Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[jodebg]

I have been using outside air for my wood boiler for years. Very happy with the results. Here are some photos of a simple way
to access, direct, and control the air flow to the area of combustion.

-First photo shows the outside air source at the lower primary air intake, and also in the upper secondary air intake.

-Second photo shows the basement window with a round hole cut in it and a 6" pvc drain pipe accessing the outside air.

-Third photo shows the drain pipe run through the joist area. Above the boiler the pipe is capped and 2 smaller pvc pipes
run down to their respective air intake areas.

No fan needed. Outside air is always running through the pvc pipes to the stove with higher concentrations of oxygen for better
combustion. The sliding gate near the window allows for full control of the outside air flow, and also acts as a shut off.

 

[Gordon Gould]

That's good jodebg.
For my wood furnace in the cellar I use the near-by floor drain for outside air. It runs under the floor then under ground about 150 feet to daylight on a bank. I put a tee and a stand pipe out there to keep it above the snow. It can be -30F outside and the air feeding the furnace is never less than 45 degrees.

gg

 

[ultrarunner]

Very smart... another TBN tip.

 

[KennyG]

I have an outside air intake for the wood stove but I crack a door and leave the stove door open while starting. After everything is going, I have a heat recovery forced ventilation system to bring some fresh air into the house.

 

[jodebg]

Hi Gordon-

That's a great idea!

That's good jodebg.
For my wood furnace in the cellar I use the near-by floor drain for outside air. It runs under the floor then under ground about 150 feet to daylight on a bank. I put a tee and a stand pipe out there to keep it above the snow. It can be -30F outside and the air feeding the furnace is never less than 45 degrees.

gg

 

[Baby Grand]

jodebg - you're install looks remarkably similar to what I planned to do, except I was going to run mine out of an unused bathroom vent fan outlet. Nice home brew gate valve, too. But now I've got to make one little change ...

That's good jodebg.
For my wood furnace in the cellar I use the near-by floor drain for outside air. It runs under the floor then under ground about 150 feet to daylight on a bank. I put a tee and a stand pipe out there to keep it above the snow. It can be -30F outside and the air feeding the furnace is never less than 45 degrees.

gg

That's a great idea. I've been planning on digging a trench and laying a 4" drain line from our basement sump out to a downhill, daylight outlet above a drainage swale. Total run will be 130 feet and drop about 6. This should ensure that the basement won't flood if the sump pump fails. Again. Should also take a bite out of the electric bill and make for better peace and quiet during rainy periods. A few years ago that pump would run for 3 minutes, rest for 2, then back on for 3, etc, 24/7 for 3 or 4 months. When I looked at the electric bill the spike up & down in usage synched perfectly with the unremitting rain we had. We've toasted 2 pumps in 8 years. I was scared to leave the house for more than a day at a time, since our electric service has been out for several days, more than once, in that same 8 years.

But I will definitely crib your idea and add a FAWGAIR (Fresh Air With Geothermal Augmentation Induction System) riser to the drain.

-Jim

 

[arizona98tj]

One of my projects for this winter is to finish running a 3" PVC fresh air line from the basement sill to the base of the chimney, a few feet from the air inlet to the stove. It'll have a gate valve in a convenient location, so I can throttle the flow or close it off completely when the stove's not burning.

Don't forget to install some type of metal screen or hardware mesh to prevent rodents from making that 3" PVC their super-highway for easy access into your house.

 

[TomSeller]

Don't forget to install some type of metal screen or hardware mesh to prevent rodents from making that 3" PVC their super-highway for easy access into your house.

Yeah, I was going suggest that too

 

[lennyzx11]

Don't forget to install some type of metal screen or hardware mesh to prevent rodents from making that 3" PVC their super-highway for easy access into your house.

After the third tree frog showed up in the wife's toilet.... let's just say I had to make it a priority to put a mesh screen cap on mine for the toilets.
It was loudly and very explicitly explained that task was now moved to top of existing project schedule to take precedence over all Tractor and beer drinking activities!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

After the third tree frog showed up in the wife's toilet.... let's just say I had to make it a priority to put a mesh screen cap on mine for the toilets.
It was loudly and very explicitly explained that task was now moved to top of existing project schedule to take precedence over all Tractor and beer drinking activities!

That's funny!