Outdoor wood boilers

[retire09]

Has anyone had to deal with outdoor wood boiler installations?

What code standards apply to them?

Are the appliances listed?

Need advice.

 

[pwood]

search taylor made outdoor boiler for one. they are listed and install per manufacturer's instructions. need an area where you have plenty of wood or coal and an area that allows smoke producing appliances. do not, i repeat do not try to install one within 200 miles of conarbs house.:mrgreen:

 

[RJJ]

Well the last outdoor wood boiler I inspected passed with flying colors after a few sips of the nectar being produce. It was well back in the hills I might add! I do not believe they had any manufactures instructions, no cut sheets or ul approval.

 

[north star]

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retire09,

Chapter 10 in the IMC refers to boilers & pressure vessels.

Check the exceptions in Section 1001.1 - SCOPE, to see if

any apply to your application. Section 1004. 1 -

STANDARDS, ...requires that each boiler shall conform

to the manufacturer' instructions.

Also, see the attached link for information regarding

the wood [ solid fuel type ] type of boilers, Section

3.2.2.5, Page 115 & 116. Lots of information in the

link.

http://books.google.com/books?id=unGSfNa8wocC&pg=PA449&lpg=PA449&dq=outdoor+type+boilers&source=bl&ots=tL5BMK_ApU&sig=9s59Ib9XpHtZIFvCWDxrb3MqMCI&hl=en&ei=cU9sTLbxPMT6lwf2_qHvAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=outdoor%20type%20boilers&f=false

Also, check with your state. A lot of the time, state

agencies monitor the use, installation, maintenance &

repairs to this type of equipment / appliance.

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[mtlogcabin]

"Hydronic furnace" is the term newly adopted by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to more accurately describe devices called "wood boilers." Use of the term "boiler" led many people to believe the device was pressurized and produced steam for heating. In fact, most "wood boilers" operate under zero pressure and produce only hot water.

Check out the site below there are many links to other resources and other manufactures.

http://www.greenwoodusa.com/

 

[peach]

It can't be the primary source of heat...

 

[inspecterbake]

Why not under what code section

 

[pwood]

It can't be the primary source of heat...

in california wood stoves can still be the primary source in certain climate zones(mine). has to meet a list of requirements per the energy codes ,but still done often.

 

[Dr. J]

This post will be of no help what so ever.

I "dealt" with an outdoor wood boiler at Philmont Scout Ranch. On about day 7 or 8 of an 11 day backpack trip with my son and his scout crew, we ended up at a backcountry camp that had showers that consisted of an open-to-the-sky shower enclosure and a water heater contraption that would make a moonshiner jealous. As far as I remember, it had a T&P valve, but otherwise, straight out of "Deliverance". The boys would stoke the heater with wood from the slash piles while the adults showered, then vice-versa. After 7 or 8 days of being on the trail with teenage boys, it was the best shower of my life.

Sorry for the diversion, but good memories.

 

[peach]

open to the sky used to be what we had in the military. there was not hot water. short showers. And WE WERE HAPPY to get clean.