope we can all agree that stihl's are the correct color, or else i will be having some issues! haha

My first post... Glad to be here. Thanks for all the information I have already collected! Here is a picture of my wood pile, getting ready for old man winter here in Minnesota!