Ha guys I just bought a used heatmor outside wood boiler furnace. My inlaws sold it to us and looking for tips and suggestions for installing it. In my county I,m going to go apply for the permit today and all electric lines are marked all ready. How deep do you dig the trench for the water lines. How close to the house can you put it and about a cement slab to put it on.
Any help would be great , first time doing one.
From Jeff
Definitely put it on a cement slab. Pouring a little extra apron at the front and back will aid in cleaning up ashes and yearly maintenance.
The water lines will need to be buried at least 3′ deep.
If you can, get an extension for the smoke stack. You’ll appreciate the extension on the days when the wind blows toward your house.
We put our wood stove on the east side of the house and about 20 yards away. Predominant wind patterns are usually from the west, south and north but you will still get some winds from the east. That’s when the extension to the smoke stack pays dividends.
Hi Joel, and thanks for the tips. I have a set back from the waters edge so a longer stove pipe is going to be a must for sure. Can only get about 30 feet away from the buildings.
From Jeff
Joel covered it well! The only thing I run into at my farm is wood storage that is convenient. Since the mice like to nest up in the pile, we keep a smaller pile near the house and our main piles out and away. When we get the 3′ snow drifts, I have a lot of fun 
I also extended the slab to a side by 8′. In the spring, it makes clean up of bark/saw dust a heck of a lot easier!
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Ha guys I just bought a used heatmor outside wood boiler furnace. My inlaws sold it to us and looking for tips and suggestions for installing it. In my county I,m going to go apply for the permit today and all electric lines are marked all ready. How deep do you dig the trench for the water lines. How close to the house can you put it and about a cement slab to put it on.
Any help would be great , first time doing one.
From Jeff
LET THE FUN BEGIN!! 
Try find something at similiar grade as to where the water will be circulated in and out of. A steep grade makes gravity pumps work much harder.
I have seperated my inside wersbo system water from my outside circulated boiler water via Copper heat exchanger. This way I can put my inside water under pressure with an air scoop eliminating air locks.
I have my boiler out front of my house (South) so a North wind blows the smoke through teh creek away from the house and a west wind blows it out front, but not on the house.
A cement pad is wise.
A roofed wood pile retainer would be really nice so your not constantly having to tarp your wood or dig it out of the snowbank. I will be installing a nice system next season.
Thanks guys for the tips . 
Check with your home owners insurance on the distance from your house, further is better to keep the smoke away as other have said. Having it inside of a building is nice, my dad has a 20 X 60 metal building that he keeps his boiler and wood in. Sure makes it nice having clean dry wood.
Size the underground Pex for the heat load the boiler will be caring. DO NOT CHEAP OUT on the buried line get the best insulated you can afford. Poor underground lines can suck the heat right out of the boiler setup causing to use way more wood and a colder house.
How deep the lines with a outside boiler if you go away in the winter for any length of time, need either have someone keep the boiler fired, drain the boiler, or include boiler antifreeze. Cannot drain an underground line so at least 4 feet deep if not using antifreeze.
Which is expensive and cuts efficiency by 15 to 20%
Burn well dried wood and the smoke issues are not so problematic.
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