Outdoor Wood Boiler Update! (20 Plus Years of Use)

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Outdoor wood boiler update. It has been a year since we have talked about this boiler last and it’s time for an update! We decided to keep the old boiler going and we will give the reasons why in this video. We go through the pros and cons of why we like using this boiler. Also we express our concerns about what the future holds for outdoor wood boilers such as this one!
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  • @Adam_Poirier
    @Adam_Poirier Жыл бұрын

    I bet people that fly over the farm in the winter look down and see that heart in the ashes and they think "good people down there the Gieroks"

  • @alisciamarotta3888
    @alisciamarotta3888 Жыл бұрын

    Ahh how cute, that's a nice gesture your dad given mom a warm heart for valentine ♥ day, she could see from the kitchen! My dad did something similar, he would cut a really large heart in the lawn with the mower for her birthday. Happy Valentine Day to the Gieroks....God Bless

  • @DonWelter
    @DonWelter Жыл бұрын

    We have a Hardy outdoor furnace. Need to get a few parts to get it up and going again. Really liked having the mess, ashes, etc. outdoors. Never was a major burden as I checked on in at morning and evening chore time. In really blustery weather we'd do a late evening check. Thanks for the valentines day tribute!!! Lost my wife of 44 years 2 years ago, but she's never far from our hearts!!!

  • @chriskleineck5092
    @chriskleineck5092 Жыл бұрын

    I have a 2005 central boiler as well. Still going strong. Cleaning at the end of the year I think makes all the difference in making it last. Awesome video.

  • @Godspeed_KINI
    @Godspeed_KINI3 ай бұрын

    Your Pops is wearing the last same blue Arizona hoodie as last year's video. Love it.

  • @thomaslapp6029
    @thomaslapp6029 Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t worry about the age. As long as it is not leaking, you are good. I have a 1995 CL 40 that is still going strong. Installed in 1996 it is the best thing I ever did.

  • @michaelsmietana119
    @michaelsmietana119 Жыл бұрын

    YOUR DAD IS STILL A ROMANTIC

  • @unklegus4834
    @unklegus4834 Жыл бұрын

    Your dad is so right. I have (2) wood stoves in the house. And in our 100+ year old farm house there is no shortage of fresh air getting 😂in the run the fires 🔥

  • @mikekf0eap16
    @mikekf0eap16 Жыл бұрын

    browny points are the best, they are never forgotten. on the other hand you are not allowed to forget next year, or the next, or the next..... lol

  • @jasonswenson8782
    @jasonswenson8782 Жыл бұрын

    One year we refilled the wood supply in January. The next morning we found a grass snake curled up in a barn jacket. Figured he came in with the wood and thought it was spring. Mom was none to Happy.

  • @steveketchum9836
    @steveketchum98367 ай бұрын

    This is probably the most informative video on the topic. Just thinking of a way to add wood heat to my house

  • @jamesgreer7459
    @jamesgreer7459 Жыл бұрын

    My house has a super old woodstove in, not efficient at all but keeps my house warm. Hoping to invest in a boiler sometime so I can heat my garage and pole barn too.

  • @johnthompson4162
    @johnthompson4162 Жыл бұрын

    Stay warm and thanks for all the great milk you all make!!!! John T.

  • @Jack-go1nr
    @Jack-go1nr Жыл бұрын

    Never see you split your wood with a wood splitter. Just wondered why or have I missed it. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks

  • @billjoat
    @billjoat Жыл бұрын

    Yea I knew your dad was just an ole sweetheart!!

  • @jpaulusberg6454
    @jpaulusberg6454 Жыл бұрын

    The ash is also works amazing on ice for grip. It works better than sand. Just make sure you don't spread nails around from the old boards that were burned, tires don't like the nails... ;)

  • @sewage111
    @sewage111 Жыл бұрын

    The best heat I ever felt was my grandparents house. they used a coal furnace til the late 1960's. Man, was that nice.

  • @nashcobb3056
    @nashcobb3056 Жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @tonybunch543
    @tonybunch543 Жыл бұрын

    👍 If you have access to firewood, a boiler is the best way to save money in the winter.

  • @ryansetter9014
    @ryansetter9014 Жыл бұрын

    I usually spray my solinoid with WD 40 once in a while and it seems to help keep it from sticking. I have a central boiler also. Another good video 👍

  • @x_Dude1
    @x_Dude1 Жыл бұрын

    All the brownie points. Can smell the kitchen with those in mind.

  • @edp9743
    @edp9743 Жыл бұрын

    The smell of a wood fire is like new mown hay or a thunderstorm.

  • @tractordan933
    @tractordan933 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the boiler update. My CB 6048 purchased in 2006 is still going strong too. I have a wood shed next to mine to keep the wood dry which is especially important if I have to replace this unit with a gasifier . After all what would we use our chain saws for if we did not have our boilers, I have four and am always looking for the next one. Going to keep burning wood because I can. Thanks again.

  • @dennishayes65
    @dennishayes65 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve had my wood furnace for 41 seasons. It’s a Volcano II from Defiance. Made in Michigan. I’ve changed the blower motor 3 times, the thermostat 1 time, the ash pan 1 time & both cast iron grates. It’s got a small crack at one corner of the door opening & it’s warped inside but it’s been a good wood furnace.

  • @buzzjohnson304
    @buzzjohnson3045 ай бұрын

    We have a portage and main. We love it. Super efficient!

  • @stevenkruse5746
    @stevenkruse5746 Жыл бұрын

    So right about the fire inside the house... Only by the grace of God my Dad caught a flue fire when he did --- came close to losing the 🏠. The wood furnace pretty much sat idle since that frightening day. Thank Y'all for sharing. Much appreciated 🙏 👍

  • @rickanderson4459
    @rickanderson4459 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent use of ASH!!!

  • @russellhansen7622
    @russellhansen7622 Жыл бұрын

    Love to see that! We have been burning corn since 2001. Corn was cheap then and now I help a young farmer and part of my pay is corn. I say doing the work keeping it going is like doing chicken chores, a little time each day.

  • @stevenmoser511
    @stevenmoser511 Жыл бұрын

    I've been using an out door furnance for 25 years, on my second one now, I don't split wood , just cut it to size that I can pick up, this old brick house is always nice and warm, ashes work good on ice, best if you have your own wood lot.

  • @johnbrittain1638
    @johnbrittain1638 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the heart in the snow, great job.

  • @peewee.3138
    @peewee.3138 Жыл бұрын

    George- you old sweetheart!

  • @andrewkroemer9931
    @andrewkroemer9931 Жыл бұрын

    Water is the key to any boiler I run 2 one was built in 67 the other 74 still running every day

  • @russelltomlinson2353
    @russelltomlinson2353 Жыл бұрын

    I believe that portage and main will be much more efficient. I did away with my outdoor boiler 20 years ago! Went to an indoor boiler but put it in a shed that worked really well and burned a third the wood! Just went to a soapstone stove by wood stock stove company and wow so far this winter in north central Pa I’ve burned a little over 1 cord of wood! I was burning 20 + full cords of hood hard woods a year in my out door boiler and that’s when I still had my cows and no help sure was a workout

  • @fasstimes9122

    @fasstimes9122

    6 ай бұрын

    I think you can get a closed loop glycol system

  • @nicholasthompson5325
    @nicholasthompson5325 Жыл бұрын

    Aaron-I thought about the original wood boiler video the other day. I said to myself they need to do an update video!

  • @jamesmorrison1884
    @jamesmorrison1884 Жыл бұрын

    Have a good day

  • @taylorkueppers8595
    @taylorkueppers8595 Жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing❤❤❤

  • @georgedoorley5628
    @georgedoorley5628 Жыл бұрын

    have something similar here in central ireland for over 40 years about 20 years ago it leaked for the first time mid winter ..........we made a platform out of rebar and slid it into the fire box and had the fire on top and the water trickled out under the platform out the bottom if the door .........it was far from ideal but we were able to see out the winter and got the boiler relined during the summer after ............

  • @jessewintersteen4740
    @jessewintersteen4740 Жыл бұрын

    You guys are the best!

  • @Bok6969
    @Bok6969 Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos always watching we must keep as your heating up we must carry on with life don't listen to politicians bunch of hypocrites

  • @nateerb3114
    @nateerb3114 Жыл бұрын

    I wish George Gierok was my dad.

  • @mikebrown1188
    @mikebrown1188 Жыл бұрын

    The heart is pretty cool. Nothing better than wood heat. Did you guys get any deer?

  • @Andyrob323
    @Andyrob323 Жыл бұрын

    You may have more time left with that boiler than you think! It’s hard to say. I just had my CL 40 (same size as the 6048’s) with a build date of 1994 repaired and it’s still going strong!

  • @thomaslapp6029

    @thomaslapp6029

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. I have a CL 40 that is still going strong. Build date of 1995. Only thing I am looking for is a new door. The bottom lip that holds the rope in place is almost non existent and I need to replace the rope on a yearly basis. Love my outdoor Classic.

  • @scottnachtigal1616
    @scottnachtigal1616 Жыл бұрын

    Water sampling is key to keep the water jacket in good condition. My dad and uncle both have the same stove as you do. There stoves are 32 year old that is no BS. they water sample very fall. My dad has soft water and he needs to add water condition every fall. They have not had any leaking.I have heard good things about the portage and main. Good video

  • @derekjensen5918
    @derekjensen5918 Жыл бұрын

    Great video and very informative. That heart was really cool. I come from the city and it is always amazing to see how different farms run there operations. I came across this channel from watching Trinity Dairy. So great video and can't wait to watch the others and the new ones. God Bless

  • @HomesteadJay
    @HomesteadJay Жыл бұрын

    I have similiar machine installed in 2008! Still cranking! Aboslutely love it, nothing fancy to it and hope it keeps going for years!

  • @larrybruck2949
    @larrybruck2949 Жыл бұрын

    Good video. I was considering one of those for our last house. We lived out in the country and had propane heat. If we happen to have a hard winter it would get pretty expensive heating our old farmhouse. Now we are in town, have a smaller home with natural gas, so we are doing pretty good. There are a few videos out there where a guy made his own out of an old hot water tank for a firebox, welded inside of an old, oval shaped fuel oil tank. As a welder by trade, maybe I'll make one of those for a workshop out back...in floor heat? Yep, that sounds nice! Have a good day, God Bless.

  • @terrydarow8401
    @terrydarow8401 Жыл бұрын

    That was a good video where I used to live shortly after I moved they had to prohibit the use of them because of being in town because of the smoke issues with the neighbors you r very lucky u can have one of them to save on fuel GOD Bless TerryD.

  • @timwilcoxsr2712
    @timwilcoxsr2712 Жыл бұрын

    I put in a Hardys Boiler in 2007, best thing I ever did.

  • @hughwhaley3179
    @hughwhaley3179 Жыл бұрын

    How old is that furnace. I have a Heatmore out door furnace. 23 years and no rust anywhere stainless steel

  • @guydaubenspeck9206
    @guydaubenspeck9206 Жыл бұрын

    I have a central boiler outdoor boiler we love it. I considered a corn burner when I bought it but I thought why would I burn something that I can either feed or sell when we always have downed trees to clean up on the farm. And like you say we're here with our cattle anyhow we don't go anyplace so we're here to take care of the stove. Far as the advantages of indoor outdoor I will never go back to indoor because all the fact that the dirt the bugs the ashes and the fire are all outside

  • @coltonthiesfeld2320
    @coltonthiesfeld2320 Жыл бұрын

    Happy Valentine’s Day to you & your family ❤

  • @greggmihelich9937
    @greggmihelich9937 Жыл бұрын

    I have been burning out doors for over 35 years. My current boiler is a woodmaster 3300 going on 20 years. I agree with all your comments. You can "mix" wood and get rid or some of the marginal stuff. Also I burned a lot of wood chips one winter. I would put wood on the bottom and shovel chips on the top. Worked well and better than wasting them. On your bug comment I was putting wood in one sub-zero day and came across a large wasp nest. The nest went in the stove with the wasps!

  • @gregcatlett1458
    @gregcatlett1458 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks men so much!!❤️❤️😂 Brownie Points

  • @johnhenderson299
    @johnhenderson299 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @trig5454
    @trig5454 Жыл бұрын

    I burned mostly soft maple in a Heatmor outdoor furnace. It heated my domestic hot water and my garage/shop. I had to quit using it for health reasons and my son (who had been a 'victim' of getting wood during his teen years said 'Dad I am not cutting all that wood'. He paid to have a propane furnace installed. Can't say I miss cutting wood all the time.

  • @anneryan9157
    @anneryan9157 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the heart 🥰

  • @misterhipster9509
    @misterhipster9509 Жыл бұрын

    On my third Central Boiler, first was a new 5036 for the vacation property, second was 10 yo used 6048, third season it developed a leak, bought a new example from a dealer in Baraboo, had a shiney new 6048 in stock, it's all hooked up and running perfect. Leak in the used unit proved to be a rusty drain plug, tapped a 1/2" pipe thread, installed new plug, all good. I think I'll sell it, a good deal for a new owner, Central makes a good product, I'd have a hard time changing personally.

  • @geraldsundberg3610
    @geraldsundberg3610 Жыл бұрын

    We have a Garn smokless boiler since 2010. It burns the smoke so you never see or smell smoke.

  • @obiwanrazzy
    @obiwanrazzy Жыл бұрын

    One thing that comes up (speaking of possible new laws) is the carbon going into the air. I think folks forget, or don't know, that if it rots in the woods that CO2 goes right back into the air. So, like you say, it's not for everyone, but if you're near the fuel and have it anyway, then there's no reason not to get use out of it. In fact that's oil/gas/elec that you're conserving. Anyway, thanks for the update. And good job on the greeting card at the end!

  • @57fitter
    @57fitter Жыл бұрын

    17:17 Spy balloon at 12 o'clock!

  • @danw6014
    @danw6014 Жыл бұрын

    I have wood heat in the basement. I have thought about switching to an outdoor boiler with heating my shop with it as well. I'd leave the indoor furnace in place for backup if we had a long term power outage and just keep the fire going in the boiler to keep it from freezing. I like the idea of a roof over the front of the boiler plus a covered area over the wood pile on cement. I think just being discipline with keeping things tidy is the best preventative for fires inside or out. Inside fires required dry wood. If the fire is starting to have trouble with the draft don't delay clean your chimney today. I have a cleaning system that allows me to clean the chimney from the clean out in the basement in about a half hour without having the fire completely out.

  • @scotttprosser4719
    @scotttprosser4719 Жыл бұрын

    We have the smallest Portage and Main Boiler since the fall of 2012. Very reliable and lots of heat for our big old house. We have 200 acres to clean up along the fences rows, there is no way to keep up with the dead and fallen trees. People who think we cut live trees for firewood just don't know how things work in the real world.

  • @petealberda6307
    @petealberda6307 Жыл бұрын

    We have burned wood 100% since 1978 in our house. We have a neighbor who has one like you and someone shot 19 holes through it. He didn’t realize it at first so when he fired up the stove, everything was warped to pieces.

  • @mnfirefighter813
    @mnfirefighter813 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video! A wood boiler on a farm is handy!

  • @davelively1901
    @davelively1901 Жыл бұрын

    You could prolong the life of the solenoid by giving it a few drops of 3in1 oil on both sides of the magnet once or twice a season. I'm a CB dealer in southern Vermont. We can't sell the classic boilers as they are not EPA approved. We can sell Classic Edge gasifiers and pellet stoves. These new HDX boilers actually do burn close to half the wood of the Classics. I always tell prospective customers to run those older Classics as long as they can. Since Covid, prices and availability are crazy.

  • @thomaslapp6029

    @thomaslapp6029

    Жыл бұрын

    Where can one find a new door? CL 40 build date of 1995

  • @thekibby8375
    @thekibby8375 Жыл бұрын

    The biggest thing that I don't like about NY outdoor boiler that I've fired, (4 different ones that my neighbors have) is the amount of wood that they use. I physically can't burn that amount in my indoor furnace running wide open

  • @archermathews8562
    @archermathews8562 Жыл бұрын

    That was a cool idea..made me smile hahahaha

  • @xsivhpbuttercup210
    @xsivhpbuttercup210 Жыл бұрын

    Wow that would be a great place to put a smoke house. Sausages bacons and venison. Like to hear more about what you eat on farm. I imagine big difference from my reality. Keep up the good work.

  • @geraldsundberg3610
    @geraldsundberg3610 Жыл бұрын

    One of the key things is water sampling. I do my own and keep the PH up.

  • @tammygurke7482
    @tammygurke7482 Жыл бұрын

    I learned from this video that your dad is a romantic❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @anthonyhengst2908
    @anthonyhengst2908 Жыл бұрын

    I always thought if it works good why change it.

  • @petercahill3859
    @petercahill3859 Жыл бұрын

    Great job as always. Boiler looks great. How long are the logs you burn?

  • @dougfingerson
    @dougfingerson Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Central Boiler must be the best on the market, I have talked to friends that have them for 20 years with no leaks. Have you folks heard of putting a mixture of anti-freeze and water in the system? I have heard most other brands last about 10 years, I was considering an outdoor furnace to replace my basement wood furnace but decided against it.P.S. very smart to buy a new one,considering the price increases we have seen over the last year. You must have a good crystal ball.

  • @victoriapedersen9592
    @victoriapedersen9592 Жыл бұрын

    Our wood pile burnt up about seven years ago. Thirty face cord gone. We have a heatmor put seventeen years ago.

  • @banjobenson9348
    @banjobenson9348 Жыл бұрын

    a good heat source on the frozen tundra is a must.

  • @joelwindsor525
    @joelwindsor525 Жыл бұрын

    Do you put the ash from the fire box in your corn field to fight grubs they do around here

  • @brandonhenke7116
    @brandonhenke7116 Жыл бұрын

    Add put new rope gasket on about every two years

  • @timstevens2866
    @timstevens2866 Жыл бұрын

    If U put it in a shed U would still have to have a really drafty shed so it could get air cause I am pretty sure it sucks some air. My thought was to put a carport over it that way your firewood could be kept kinda covered. What do U do with your ashes? I mix mine into manure pile and spread on fields.

  • @marvinrathke3640
    @marvinrathke3640 Жыл бұрын

    A good friend of mine that does not live all that far from you lost his woodshed and a lot of his firewood when some embers in the ash somehow got into it.

  • @teenagefarmer
    @teenagefarmer Жыл бұрын

    👍👍

  • @br927
    @br927 Жыл бұрын

    Dad's right! That's why they call it an outside furnace!

  • @Serg.81
    @Serg.81 Жыл бұрын

    🔥👍👍👍

  • @paultheisen5290
    @paultheisen5290 Жыл бұрын

    Good morning from Iowa, was curious if you looked at Crown Royal outdoor wood boilers before purchasing the stove that you did?

  • @jennikasmedberg8525
    @jennikasmedberg8525 Жыл бұрын

    🥰

  • @joegrandjean4666
    @joegrandjean46669 ай бұрын

    I have a classic I installed my first one in1994

  • @joegrandjean4666
    @joegrandjean46669 ай бұрын

    On your wood furnace can you talk about how you treat the water

  • @oddJOB7036
    @oddJOB7036 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful farm, are you near Richland Center?

  • @russjordan3996
    @russjordan3996 Жыл бұрын

    so at the end of heating season after you clean out the fire box do you put or paint on the inside of the fire box with a lite clean oil to keep it from rusting over the summer?

  • @wayner806
    @wayner806 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the video. I don’t think it will work for us-no trees! And even if we did have them, no snow to scatter the ash over! 😂 They have to haul in firewood here around West Texas to sell to people to burn in the fireplaces.

  • @tomboysen7592
    @tomboysen7592 Жыл бұрын

    How hot is th water when it reaches the house and barn thank you Tom from Nebraska

  • @daviddini30
    @daviddini30 Жыл бұрын

    Our community does not allow outdoor wood burning furnaces. It has to do with houses in close proximity as compared to rural areas, and people with asthma and other breathing difficulties, especially children, having to breath the smoke in the air. Some people have put these in their attached garages, which the community has no control over, but I would agree that this does put the family more at risk.

  • @timstevens2866
    @timstevens2866 Жыл бұрын

    I should learn to watch the whole video before I comment lol

  • @bobsuszka1159
    @bobsuszka1159 Жыл бұрын

    Pops is scoring brownie points. Its better than a frying pan over the head.

  • @johnskeens2758
    @johnskeens2758 Жыл бұрын

    I have to of classic boiler and both started leaking with in 3 to 5 years

  • @markstoll9636
    @markstoll9636 Жыл бұрын

    idea..go out in the woods and dig up several rock maples and line your driveway with these beautiful trees...they turn red and yellow in the fall.

  • @aaronrichardson9168
    @aaronrichardson9168 Жыл бұрын

    If you stop burning in June how do you heat hot water in summer

  • @Navet63
    @Navet63 Жыл бұрын

    How many acres of woods do you have that supports having a wood boiler?

  • @geraldsundberg3610
    @geraldsundberg3610 Жыл бұрын

    Pound for pound the BTU'S are all the same for all wood. The only difference is volume size.

  • @williammatzek4660
    @williammatzek4660 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have any osage orange (hedge) in your area?

  • @robertclary1874
    @robertclary18744 ай бұрын

    Like your video, but buy central boiler guys.

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