Homemade OWB Questions

[Turkeyslayer]

Insulated, that should help with efficiency.

 

[dave_dj1]

Nice!

 

[Greywynd]

Where did you find the spray foam kit?

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Where did you find the spray foam kit?

Lowes in London, on sale till October 3.
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[Turkeyslayer]

Nice!

Thanks. In hind-site I wish I would have finished with the fan nozzle on the sprayer just to have a more smooth surface look. But that is just cosmetics and I will be building a shed around it anyway.

 

[Blazin]

Insulated, that should help with efficiency.

That ought to do ya, my central boiler only has a few inches on it and the roof never melts on the enclosure :msp_thumbup:

 

[woodman6666]

Insulated, that should help with efficiency.

I like!!!!!!!!! You will not regret the time or money spent on this foam. I have had them both ways and the foam is surely the way to go. What did the foam kit cost?

 

[Greywynd]

Thanks! I didn't know that you could buy the spray foam in larger volumes like that. I've got a strange spot in my house to deal with and that should fix it nicely.

I have a friend who works in a scrapyard that is gathering up stuff for me to build an OWB, once I get started on it I plan to put it inside my little shop, then later it will be relocated and insulated etc. The shop is attached to the house, so it avoids me having to run trenching and insulated pex for a while, and will also let me work on any changes to it after it's up and going.

Any other sources of parts, controls and pumps that you've dealt with here in Ontario would also be great!!

 

[Turkeyslayer]

I like!!!!!!!!! You will not regret the time or money spent on this foam. I have had them both ways and the foam is surely the way to go. What did the foam kit cost?

The kit was on sale for $650. It was a 600 sq ft kit. I figure I got around 7" of foam depth. I still am going to put an insulated building around it also.

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Thanks! I didn't know that you could buy the spray foam in larger volumes like that. I've got a strange spot in my house to deal with and that should fix it nicely.

I have a friend who works in a scrapyard that is gathering up stuff for me to build an OWB, once I get started on it I plan to put it inside my little shop, then later it will be relocated and insulated etc. The shop is attached to the house, so it avoids me having to run trenching and insulated pex for a while, and will also let me work on any changes to it after it's up and going.

Any other sources of parts, controls and pumps that you've dealt with here in Ontario would also be great!!

I priced around a bit for the parts I needed and found for the most part these guys had the best prices.
Green Valley Heating

 

[benp]

Insulated, that should help with efficiency.

EXCELLENT!!!!! Spray foam insulation CANNOT be beat!!!!:msp_thumbup: It is the only way to fly including residential insulating.

A local spray foam company did Bertha and the stove house. Cannot recommend this stuff enough.

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Well I dug myself a 4' deep by 50' long trench today with a shovel. That was fun.

 

[Greywynd]

Reps for your hard work! Having two excavators, I rarely do that kind of trenching by hand, but I still get stuck doing more than enough of it, that I can appreciate the amount of work it is!

You certainly aren't in an area with the amount of rock and clay that we are though!

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Thanks. Being sand it wasnt that bad.

 

[H-Ranch]

Wow! You give me something to aspire to be. I thought I did my install pretty cost effectively, but even I rented a trencher for $75. Now you've made me feel like I wasted money! LOL

Nice work anyway - looks like it's coming together pretty quickly. Looking forward to hearing how it works.

 

[dave_dj1]

good job on the digging, you wouldn't get 4' on my property with a shovel! LOL

 

[brenndatomu]

Well I dug myself a 4' deep by 50' long trench today with a shovel. That was fun.

Wow! Big props! You definitely wouldn't do that here in 1 day! Last spring I spent 2 hours digging a 24" hole 4 feet deep so I could put a riser on my septic tank inlet lid, and that was in damp soil. A lot of clay and rocks below the topsoil here. Nice job on the insulation too! It'll be interesting to see how this bad boy works out for ya!

 

[Turkeyslayer]

Thanks, I hope it works well also.

 

[PLAYINWOOD]

Thanks. Being sand it wasnt that bad.

I was just about to say, LOL.

Here you'd hit flat limestone somewhere between 12 and 36 inches.

 

[PLAYINWOOD]

Good looking job with the foam insulation.

You 've got me thinking on where the other half of that LPG tank is?

really the whole tank would be better, I could put a whole cord in at a time.

Shawn, is there any insurance problems or liability problems with it not being CSA,ULC blah blah tested and rated?

I know its outside and away from any structures so besides some lawn it wouldnt burn anything, but since when does making sense make sense.