Now that's what we call a Possum Lodge special-turning everyday items into something genius! A wood-fired hot water tank for radiant in-floor heating? Brilliant. Just don’t forget the Lodge motto: if it ain’t broke, you’re not trying hard enough!!
@@ModernSelfReliance We're honored to have been part of your childhood-and we're still here with duct tape and laughs whenever you need 'em. Keep your stick on the ice!!
Good damn try Kevin. Your problem solving ability is second to none. Cant wait to see the solution to the water heater. Don looked fabulous, the new beginnings suit him
Always nice seeing you Dawn glad you’re doing well. Thanks for taking that 20 Hour Dr. to come in hang out with Kevin. Always enjoyed seeing you both work together.. love your channel. Look forward to it every Saturday. I hope you never stop doing this. Take care.
Okay, I see how it goes. You sometimes act like this simple, everyday guy who builds stuff, when you're actually a genius engineer/designer/artist who can re-imagine pretty much anything. Very clever 😊
Kevin love your videos. So glad Don made the long trip. It's wonderful to see Don again. Kevin please put an awning over your hot floor heater to protect it from future snow. ❤❤❤
To get the air out, you can either get an air release (however - this only works if the fluid is moving). What I did was let the fluid empty into a bucket and then used a sump pump to pull from the bottom back into the hoses. This could easily take 30 minutes to pull all the air out of stuck points. I also put in a clear drain out (amazon) so that I could actually see the fluid and or bubbles. It had been running perfectly for 6 years after being tuned up. I also use an instant water heater and a INKBIRD thermometer switch so that i can control it from home. The hot water doesn’t turn unless the pump is on and pump doesn’t turn on until I change the temperature. I can keep the place at 3C all week and heat up the day before.
We have a loop that goes into our wood stove and added an old water heater tank between the stove and water heater to take down the pressure in the system so wood heats water all winter
Hi Kev great update on the build plus the best thing was seeing Don missed him so much and he looked very into everything keep up with the great work soon we'll be seeing you in the house full time
I'm writing from Canada. We tried a similar concept connecting the water reservoir in the traditional wood burning cookstove to our hot water tank. The idea was that heat rises and cold is heavier and falls so using the normal brass connections for the cold water intake from the bottom of the tank and hot water output from the top of the tank for household needs, but we used normal copper pipes used most plumbing, but the heat from the woostove boiler built so much pressure the pressure release valve couldn't compensate enough and the copper pipes busted, actually split, at the top of the tank. Upon inspection by a professional with post secondary courses in thermodynamics, we had to remove all the copper and install brass as is on the hot water tanks themselves so there would be no weakest link. There is a professionally designed system and plans a called Helion, approximately, that installs a coil inside a woodstove and connects to a hot water tank. I like your idea because the heat source is in the tank so there is no heat loss and less overall installations that give opportunities for failure and real danger. Good luck!
Always great to see Don after his departure! If theres a problem with your radiant heat set up, itll be the length of tube/size. The pump can get it there, but itll start to cool down moreso before your firebox can warm it back up. IMO Love what you're doing 😊
Taco's headquarters and main manufacturing plant happen to be one city over from me. Whenever we talk about "the Taco factory," it makes me wonder how many people would think it was something else entirely if they didn't hear it pronounced "tay-co." 😂
I have done that drive to PEI... and back. Takes a while, but the landscape and the people I met were nice to deal with. Also have done the drive to Florida a few times.
hello Kevin . according to me : if you place the hot water boiler higher and next to the cabin with the cold water inlet at a 1cm higher level all air bubbles will come from below through the boiler , with the pump on the hot water outlet at the top so that you push the pump and gravity the hot water through the lines it should work better I think
Nice to see you Kev...and Don...and Chris ...and Holden...and ..., oh dear, I've forgotten Mrs. Beardsman's name! Some fan, eh? Glad you added the pump. Still think you should split it into three rings (or two minimum)...but I appreciate that is a lot of work for future Kevin. The project is really taking shape! And now you have heat, winter work won't be so bad.
Good video Kevin! How you did the water tank was cool. Hopefully you'll get the tubing right so things will flow well. Sure that you will man. Nice to see Don! The way you were talking to Don about how you were going to do the cabin sounds really good! Look forward to your next one. Take care.
When we were in Korea. We had heated floors that were connected to the hot water for the bathroom. One button on the console would do floors only. And another would be used if you needed hot water.
those pumps don’t make pressure. they circulate pressurized water loops. make sure you have 10 to 15 psi in the pipe and it should move the coolant easily as far as you want
Hey Kevin, I love your videos and all of the inventions that you come up with. I've got an idea. I'm in the middle of watching your video on the wood fired hot water tank with my mother. She is also a fan as well. We are both having a hard time hearing you and Don when you're not close to the camera. Have you ever thought about investing in some wireless microphones to clip on your shirt? It would really help with people being able to hear/marvel in the genius that is your brain. Ha ha ha!
When Don is around, the videos seem to have a more coherent flow to them. Also, just what I always wanted, an new and improved way to cut off my digits.
May I suggest a closed system with an expansion tank?May I also suggest the circ pump installed in the middle of the run instead of at the end/start. Push/pull effectively making a 600ft run 2 300 ft runs. In theory.
So, this is odd to me that this has never really been a requirement. Whenever we have a combustion-based water heater/boiler, the exhaust so be built such that incoming cool water is pre-warmed by the exhaust. It won't be too much that it causes any issue with the exhaust... some people will say that. If you think it is and you want belt and suspenders on the thing... use a blower fan to force the exhaust out... it is technically code, at this point.... if it is indoors. I really like your thought on being able to switch it by using the shutoff. Instead of using the shutoff and disconnecting the pipe to move it, what about a manifold with shutoffs all around, then you can just switch which source is used that way. If you ever get to the point where you can control those sources, you could use remote controls for all of it and not have to run outside. That could work really well if you need more heat than you can load up overnight. You could just load up fuel for multiple systems and then switch from one to another. Kebtek should make a cutter for PEX and PVC, too. The fix for your line... just get a couple of pumps and split their distance from each other.
I wonder if you isolate the bathroom. That would also split up your run into three separate sections. You’ll probably end up having to get/make an inlet and outlet manifold. We have on on our infloor heating. You’ll want to up the pex from the water heater to 1” too so you have more glycol moving to and from your parallel runs. Just a suggestion. Love the vids btw
I had this exact problem too. My pump is the green Vevor one and it says 9 gallon per minute but it was flowing just like yours. I actually have 8 runs of 300ft each with one pump and I'm just guessing that's too much resistance for one pump.
@ModernSelfReliance that's good to know! I might disconnect a few of my runs and try it again. My manifold is very small diameter as well I think that affects the flow.
I had radiant heat in my big farm house, basement, and the livestock water trough, the neighbors big ranch style house, basement apartment, and her garage. It did a great job. I had taco pumps and later wersbo pumps. Best heat, no dust or expensive duct work. Wish I still had that heating system and all thar property.
Hi Don, I'm out is Sk where it gets really cold sometimes. Anyways, I can see another future challenge. You will need insulation on your pex line to and from your floor loops. Otherwise you are loosing heat between the heater and the pump. So... relocating your water heater into your place will be something to do when you are ready.
0:20 kevin's guide How to throw out your back and How to convert a water tank into a wood burning water heating system "The idea is to get this onto the table without getting squashed by a tank. They're not that heavy. Let's see, the back's already kinda dented, we'll use the back. Then we're gonna lift using our or just using our back in a twisting motion, let see...?" Then, as demonstrated lift with your back and not your legs! * for those of you just joining me, do not try this at home **Dangermen Working
I thought the thermal siphon was a bit ambitious. I've got a Grundfos pump running mine because I needed to put it on the hot side, but putting a cheaper one on the cold side it should last longer. I've got 3 300' parallel loops running off almost the same oil fired heater and it has no problem heating a 25x25' 12' ceiling garage, I burn about 400L of oil a winter keeping it at 6C when I'm not in there and 10C when I am (air temperatures, floor is much warmer).
I was optimistic that the thermal siphon would work.. but you never know unless you try. Probably need 1" pipe running up.. three zone manifold be like a radiant heat super highway.
Seeing as heat rises, The hot water or (glycol) should be discharging from the top. The recirculating pump should be pulling water from the intake and direction of flow should be to the bottom of the heater. These seemingly small details, matter. Also, you need to bleed the line through the hose bib, until fluid is coming and no more air. So make sure it’s not fighting is way out. This step is crucial to get the pump working. So, discharge from hot, going to feed the loop, than turns back to the heater into the cold (intake) then, put a T on the intake, and have a branch going to the pump.
Move the boiler closer to the house and have the in-floor heating lines Midway of the tank if the fluid is wanting to stay at a natural field position instead of gravity feeding down into the tank you will not have to use as much energy to move the fluid around you could put the bowler on the porch where you mentioned a hot tub possibly cuz you don't want to be Fighting Gravity even placing it behind the house where the water wants to naturally feel the system and instead of using the expansion tube vent you can go with a expansion tank which gives you more volume in case of evaporation very interested in the project keep it up
Oh, from Canada again, you're right, the hot water moves a lot faster and with a lot more force too, in a wood fired system because the water boils. Think boiler, steam pressure from all of this, and if you're doing any guessing consult a boiler heating specialist, and they will be happy to provide the support they can forvyour sustainability project.
@@ModernSelfRelianceAnd It’s working, just move it closer to the tubes coming out of the building…..looks like you chose a spot that adds a bunch of length to the tube…
Just curious, what is the living arrangement for him and his brother? Do they both have proper houses on the property for their families? Are the cabins occupied by anyone? What is the overall plan with the property, like why build so many structures? I enjoy all the videos, and this has become my favourite YT channel.
If what you got for aircraft de ice fluid is type 4 (green stuff) it may not be so good below -25. It can't be used on aircraft below that temp. Not sure what it would do in an in floor heating situation and worse when diluted. Good to see don again!
for the fridge hole, you should make something tube likethat can "pop" up and pop back down so you dont have to climb down and would allow for max storage
Great to see you Don Kevin you might be able to make it work with using a much bigger feed line from tank heater to cabin like 1-1 1/2” return can stay the same as you have it no guarantees when working outside the norm. You’ll find a way to make it work and make it look easy with all the yelling and cussing off camera.
If you have 600 line, you could always move the boiler closer and have it so that there are two separate lines going into the boiler for the two different sides But having handles on each side, so you can control either you want heat for one side of the house or heat for the other side But still using the same boiler It would also help in the sense of because you used the poem. It will retain it longer, so you wouldn’t need to use the boiler for one side nearly as much as the other.
Now that's what we call a Possum Lodge special-turning everyday items into something genius! A wood-fired hot water tank for radiant in-floor heating? Brilliant. Just don’t forget the Lodge motto: if it ain’t broke, you’re not trying hard enough!!
Thank you! Your show was a big part of my childhood!
@@ModernSelfReliance We're honored to have been part of your childhood-and we're still here with duct tape and laughs whenever you need 'em. Keep your stick on the ice!!
I love that about your channel, you don't cut out all the bumps in the road and you think outside the box all the time! I just love that.
You guys gotta be on the roller coaster with me. ;-)
@@ModernSelfReliance - next build us a wood-fired incinerator toilet
That's a great idea. @@manofsan
even if it didn't work out as intended, it is still a win, always fun watching you tinkering with your projects, thank you
HI DON ❤ So good to see you ! Glad to see you are doing well. You guys are so good hanging out together. Love it! Love this so much.
Good damn try Kevin. Your problem solving ability is second to none. Cant wait to see the solution to the water heater.
Don looked fabulous, the new beginnings suit him
It's great to see Don come back for a visit. He seems to be doing well.
Your craftmanship is better than most of the guys that does a single trade for a living. Keep it up.
Love this channel ❤
Soo nice to see Don.
You had my attention at 'MacGyvered'....
Always nice seeing you Dawn glad you’re doing well. Thanks for taking that 20 Hour Dr. to come in hang out with Kevin. Always enjoyed seeing you both work together.. love your channel. Look forward to it every Saturday. I hope you never stop doing this. Take care.
So great to see Don again.
Okay, I see how it goes. You sometimes act like this simple, everyday guy who builds stuff, when you're actually a genius engineer/designer/artist who can re-imagine pretty much anything. Very clever 😊
Good video very informative and it's always nice to see Don back in.
Quite frankly I don't think the videos look right without Don in them
Another great episode Kevin I'm always amazed at your ingenuity.
You guys are awesome and love how family oriented you are.
So great to see Don, send him my love.
Just keep tinkering with it kevin you'll get it working the way you want loved the video
Thanks for the video Kevin. Happy weekend everyone!
It's looking great. You will be warm and cozy soon.
I love your videos. Keep up your hard work and imagination. Thank you.
As Australia goes into sweltering heat waves, we are blessed with Kev out doing shenanigans in the snow. Man i wish i had that life 🙏🏻
And I wish I could go nude sun bathing in December or August. Can't always win. Life is a compromise! 😂
I once had a dream I fought a kangaroo......so I'm pretty much an Australian
Well sweltering heat mixed in with excessive rainfall
So great to see Don again! Your cabin is really turning into a cozy retreat!
This series is beyond addicting, can’t wait to see everything come together
Kevin love your videos. So glad Don made the long trip. It's wonderful to see Don again. Kevin please put an awning over your hot floor heater to protect it from future snow. ❤❤❤
Welcome back Don! Great to see you. Glad you are enjoying PEI!
To get the air out, you can either get an air release (however - this only works if the fluid is moving). What I did was let the fluid empty into a bucket and then used a sump pump to pull from the bottom back into the hoses. This could easily take 30 minutes to pull all the air out of stuck points. I also put in a clear drain out (amazon) so that I could actually see the fluid and or bubbles. It had been running perfectly for 6 years after being tuned up. I also use an instant water heater and a INKBIRD thermometer switch so that i can control it from home. The hot water doesn’t turn unless the pump is on and pump doesn’t turn on until I change the temperature. I can keep the place at 3C all week and heat up the day before.
PS love your videos as I can totally relate to them!
This is a great idea. Thanks.
We have a loop that goes into our wood stove and added an old water heater tank between the stove and water heater to take down the pressure in the system so wood heats water all winter
Yaaay! Don! Glad he's fine and full of energy)
Hope this "twice than needed length" will work just fine this winter and many more.
So nice to see Don again. I know you enjoyed his visit.
So good to see Don. Like seeing an old friend. I've missed him
Hi Kev great update on the build plus the best thing was seeing Don missed him so much and he looked very into everything keep up with the great work soon we'll be seeing you in the house full time
Love tool time with Kevin!
So nice seeing Don! Enjoy your visit
Nice to ser Don! Great vid as usual
Good morning from Minnesota USA! Great episode
Thanks for visiting us, Don! You are missed! Take Care and God Bless
I'm writing from Canada. We tried a similar concept connecting the water reservoir in the traditional wood burning cookstove to our hot water tank. The idea was that heat rises and cold is heavier and falls so using the normal brass connections for the cold water intake from the bottom of the tank and hot water output from the top of the tank for household needs, but we used normal copper pipes used most plumbing, but the heat from the woostove boiler built so much pressure the pressure release valve couldn't compensate enough and the copper pipes busted, actually split, at the top of the tank. Upon inspection by a professional with post secondary courses in thermodynamics, we had to remove all the copper and install brass as is on the hot water tanks themselves so there would be no weakest link. There is a professionally designed system and plans a called Helion, approximately, that installs a coil inside a woodstove and connects to a hot water tank. I like your idea because the heat source is in the tank so there is no heat loss and less overall installations that give opportunities for failure and real danger. Good luck!
Sweet brick fit. Cool to relocate your channel.
Merry Christmas to you, Don, and your brother!!!😊🎉❤ The cabin is going well too!!!😊😅😂
Always great to see Don after his departure! If theres a problem with your radiant heat set up, itll be the length of tube/size. The pump can get it there, but itll start to cool down moreso before your firebox can warm it back up. IMO Love what you're doing 😊
Should call yourself “The Real Red Green Show”😀
The Red Green Show recently subscribed to he channel... The OG.
great to see you Don
Taco's headquarters and main manufacturing plant happen to be one city over from me. Whenever we talk about "the Taco factory," it makes me wonder how many people would think it was something else entirely if they didn't hear it pronounced "tay-co." 😂
Awesome show thank you. Full stop again🛑
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what about cutting down some of the distance by moving the water heater closer to the cabin and with insulated pipes see if that helps the flow
👍👍👍
It looks like it's time for you to build a boiler room next to the cabin.
Your gal are slightly bigger how's your 22 caliber have they taken it from you yet
Put another pump on the heat side. and put some values to let the air our.
Good to see you again Don.❤
So great to see Don again!
I have done that drive to PEI... and back. Takes a while, but the landscape and the people I met were nice to deal with. Also have done the drive to Florida a few times.
Nice first try. looking forward to the final version. Thanks for the content. Full Stop
Nice to see Don! Love the channel.
hello Kevin .
according to me :
if you place the hot water boiler higher and next to the cabin with the cold water inlet at a 1cm higher level all air bubbles will come from below through the boiler ,
with the pump on the hot water outlet at the top so that you push the pump and gravity the hot water through the lines it should work better I think
As a plumber I am proud to let you know Plastic and metal do thread together as long as the pitch is correct
I ‘m not worried you always seem to come out on top.. nice to see Don…
Nice to see you Kev...and Don...and Chris ...and Holden...and ..., oh dear, I've forgotten Mrs. Beardsman's name! Some fan, eh?
Glad you added the pump. Still think you should split it into three rings (or two minimum)...but I appreciate that is a lot of work for future Kevin.
The project is really taking shape! And now you have heat, winter work won't be so bad.
Hi Kevin ,Don and Chris, The addition looks really good ,Don you are missed .
Happy Holidays, Kevin and Family, Don, and Wooded Beardsman and Family!🎄
Thanks for video Sir. Greetings from Poland😊
Awesome as always nice seeing Don
Amazing work..
Good video Kevin! How you did the water tank was cool. Hopefully you'll get the tubing right so things will flow well. Sure that you will man. Nice to see Don! The way you were talking to Don about how you were going to do the cabin sounds really good! Look forward to your next one. Take care.
When we were in Korea. We had heated floors that were connected to the hot water for the bathroom. One button on the console would do floors only. And another would be used if you needed hot water.
Always entertaining, thanks!
those pumps don’t make pressure. they circulate pressurized water loops. make sure you have 10 to 15 psi in the pipe and it should move the coolant easily as far as you want
Don!!!!!🎉😊 You are truly missed…😢
Damn wish Don was back for good. Missed him the last few months
It was great to see Don
If Don ever creates a RUclips channel it should be called “Don’s Knots.”
Nice dry cut chop saw, I saw those at Princess Auto, they are not cheap but good German quality non the less. Good investment!
It's really a game changer to near dust less metal cutting.
Hey Kevin, I love your videos and all of the inventions that you come up with. I've got an idea. I'm in the middle of watching your video on the wood fired hot water tank with my mother. She is also a fan as well. We are both having a hard time hearing you and Don when you're not close to the camera. Have you ever thought about investing in some wireless microphones to clip on your shirt? It would really help with people being able to hear/marvel in the genius that is your brain. Ha ha ha!
Ya Dons back
Hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy new year . I live in Northern CA in Sutter Creek
Great to see Don!
Very interesting. I want to do the same and already have a used wood fired waterheater.
Don, great to see you and back on the channel for a moment, are you going to document what you’re doing with your new place? Would love to see it.
When Don is around, the videos seem to have a more coherent flow to them. Also, just what I always wanted, an new and improved way to cut off my digits.
I’m Canadian and I didn’t even know where PEI is located in Canada 😂 i’ve never been anywhere in Canada that was outside of Ontario.
Great video kevin 👍
May I suggest a closed system with an expansion tank?May I also suggest the circ pump installed in the middle of the run instead of at the end/start. Push/pull effectively making a 600ft run 2 300 ft runs. In theory.
Sounds like the possibility of disaster... Pressurized water tank with a fire under it..
So, this is odd to me that this has never really been a requirement. Whenever we have a combustion-based water heater/boiler, the exhaust so be built such that incoming cool water is pre-warmed by the exhaust. It won't be too much that it causes any issue with the exhaust... some people will say that. If you think it is and you want belt and suspenders on the thing... use a blower fan to force the exhaust out... it is technically code, at this point.... if it is indoors.
I really like your thought on being able to switch it by using the shutoff. Instead of using the shutoff and disconnecting the pipe to move it, what about a manifold with shutoffs all around, then you can just switch which source is used that way. If you ever get to the point where you can control those sources, you could use remote controls for all of it and not have to run outside. That could work really well if you need more heat than you can load up overnight. You could just load up fuel for multiple systems and then switch from one to another.
Kebtek should make a cutter for PEX and PVC, too.
The fix for your line... just get a couple of pumps and split their distance from each other.
I wonder if you isolate the bathroom. That would also split up your run into three separate sections. You’ll probably end up having to get/make an inlet and outlet manifold. We have on on our infloor heating. You’ll want to up the pex from the water heater to 1” too so you have more glycol moving to and from your parallel runs.
Just a suggestion. Love the vids btw
I had this exact problem too. My pump is the green Vevor one and it says 9 gallon per minute but it was flowing just like yours. I actually have 8 runs of 300ft each with one pump and I'm just guessing that's too much resistance for one pump.
I had some kinks in the 600ft line.. it worked much better when I straighten those out.
@ModernSelfReliance that's good to know! I might disconnect a few of my runs and try it again. My manifold is very small diameter as well I think that affects the flow.
Wow that's a ways he must really like you guys lol godbless you & urs and its good to see yeah don
I had radiant heat in my big farm house, basement, and the livestock water trough, the neighbors big ranch style house, basement apartment, and her garage. It did a great job. I had taco pumps and later wersbo pumps. Best heat, no dust or expensive duct work. Wish I still had that heating system and all thar property.
Once you have radiant infloor it's hard to ever have a different system.
Hi Don, I'm out is Sk where it gets really cold sometimes. Anyways, I can see another future challenge. You will need insulation on your pex line to and from your floor loops. Otherwise you are loosing heat between the heater and the pump. So... relocating your water heater into your place will be something to do when you are ready.
0:20 kevin's guide How to throw out your back and How to convert a water tank into a wood burning water heating system
"The idea is to get this onto the table without getting squashed by a tank. They're not that heavy. Let's see, the back's already kinda dented, we'll use the back. Then we're gonna lift using our or just using our back in a twisting motion, let see...?"
Then, as demonstrated lift with your back and not your legs!
* for those of you just joining me, do not try this at home
**Dangermen Working
20:35 example of safety first for dangerous tasks that may shoot objects into your eye.
* wear safety protective gear
Thanks Kev 😂
I thought the thermal siphon was a bit ambitious. I've got a Grundfos pump running mine because I needed to put it on the hot side, but putting a cheaper one on the cold side it should last longer. I've got 3 300' parallel loops running off almost the same oil fired heater and it has no problem heating a 25x25' 12' ceiling garage, I burn about 400L of oil a winter keeping it at 6C when I'm not in there and 10C when I am (air temperatures, floor is much warmer).
I was optimistic that the thermal siphon would work.. but you never know unless you try. Probably need 1" pipe running up.. three zone manifold be like a radiant heat super highway.
Thanks for the video!
Seeing as heat rises, The hot water or (glycol) should be discharging from the top.
The recirculating pump should be pulling water from the intake and direction of flow should be to the bottom of the heater.
These seemingly small details, matter.
Also, you need to bleed the line through the hose bib, until fluid is coming and no
more air. So make sure it’s not fighting is way out.
This step is crucial to get the pump working.
So, discharge from hot, going to feed the loop, than turns back to the heater into the cold (intake) then, put a T on the intake, and have a branch going to the pump.
Move the boiler closer to the house and have the in-floor heating lines Midway of the tank if the fluid is wanting to stay at a natural field position instead of gravity feeding down into the tank you will not have to use as much energy to move the fluid around you could put the bowler on the porch where you mentioned a hot tub possibly cuz you don't want to be Fighting Gravity even placing it behind the house where the water wants to naturally feel the system and instead of using the expansion tube vent you can go with a expansion tank which gives you more volume in case of evaporation very interested in the project keep it up
Oh, from Canada again, you're right, the hot water moves a lot faster and with a lot more force too, in a wood fired system because the water boils. Think boiler, steam pressure from all of this, and if you're doing any guessing consult a boiler heating specialist, and they will be happy to provide the support they can forvyour sustainability project.
That’s pretty cool. I live in Truro Nova Scotia. An hour from PEI.
Love the weekly cabin build updates but I have a question, did Chris let you get the $250 gloves ???? 😆
I ended up buying them myself.. :-)
@@ModernSelfRelianceAnd It’s working, just move it closer to the tubes coming out of the building…..looks like you chose a spot that adds a bunch of length to the tube…
If ya want a little more information look at some of Diesel Creek videos where Matt is building his garage and house.
Just curious, what is the living arrangement for him and his brother? Do they both have proper houses on the property for their families? Are the cabins occupied by anyone? What is the overall plan with the property, like why build so many structures? I enjoy all the videos, and this has become my favourite YT channel.
If what you got for aircraft de ice fluid is type 4 (green stuff) it may not be so good below -25. It can't be used on aircraft below that temp. Not sure what it would do in an in floor heating situation and worse when diluted. Good to see don again!
for the fridge hole, you should make something tube likethat can "pop" up and pop back down so you dont have to climb down and would allow for max storage
Great to see you Don Kevin you might be able to make it work with using a much bigger feed line from tank heater to cabin like 1-1 1/2” return can stay the same as you have it no guarantees when working outside the norm. You’ll find a way to make it work and make it look easy with all the yelling and cussing off camera.
You should insulate your exposed line. They have foam pipe insulation that slips on. Probably save you a few degrees.
Your welding is getting better
Thank you !
If you have 600 line, you could always move the boiler closer and have it so that there are two separate lines going into the boiler for the two different sides
But having handles on each side, so you can control either you want heat for one side of the house or heat for the other side
But still using the same boiler
It would also help in the sense of because you used the poem. It will retain it longer, so you wouldn’t need to use the boiler for one side nearly as much as the other.
Kevin you need to close the system and install a 10 gal expansion tank. This will allow the fluid to expand without blowing off your relief valve.
You system should be at a minimum of 12 psi. FYI. Love the hard work keep going Kev