More Tom. Not many guys like him left. We need to learn while we still can.

@pkane5472

3 ай бұрын

Amen!

@OffGridInvestor

3 ай бұрын

I designed and built a thermal mass heater, first design failed so I modified it and it began to work good. Until the flue started leaking. So I'm changing the design again soon to be a totally sealed system from the firebox. Most of it is all on my KZread. Made firebrick up and all, the whole thing fits on a base essentially with a layer on firebrick underneath the firebox

@cosmicallyderived

3 ай бұрын

Exactly

@michaelmike5709

3 ай бұрын

Yep go to homedepot when your bill comes to eleven dollars and forty seven cents and you hand the cashier 21 dollars and forty seven cents. Because you want a ten dollar bill back in return, You will get the complete look of confusion back from the cashier, Need not say more, yes not too many like him around .

@marcd6897

3 ай бұрын

no disrespect, this old dude is a smart guy. But he didn’t exactly invent something completely new, he was just brave enough to build this. It’s us, we’re too lazy to change. We just want to push a button and have it warm.

For anyone wondering, his external panels run glycol through them because glycol will not freeze when the temps drop. The warm glycol runs through the heat exchanger which then warms the water to run under the floor. I know that it's probably obvious to most folks who watch these types of videos but hopefully it helps someone understand that otherwise wouldn't. Pretty awesome setup

@noelburke6224

3 ай бұрын

No such thing as free energy whether you pay by time or currency it's still not free

@danamullins2723

3 ай бұрын

I understood all of that, but wouldn't a larger heat exchanger make it way more efficient and speed ip the process of warming the water to warm the floor faster?

@user-jv6kk9td9m

3 ай бұрын

Dumb question: why would you want to avoid using glycol under the floor? I understand by separating the fluid he has greater control over the temperature change, but it's technically not as efficient.

@jacobs9604

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@danamullins2723those brazed plate heat exchangers are surprisingly efficient despite their small size. More btus with more water flow needs a larger heat exchanger, but his smaller system doesn’t need many btus. He could gain an advantage with a larger heat exchanger but might be splitting hairs if he sized that one appropriately

@jacobs9604

3 ай бұрын

@@user-jv6kk9td9m hundreds of gallons of glycol = $$. Glycol can break down and become corrosive as well. I like water better in my own system also

When a man runs 5’ to open a door, you know he means business!!! Excellent system! 💪🔥🙌💯

@maplejames6992

2 ай бұрын

And he's excited to show it off :) Very smart fella.

I’m a plumber and not only do I agree with this, I actually learned a few things

@noelburke6224

3 ай бұрын

This is heating engineering

@danamullins2723

3 ай бұрын

​@@noelburke6224yes, I think he's aware of that...and it requires plumbing to set it up...along with some electrician work.

@rileysenecal8178

3 ай бұрын

Same lol, this is quite something he has created. I expected to see some geothermal

@jonothandoeser

3 ай бұрын

What!?? Where's your pride!??

@Norwegian733

3 ай бұрын

As if a simple plumber should know all this 😂

Excellent system. The fire box has the exterior air vented into the burn chamber so no sucking outdoor air through doors, windows, etc = genius.

@kadmow

3 ай бұрын

- and no losing warmed room air to the fire.

@roberttammerawitchey4652

3 ай бұрын

-and no oxygen depletion in the living quarters..@@kadmow

@branchandfoundry560

3 ай бұрын

You nailed it. This is the crux of efficient wood burning.

@kadmow

3 ай бұрын

@@roberttammerawitchey4652 , yes. That too... (Though ERV/HRV is a smart addition to any tight system- or just one with no pressure differential - leaky openings only leak if there is a pressure difference) ventilation needs air changes - best to engineer this in (even if metered to be in punctuated intervals - depending on use cases (ERV doesn't necessarily "have to" be continuous - a sophisticated system could use moisture levels, dew points, etc - hypothetically..)..

@danamullins2723

3 ай бұрын

If it's pulling air from the room where people will be, wouldnt that actually be depleting oxygen from a place where people will be?​@@roberttammerawitchey4652

Man I could easily watch a ten hour video of that older guy just because he talks fast and to the point

@kentkearney6623

3 ай бұрын

Military Man

@joycebegnaud9645

3 ай бұрын

Love watching as well 😊

When he said he was pretty sure delta T was the technical term or whatever, I knew he was the type of learner that learned because he had to, and I really can appreciate that.

Have him on the show more often. We need him teaching. Those men such as him are few and far between. Also, his fitness is on point. He even said keeping his bike trail clear. Brilliant!

@soapmact

3 ай бұрын

Just wait until you find out he’s ripping a 70ish amp hr e-bike snow bike at Mach infinite, to the edge of the battery range. Dude is a legend and about 2 centuries before his time.

@BenCos2018

2 ай бұрын

@@soapmact was that a video I'd watch that haha

@AndrewBrowner

Ай бұрын

Bike to this kind of person means a quad.. an atv or side by side, not a thing with peddles

This is the kinda old person I’m building to be like. You can walk around his garage and learn what he’s done that’s relevant today. This guy is amazing and energetic because he’s used his mind and hands to survive. Also, I love videos like this where people in the comments share their setups too. It adds to the learning and ideas to build my own system. This is a great science space which is greatly appreciated!! Thank you for this interview and posting this video! Thank you for all the informative comments I’ve read and future ones I will come back for and read!

@petemcintire4339

3 ай бұрын

"If they don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

@evrythingis1

2 ай бұрын

You want to spend decades slowly figuring out basic crap while you waste huge amounts of money to "save money"?

@gooburt

2 ай бұрын

sounds like fun

@ezzz42

2 ай бұрын

i dont like it. im going to go watch a welding channel. "I don't want peace. I want problems always"

Tom needs his own youtube channel...

@anaestereo810

3 ай бұрын

It's the kinda guy that gets things done...no time for vids.

@24bidy

3 ай бұрын

yet the other guy channel use others for money

@jimmynoleaksboilerman7348

3 ай бұрын

He's too busy running his heating plant.

@whatta7793

2 ай бұрын

@@24bidy and there is nothing wrong with that. I'm sure this old man had a great time sharing his work, and helping others. And I'm sure video uploader enjoyed it as well, and maybe had travel expenses, business expenses to give this video to us as well. So even if he made some money from the video, that's fine. I learned some stuff, I'm sure others did as well, and the old man got to share his wisdom and teach others, which is a valuable feeling within itself. The old man didn't have to do this video, but he probably done it because he was proud of his work and wanted to share and help others. Which some people really enjoy doing just that.

@YaHsServent

2 ай бұрын

Guys, Here is our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE - Ancient Semitic Cuneiform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.” Isaiah 43:11 “I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.” Isaiah 45:5 “I am YaH, and there is none else.”

Hat's off to this man. One advantage to living in the country is you don't have to run everything through the city for approval then you are free to do what works for you. That's whatvhe did. He knows how it all works and it's gotten him through 40 years without having to pay for heat.

@kinte1870

3 ай бұрын

He pays a costs. Just not to a system and he controls everything.

@brentdavidson1

3 ай бұрын

Definitely just jurisdiction dependent unless you’re talking super rural. Lots of unpermitted work in cities too lol

@kinte1870

3 ай бұрын

@@brentdavidson1 Do it on the weekend when the inspector isn't at work 🤣🤣

@kinte1870

3 ай бұрын

@@brentdavidson1 My pops reroofed his house on a Sunday for that reason. Lol

@rocksfire4390

2 ай бұрын

@-sensibleChris the only thing he didn't do was pay a gas bill to produce heat but he still payed for the heat.

Yeah, I could hang out with Tom for days. He's a forward thinker and something tell's me he's into a bunch of other cool stuff. Thanks for the video.

Nothing like warm floors in a house or shop. Hands down the best kind of space heat.

@redjohnson4859

2 ай бұрын

Most efficient, too. No hot air up there!

Very similar in concept to what I have. I use a wood gasification boiler to heat up a 3000L tank for the radiant floor heating. In addition, I have a heat-pump (air to water) which does the same when there is enough sun. I have about 15kW of solar and a 60kWh (soon 100kWh) LFP battery as well. I'm fully off-grid here in Finland.

@quantummotion

3 ай бұрын

What's your usage like? I'm just curious how long it takes to fully charge up your 60 kWh battery based on your usage. If you are expanding to 100kWh, again I'm curious what your usage is in order to fully charge the 100kWh system.

@upnorthandpersonal

3 ай бұрын

@@quantummotion Usage is quite low, especially in winter. Typically, 5kWh per day. In summer, much more because of the excess power as well: running a food dehydrator 24/7, power tools to prep firewood, etc. Charging really depends. In summer, I can generate 50kWh a day easily. In winter, I won't even make 1 kWh per day. In early spring and autumn when I run the heat pump, I need to be a little careful not to overextend (depends heavily on the weather), but I can typically still allocate 15kWh and more per day for the heat pump alone.

@gordonliddy9418

3 ай бұрын

You'll always be on the grid whether you like it or not.

@upnorthandpersonal

3 ай бұрын

@@gordonliddy9418 I'm literally not connected to the electricity grid, i.e., off grid.

@bsod5608

2 ай бұрын

​@@upnorthandpersonal Sounds a bit like my system. Solar heating, solar pv, a gasification wood boiler, and an air to water heatpump. If electricity is cheap, the heat pump heats the house. If its expensive, the woob boiler keeps the home warm. It works remarably well, and have low running costs. I dont have any batteries (yet) and i am on the grid. My Pv is creating lots of extra electricity in the summer, and usually only cover 2-3% of ny need for electricity in the winter (dec jan). I live in Sweden, so I guess we have similiar climate.

I bought my house 15 years ago and haven’t paid an Euro since then for heating thanks to my wood heater and many sources of wood for free. Lots of work, hauling, cutting, storing, moving wood and so on. But I love it! Cheers from Germany 🔥🪵

@muskateer12345

2 ай бұрын

That’s because you didn’t just buy a house.. you bought woodland as well..

@kennymaster900

2 ай бұрын

You Germans have a tendency to confuse logs and TESLAs at the moment ;)

this guy had no idea what he was doing. yet he figured out as he went along. bravo for not giving up. 👏

@portnuefflyer

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, one of the best comments yet!

@bebo5558

3 ай бұрын

Oh, I think he knew 80-90% of what he was doing, but there is a "learning curve" on the rest, tweaking here or there to make it work better, like the stove design!

Great educational video. Love the “Back off” mud flaps on his wall.

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

*Amazing but I totally BELIEVE IT! I use an old STEAM boiler in my cellar and pump hot water (195 F.) through high Temp Sch #40 CPVC pipe (Orange colored Fire Sprinkler Rated Pipe) I heat this boiler with about 50 pounds of wood per day and I can keep our 3000 Sq. Ft. cabin at 76 degrees inside when it's -10 F outside in Alaska. I have about 18,000 feet of 1/2" Pex pipe in the walls and floor of this home for heating AND Cooling. If your a good designer return the warm water to the top of the boiler tank and it will not take much energy to get it back upto full temp again. VERY EFFICIENT!!!!!!.* P.S. If you live in a COLD CLIMATE NEVER use Copper tubing in the walls of your home!!!! Copper tubing is good for making "Moonshine" but not plumbing a Cold Climate home! If your heat or power ever fails PEX pipe will not Burst in the walls of your home from Freezing!!! NEVER USE COPPER!!!!!!!!!

@roberttammerawitchey4652

3 ай бұрын

One of my old farm houses is even simpler than that.. It's a pure gravity (hot air rises, cold air sinks) no pumps,or fans req'd. a Early 1900's Lennox No. 1 wood furnace is sitting in the basement, and hot air rises though ductwork up the center of the house, all the way to the 2nd story. Cold air return are just simple open vents along the outer walls, 'dumping' into ductwork below the 1st floor... back to the firebox. Once it's up to temp, the air is moving so fast it'll blow your hair back when standing by one of the registers. The only 'thermostat' is a fancy brass wall mounted lever hooked to a chain that goes to the air door down in the basement. It also had (no longer used) a loop for heating water in an isolated hot water exchange tank. No pumps needed there either. strictly convection powered. All it took was a strong back to keep it fed with firewood LOL

@justinridlen

3 ай бұрын

How do you use it for cooling?

@roberttammerawitchey4652

3 ай бұрын

old farm house= 'window a/c' LOL. it's heavily shaded by huge trees, so it's not too bad.@@justinridlen

@robertmcsorley4001

3 ай бұрын

Never heard that about PEX piping. Very interesting indeed 🤔

@MrBottlecapBill

3 ай бұрын

@@robertmcsorley4001 It's not true. Nothing can avoid the laws of physics. Water expands when frozen.......period. PEX piping just has some flex to it so it can expand a bit more before it breaks. It can still break and even if it doesn't it will still cause leaks. You can't let your pipes freeze, it's that simple.

Cool!! Lots of interesting folks out in Idaho. Did 1300mi on dirt on TW200s this summer. Fairfield to Wallace. What a place man!

I am a hydronic heating specialist, i appreciate guys like tom. He inspires me to create a heating loop at my own home, for most people the maintenance alone on a system like this would make it impractical. However if done right i think could really save you thousands in the long run

@evrythingis1

2 ай бұрын

It will save you thousands as long as you and your life (time) are already worthless.

@norgeek

2 ай бұрын

What makes his system so maintenance heavy? Hydronic floor heating as been the default in new buildings Europe for a couple of decades now, and it's pretty much an install-and-forget experience

Thanks for this, I worked on these systems for 30 years, brings back memories. Smart guy with a great deal of time invested. When he goes it will be shut down, no one else will maintain or operate the system. My kind of stuff, love it.

@nathanclaytor4083

3 ай бұрын

Same thoughts here. This guy is good,I hope he has like minded sons and daughters with the drive he has. I have spent a lifetime building my tool arsenal with quality old school and modern tools and am afraid when I am not here they won’t be appreciated. I have tried to pass along my knowledge and sense of where we came from to my children as best I can,but it is not easy with the current mindset of the world.

@charleskutrufis9612

3 ай бұрын

Nathan, I'm an old guy with a shop full of machines, spent my whole life building and fixing stuff. My old breakfast friends and I joke about how it will all go to the scrapper when I'm gone. I have two whole house generators, a homebuilt diesel and an Onan natural gas powered one. My wife would be challenged to operate either. Just how it is. Thanks for the comment. @@nathanclaytor4083

So cool. My dad had a heating system in his shop similar to that. He would always sya the same thing about needing to have it burning the day before if you want heat the next day.

This guy woke up, threw on a hat, said I'm gonna teach this youngin' . Thanks for sharing

I love this guy! He knows so much and is so humble!

Way cool! I am very impressed. Smart man right there 👍 thank you for sharing.

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

You bet! thanks for watching.

That was very interesting to watch. Thank you for bringing us along.

Tom’s phenomenal. We need more people like him.

So this dude Tom is a product of "I dont have anything to lose." motto. Ingenuity at its finest. Good for you Tom you're awesome!

i built a system very similar to this in the early 00's. it is good to see others doing this. i have not had a heating bill since 2011 when i finished the project and fine tuned it. 🙂

I’d love to follow Tom and guys like him around for a week. So much practical knowledge.

I wish I was raised by this man, you can tell men like him built greatness

The energy this man displays is inspiring!! keep on keepin on sir!

Enjoyable to see and hear about Tom's heating system. He's entertaining to watch. The boiler itself would cost a ton to build now with the price of steel so might have to improvise, however I live in the hills in North Ga. so not so cold but sunny so very little wood should be needed. Might be possible to use no wood except in extreme cloudy weather. I appreciate the video and thanks Tom for getting this old man thinking. God Bless. NW ga.

@peted2770

3 ай бұрын

I would suggest a drain back system for the solar side. Less headaches with heat dumping and other solar issues in your area.

@garrettmillard525

3 ай бұрын

Definitely does not need to be so big!

@tville7043

3 ай бұрын

@peted2770 Sound advice thanks. More than likely this is some sort of dream to have a system like this. Have a lot to learn and a short time to make it happen. At one time or another been able to try different heating methods. Coal as a young boy (pot belly). In my current house I've tried wood heater (Ashley), propane space heaters (Atlanta gas light w/ceramic reflectors), electric (heat pump all electric) and at my age the electric is cost effective, clean, easy at least in my area. It's steadily climbing but Ga. is ranked as a lower cost per kilowatt state.

This old guy is a genius! I love the sign with the bull on it, "I can make it to the gate in 20 seconds, can you?" lol

@Veikra

2 ай бұрын

isnt that a dog?

@roddydykes7053

2 ай бұрын

@@Veikrabull meaning dog

Amazing story thx for sharing

This man is an absolute genius. I'm sure it's a pleasure just to know him.

@peterectasy2957

2 ай бұрын

what is GPS coordinates location of his house ?

That's pretty cool. I remember the Automotive shop my dad used to work at, RoHo Towing in Meridian Idaho in the 70's. Bruce and Dude had a Duel Barrel wood stove heating the two bays in the middle of winter. Thanks for sharing, might have to do this in Northern Arizona. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

got the same system build 25 years ago... works a treat! i actually build the solar pannels...

Elegant, brilliant, Love it.

This is a masterclass in systems redundancy. The larger water bath heat exchanger above the wood fired boiler intrigues me. Excellent video Jonas.

@johnwirk

3 ай бұрын

Hes using every medium in his arsenal to store heat. Granted, his buildings probably arent what most consider "cozy" but it isnt freezing either. His property probably idles around 55-65 degrees which is perfectly fine. I personally love 55-60 in the winter so as to not sweat in the bed.

@ShredPile

3 ай бұрын

Correct. 55-60 is fine considering that much of the time it could be as much as a 75 degreed difference from the outside. The water bath is less about storing heat and more about being a disconnect from the boiler supply and that's the part that's cool to me. It can be a challenge sometimes to not cook yourself out and still keep a fire going. It's just a really neat buffer. @@johnwirk

@cliveramsbotty6077

3 ай бұрын

it's called a thermal store

Classic old school ingenuity .I use some of the same system it works really good

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

I'm fortunate to have Tom as a friend!

@dragonsword7370

3 ай бұрын

My style of "Old school" is stuck in anything up to 1960's commercial tech. So seeing this setup using solar powering in both heat exchanging and electric conversion panels in addition to old school water heating pipes in floors, and a boiler with heat exchanging for water still looks rather hi tech to thine eyes. Matter of fact, the floor heating pipes setup can be traced back all to the way to old Roman systems. Specifically their bath houses. They had pipes in the floors and separate sections for cold zones AND hot or heated zones in the rooms and floors. One of the first things a Legion outpost would do, if it was going to be more than a temporary encampment was start work on a bath house among all the other projects needed for a fort however far out it was. I can see the blend of old and new school here and, it is glorious.

@YaHsServent

2 ай бұрын

Guys, Here is our Savior HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE - Ancient Semitic Cuneiform of Moshe (Moses) - Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.” Isaiah 43:11 “I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.” Isaiah 45:5 “I am YaH, and there is none else.”

Great system- thanks for taking the time to explain

This guys amazing. What a cool system and I think I understood most of what he was explaining!

Now I've put my fair share of hydronic in floor heating in concrete but I've never seen those solar panels on the roof to heat the water, I love that idea, what a brilliant mind to learn from

Tom is an old school genius! He reminds me of my dad and that’s a high compliment. Great work!

very cool, what a smart man to surround yourself with

I truly admire this gentleman.

I use a boiler that I plumbed into my house. Thought about the pex lines under the floor,but just never bothered to do it. My water heater is also on the boiler.

amazing. Great video I hope you have more Tom content

Didn't know that I needed to see a video of this man with his creation but here we are. People like him are a breath of fresh air when you meet them. They make your own projects seem less daunting. Keep up the good work. Subscribed.

Absolutely outstanding! 👍👍

My coworker has a shop with with the same setup as this guy, the shop is insanely hot and if you bring a snow covered big rig in the shop, in 10 minutes all the snow will be gone

@jackjack4412

2 ай бұрын

So that's basically too hot in there.

@davesmith3529

2 ай бұрын

@@jackjack4412 it's actually not that hot to be honest, it's warm don't get me wrong but he has heated floors and it's crazy how fast it heats up

@jackjack4412

2 ай бұрын

@@davesmith3529 right on, I've never been in a shop like that. That's good.

Gotta love Idaho.

Thank for showing. Very neat set up

I absolutely love this. Great to hear that there are men out there doing this stuff

I thought my system was crazy, but he wins. I use a diesel boiler for shop & house as well.

@jackjack4412

2 ай бұрын

Does it get too hot?

Thanks so very much! This is what it is all about!!!😊

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Nice setup! Very efficient and well thought out.

Incredible. Thank you for helping passing on this knowledge.

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Tom and I are cut from the same cloth. Homemade 1300 gallon Garn clone boiler, 4- 40yo 4x10 hydronic panels, and 10kW photovoltaic.

Very cool system! Love using the free solar energy to save money.

I admire his passion and hard work. Seems like a humble guy that people could learn from.

What a smart guy. 😮 So much of what he was telling and explaining made sense to me.

Yeah, I like. Mine is way different, outside wood, looped into domestic water and floor through a few plate HE. Endless supply of free wood in Alaska, but mostly I burn scrap pallets just because there is an endless supply, easy to handle and cut. Love your example.✌️

Very cool! Smart man

I’m a bricklayer and I can confirm that this system works!

Wow this was really cool to see, thanks for sharing it!

Tom is always fun and interesting.

Very interesting thanks for sharing

Great video!!! What an awesome hearing system!

Man, this was great! This guy Tom reminds me of my old man. He's been heating his shop with a waste oil stove that he built 35 years ago. Still works and hasn't used a penny to pay for heat! So many people gladly give him waste oil. He built a gravity fed tank that holds around 200 gallon.

Interesting. My grandfather had something like this he built back in the '60s... Water jacket around a wood stove... He used a regular hot water heat circulator pump to send hot water to the second floor for baseboard radiators. 1st floor got hot from the fire itself. If someone was staying upstairs he went down to the basement and plugged the circulator in.

I want to see how his garage door opens. That looked super unique as well.

@brettblack7049

2 ай бұрын

I noticed that too.

I love it !!! That’s a smart guy.

Nice. Never seen or thought of this before. I knew hot water was the most efficient for heating a house, but dang. Now I want one.

When i worked in a dry cleaner the boiler for steam for clothes also kept the place warm during the winter. took so long to get started we just left it going 24/7 and would put it to the lowest possible setting when we left

I’ve had an underfloor Heating system For 15 years and my annex building water in the floor. . It’s common in Europe . I renovated at 230 year old cottage and installed under floor heating throughout ground floor and first floor (first and second floor in the United States)…. The main thing, though was that I inflated all the external walls and the floor 150 mil Nearly 6 inches…. Hardly need to heat the house at all …

@cliveramsbotty6077

3 ай бұрын

insulated

So interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Now THIS is an educational video. I’ve been planning a garage/shop build for a hot minute and this has given me some ideas

Awesomeness 👌. I've been piddling with this sort of thing on my farm. Now I know how to complete it. Very good. Thank you. ❤

Cool system. An interesting idea would be to use the vacuum tube style solar panels. They work better in cold areas. And the cost is reasonable.

@pulporock

3 ай бұрын

Snow can be an issue. They are more effective in colder climates.

This is what I'm talking about, indoor mass heaters are the way to go. We have an outdoor boiler and there is NO way I'd do that again. Have your fire where you use it, burn HOT and efficient to heat up mass and let that slowly bleed off as you need it and supplement it all with solar heating and PV panels. Love to see it.

Brilliant!!! My Grandfather was like this man.

Good , clear explanations from someone who knows about all aspects of the practical application of the theories. Nice film, thank you.

Fantastic thanks!

@JonasMarcinko

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Hasn’t paid money to some company. When you break it down, he is ahead, but the fuel source has a cost. I burn wood for heating and it has a cost. My system is not electric and I can heat as much water as I want without electricity. The simpler you can keep things, the better. I just don’t like having a monopoly determining the cost and or supply of what I need to live. There is all together too much of that in this world.

@joycebegnaud9645

3 ай бұрын

❤

@DrakeDealer

2 ай бұрын

People with land can just go into the backyard for firewood. Realistically tho, firewood is infinitely cheaper than paying for electricity when you have an efficient system.

@JohnThomas-hv3nd

Ай бұрын

wood, in the UK, double glazing ys a big thing, plastic frames etc, when they remove old wood frames etc, they have to pay to dispose of it, i go collect it, cut it up, use it in my wood burner. Costs me about £100 all in per year.. fuel, electricity, blades for chop saw etc.

This is incredible!

Proper old school gentleman. Very inspiring to watch and listen to.

That is ace going. Like how he said wait it gets worse 😂. Also like that he’s experimented will different stuff and adapted it. Ace going well like it 👍🏼

The guy definitely had me scratching my head when he said he had water in the floor! Interesting that it doesn't freeze when not in use! 😮

@JohnSmith-yv6eq

3 ай бұрын

5 inch thick concrete with 12 inch thick polystyrene panels under that to insulate it from the ground makes for a huge "heat sink" so unless he abandons the place it will never freeze... all things being equal, remaining the same, and never changing.

@redjohnson4859

2 ай бұрын

A foot of insulation under the floor?@@JohnSmith-yv6eq

What a beautiful creation. Wow! This has inspired me to recreate this masterpiece. Or maybe even something better. Thank you for this wonderful video my friend. Subscribed!

That is awesome, love it.

Nice system. I have been designing something for our property that's very similar. It baffles me that some people may have told him they don't believe it works?? It's engineering, not wizardry. There's science and mathematics backing everything he does. If his setup is producing adequate heat for his home and shop it's because he designed it to produce adequate heat. We're bombarded with solar radiation every day and barely make proper use of it, this setup shows the power of an eco-friendly heating system. If everyone used a system like this, the energy consumption of households in cold climates would be reduced by nearly half annually. That is a massive impact on energy requirements nationwide. Regarding his comment on efficiency of solar thermal water tubes... they're something like 85-98% efficient which is far better than most other means of heating. The science channel Tech Ingredients has a very detailed video on constructing solar thermal water heater systems - not this complex of a system but they go into the science quite deeply so you can design your own.

Nice to see there are still "a few good men" left! ( men with thinking brains)

Loving it ❗️Thanks for posting this great video ❗️ Highly inspirational ❗️

Amazing 🤔 God bless you Tom.

Thanks for posting. I have a very similar setup. I can heat my house and domestic hot water via propane, an evacuated heatpipe solar array, or a gasification wood-fired boiler. Each component can work independently or together as a "team." I haven't had a propane delivery for years, but it is there if needed. My "angst" is that I am now an old man and once I am gone, no-one will know (or care) how all the pieces work together! And my "system" is like the one shown here...human interaction is required...the system, as a whole, while GREAT is not automatic; valves need to be repositioned, switches need to me moved. And as he said, if you want heat inside the house tomorrow, you better plan ahead (I have a smaller footprint, so from say 65-degrees it takes about 24-hours to get everything up-to-temp). Regards.

Good morning from Minnesota! He must get enough heat from the panels to keep everything at a reasonable temperature, so that if he goes on vacation, he doesn't need someone to babysit it??

I may be wrong but pretty sure this man has use his crane to set trusses where i was working in idaho and hes a legend at that too

Great concept.