Steve - Again, thank you for the video. I just found a treasure trove of information. Priceless to me - thanks.

Hello Steve, I just had to say that I think this is a great video that you put together to explain heat loss very well! Thank you!

@baileylineroad

9 жыл бұрын

Good Afternoon! Thanks very much for taking the time to let me know that you liked this video. I'm grateful you did. Do you sell outdoor wood furnaces? I'd like to hear about that business and the kind you sell. If you've got a minute, drop by and visit me on my websites: stevemaxwell.ca and www.realrurallife.com. I have lots of interesting content - video, photos and written articles. Take care, Steve

@toddmartin7154

7 жыл бұрын

Nature's Comfort Outdoor Wood Furnaces

Wonderful information. Thank you so much for answering so many questions I've had.

fantastic video explaining this new product. I commonly see steam pipes cooking the dirt above them and constant construction to areas because of poor insulation or damaged insulation due to high ground water where I live/work. what do you recommend for steam systems? I know this was for hot water and steam is much hotter.

We are needing to install water lines about 3 feet deep instead of the 6 feet usually done at 7500 ft altitude in Colorado. Running into large slabs of rock. Does this company you use for the insulated pipes-flex pex pipes for cold water from well to building?

How is this better than Performaflex Xt brand ? Thanks.

What is the best way to improve insulation and protection post insulation? Would a berm over the pipes help? Will the area over the pipes release some heat, I am thinking of raised bed gardens, seed starting?

Hi Steve, I wish I would have done that at first 10 yrs. ago, I ran my cheesy only Styrofoam lines under my side walk , which worked well But a little sand would have done the job . Not only would I have used this or something like this, But I would also feed it threw a galvanized culvert , to prevent tree roots from pinching Off my hot water supply. Thks.

Steve I'm bought and sold on this. By the way, my friend Robert English from Portage and Maine told me to tell you hello, nothing but good things to say about you. And another thing, he told me about a homestead club or something that you all belong to, well how can I join???

Where can I purchase fittings for pex flex

Looks like first stage frostbite on your fingers, sure this works?

I'm looking to install a outdoor wood boiler, could you tell me how to order the logstor piping? I've googled, but it's sending me in circles.

Man, you a cool ass dude.... Why didn't you dig the pexflex to 36"... Isn't that the frost level?

Nice info merchail.

thanks M. Maxwell ...greatly appreciated. I live up in Quebec and in the process of installing my wood boiler. I purchased my 115 foot length of Eurocon Logstor (4-1/2'') pipe however i cannot dig deeper than 1-1/2 ft to 2' deep trench. Will that be sufficient do you think? I am worried of heat loss however this pipe is really well made. Please let me know your thoughts and thanks again sir!!

@baileylineroad

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steven! You're good to go with your plan. In fact, the Logstor rep told me not to bury my pipes any deeper than 18" even though I had more soil. There's no advantage to going deeper and there's the possible disadvantage of having the pipe surrounded by groundwater during wet times of the year. So yes, your 1 1/2' to 2' deep trench will be A-okay. Have you signed up for my free Saturday morning newsletter? More than 15,000 people get each issue. You’ll get articles, videos, tool giveaways and the chance to ask me questions directly. Sign up for free at baileylineroad.com/sign-make-saturday-mornings-better/ Bye for now, Steve

@STEVEN-mo9ds

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Mr.Maxwell.. Actually I just came across a huge bolder sitting about 12'' under ground so I am thinking of going over it. This pipe is great quality and i think I will not have any issues.

@baileylineroad

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, going over the boulder will be fine. Burying is really about getting the pipe out of the way, not so much about protection from cold. The insulation does that. Let me know how you make out. Bye and thanks for watching. Steve

@STEVEN-mo9ds

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Mr.Maxwell for your advice. I cut the straps that hold the roll together. I tried to pull it as straight as I could however it is very difficult to straighten, especially after being rolled for so long. Do you recommend just letting it sit in the sun to help straighten by pulling on each end as much as possible?

@baileylineroad

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Logstor pipe is pretty stiff. I let mine sit for a few days and it began to straight out, but getting it into the trench is still something of a wrestling match. But once it's in, that's it. To make things easier for you, make your connections at each end before burying. Keep me posted on how things work out. You can reach me at steve@stevemaxwell.ca Bye, Steve

How will this boiler work with a SIP cabin around 2000sf

@norrisb0616

10 жыл бұрын

***** Right now I'm still in Chicago, but I'm looking at the states of rural AZ, NV ,and CO. Yes I'm also looking at heating a two car garage and a greenhouse. I am looking at the P&M IDM100 boiler as well.

I high temperature combustion with brick

Of course you can greatly increase efficiency and get rid of the silly dust blowers we call forced air furnaces. Install hydroponic emitters of large surface area in their many forms and get rid of the blowers The ideal is a totally boundary insulated (ISO foam board is ideal) thick slab of concrete floor with additional added length of pex and then dial up the circ pump flow rate and dial back the boiler delivery temperature. Same BTU's but less loss Delta T goes down so less transfer to the ground and a little more HP of the circ pump is still far cheaper than a high HP dust blower (cold drafts) forced air furnace demanding high water temperatures

Looking for 1.5" pipes to connect boiler with buffer tank. Logstor said 300' of that pipe will cost me over 12000 Canadien. They think that pipe is made from a pure gold. For 12000 dollars I may get a lot of propane and heat my house and garage for years....

Why on earth do you have the boiler so far away from the house

@6969smurfy

4 жыл бұрын

Graham Burbage it’s good Exercise in the winter

@1768ify

2 жыл бұрын

Smoke

Didn’t Seinfeld have a rustling jacket episode ?

You are not telling us how is works or get the water to the house

@tedtalksclash6492

9 жыл бұрын

He does explain, in detail, that information in a 16 minute video. It is very informative!

I know you aren't using all the wood I see behind you in these videos...........ARE YOU???

@baileylineroad

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Carver Hi Keith! I like to get ahead with my wood, and the pile you saw in the background kept us warm for 2+ years. It does get pretty cold where we are (-30º sometimes) , so it does take a lot of wood. Drop by my website sometime for a visit at baileylineroad.com. You'll find lots of stuff there, including tool giveaways, articles and the chance to ask me questions. Bye for now and thanks for watching! Steve

@keithcaarver3232

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend

My guess is this product is $500 dollars per foot and is the reason people will make their own. I think I would use electrical conduit run your PEX and foam fill it Courbet a cost affective way for the do it yourselfer......

@baileylineroad

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Johny, Thanks for commenting. As I recall the pipe was more like $50 per foot - maybe a little less. I'm all for DIY, but the thing is it's very difficult to make an insulated underground hydronic line that actually works. I've seen people try, but it's always second best. You could put your PEX into a conduit and fill it with foam, but how would you stop the PEX from touching the outer pipe while the foam is being applied? Wherever it touches the outside, there's no insulation there. Also, electrical conduit isn't flexible enough to make curves properly. The challenge in all this is keeping ground water away from the foam. During wet times of the year the insulation can get soaked if it's not surrounded by a waterproof outer casing. Even so-called closed cell foam will absorb enough water to lose most of its insulating value if it gets wet. And wet insulation can easily triple your annual wood consumption. I know one guy who tried the DIY pipe option and even with his boiler running full blast, the system wouldn't heat his house. 180ºF left the boiler, and 120ºF came back. He had a nice, frost-free swath of grass for practicing is golf putting in February, though. Thanks for watching. Steve

@johnydoe7065

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Maxwell my point was usually any Corporate manufacturer will create something such as this product and then make it extremely unaffordable because they hold patents in other words greed steps in and leaves you with no other choice we see it all the time especially in home materials. I thought your video was very good and I agree on everything you said but now that I'm fully informed I think $50 a foot is reasonable since it's a once and done I've been looking into building a small home I started in Florida but learned real quickly how most builders will take you for a ride and that's why I'm staying up North Florida gouges people moving into their state I really believe more than any State a 2000 S.F. Brick house would cost you around 4-5 hundred thousand to build so that's my point I think as consumers were all tired of being put into severe dept because of greed but thank you for schooling me lesson well learned I would go with this product when I do build.......👍🏻

@derekskomars9458

6 жыл бұрын

Think it's about 10 to 12 a foot here in central wisconsin . at least when I got mine about 5 years ago

@derekskomars9458

6 жыл бұрын

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@michaelmoore6994

6 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why i stay busy digging up that mistake. at least use sdr pipe! 6"

A crummy commercial?!

Wood boiler... nightmare.

hmmmm are you tryin to sell your..pipes product or are you actual owner of wood boiler

@baileylineroad

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dale! Yes, I'm the actual owner of the boiler. It's still working great for me, 7 years after making the video. Thanks for watching, Steve

Why not in the home? Why its so complicated! Use natural gaseum!

@johnnywriight

3 жыл бұрын

Where these are used almost always do not have natural gas lines.