Hello,
New poster here, with some questions, hopefully someone with a little plumbing know how can advise me if this looks safe. Basically my plumbing know how is extremely limited.
I currently have a forced hot air oil furnace system. Due to the high cost of oil I have no desire to continue to drain my bank accounts for the oil companies this winter.
I am installing a coal stove in my house that has water coils in it; the water coils feed out of the unit and connect to 1†copper pipe. I also bought a water to air heat exchanger sized to fit in the duct work of my existing forced air system also with 1†copper. I have enough space between my air conditioning coils and the extended duct work to install this exchanger. There will be about 5-7’ of copper pipe between the coal stove and the water/air heat exchanger. I plan to install a automatic air valve, pressure gauge, thermometer and pressure release valve between the stove and exchanger. On the return from the exchanger I am going to install a pump.
My main concern is not allowing the water to boil in the pipes. Once I get the house hot enough I will need to continue to circulate this water and was thinking about adding a secondary zone to push the water to. This zone would bypass the water to air heat exchanger and route the water to potentially baseboard heating I would put in my basement This would hopefully cool the water down enough before it gets back to the coal stove. Does this make sense? Can anyone see potential flaws? Am I missing any components what will make this system safe? Last thing I want is an explosion in my coal stove.
New poster here, with some questions, hopefully someone with a little plumbing know how can advise me if this looks safe. Basically my plumbing know how is extremely limited.
I currently have a forced hot air oil furnace system. Due to the high cost of oil I have no desire to continue to drain my bank accounts for the oil companies this winter.
I am installing a coal stove in my house that has water coils in it; the water coils feed out of the unit and connect to 1†copper pipe. I also bought a water to air heat exchanger sized to fit in the duct work of my existing forced air system also with 1†copper. I have enough space between my air conditioning coils and the extended duct work to install this exchanger. There will be about 5-7’ of copper pipe between the coal stove and the water/air heat exchanger. I plan to install a automatic air valve, pressure gauge, thermometer and pressure release valve between the stove and exchanger. On the return from the exchanger I am going to install a pump.
My main concern is not allowing the water to boil in the pipes. Once I get the house hot enough I will need to continue to circulate this water and was thinking about adding a secondary zone to push the water to. This zone would bypass the water to air heat exchanger and route the water to potentially baseboard heating I would put in my basement This would hopefully cool the water down enough before it gets back to the coal stove. Does this make sense? Can anyone see potential flaws? Am I missing any components what will make this system safe? Last thing I want is an explosion in my coal stove.