tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post7678571440839145528..comments2024-03-18T22:56:10.604-07:00Comments on Wood Cookstove Cooking: Update on Hot Water System MaintenanceJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01928066388810835369noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-63259126395940180852017-02-06T23:41:24.019-08:002017-02-06T23:41:24.019-08:00I used to have the same problem years ago. The gui...I used to have the same problem years ago. The guilt you feel about wasting energy when you dispose of water that is already heated can be a little upsetting. This is the reason my heating system is now manual. I only turn on the <a href="http://perfectionplumbing.blogspot.com/2016/12/saskatoon-drain-cleaning-pros-on.html" rel="nofollow">heater</a> when I am ready to use the water. This way, I am sure I will not waste.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914703099797506311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-10814282564982595832016-03-02T18:44:55.726-08:002016-03-02T18:44:55.726-08:00That is an extremely cool looking old stove. Those...That is an extremely cool looking old stove. Those must be really expensive to get now a days. It really is an antique. Hold on to it. My husband agrees with me that this is really something that can do well at our place too. We live outside of town and have a bit more space to put it. Thanks.<br /><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/111332991516964649949/about" rel="nofollow">Karla Foster @ South West Houston Plumbing</a>Karla Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049314294285323599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-4266559466942411992015-12-04T06:39:52.830-08:002015-12-04T06:39:52.830-08:00Jim, I did contact Daniel and we discussed my proj...Jim, I did contact Daniel and we discussed my project to use our Margin Gem for radiant floor heating in our distant bathroom. I'll let you know how the project goes next spring when I start. Thanks for the information. Have a Blessed CHRISTmas.Eric D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00848740250697577824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-88663994881703297862015-11-30T16:53:07.805-08:002015-11-30T16:53:07.805-08:00Welcome to my blog, Eric!
It is interesting to me...Welcome to my blog, Eric!<br /><br />It is interesting to me that your reservoir adds too much humidity to your home. Our reservoir always has water in it, and we hang all of our laundry indoors in the winter time, and we still have trouble with static electricity. Oh well!<br /><br />Thank you for your question about Margin Gem water jackets. I contacted Daniel Fenoff at Stoves and More Online, where we purchased our Margin Gem, and asked him your question. The answer is yes, a water jacket can be added to a Margin Gem cookstove that was not originally equipped with one. He said that the style of water jacket is dependent on which style firebox the stove has, either the old oval style or the new rectangular style. The left firebrick is removed and the water jacket replaces it.<br /><br />I would recommend contacting him through the Stoves and More Online website.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928066388810835369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-37530488483883724822015-11-30T04:52:35.892-08:002015-11-30T04:52:35.892-08:00Jim,, I just found your website and have enjoyed r...Jim,, I just found your website and have enjoyed reading your many posts on cookstove cooking/heating. I've had my Margin Gem since 2008 and it heats our modest 2600 sqft timber frame home in southern Maine 95% of the time. I have a question about the water jacket you use to heat your hot water. Mine does not have one ,, can that be added ? I do have the reservoir on the right side but rarely use it because it adds way too much moisture into the house.Eric D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00848740250697577824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-88383762267210726442015-11-02T19:22:28.500-08:002015-11-02T19:22:28.500-08:00Dear Throwback,
Thanks for your comment! I had o...Dear Throwback,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment! I had originally intended to have our plumber allow us the option to have the cookstove preheat water before it entered the electric water heater, too, but he couldn't understand how to do it. I could change the system to allow this myself, but haven't done so yet. You are right that that would solve the problem of the annual maintenance, though.<br /><br />As a side note, I'm very honored to have you visit my blog. I have enjoyed your blog for several years now and love the pictures of your cookstove. I envy you your original wood-fired furnace. My grandparents took ours out in the late 1940s. Thanks for stopping by, and please feel free to comment often!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928066388810835369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-68364350013716425762015-11-01T22:39:45.468-08:002015-11-01T22:39:45.468-08:00Our dual hot water system is a thermal siphon, we ...Our dual hot water system is a thermal siphon, we have two hot water heaters, one electric, one wood heated. They are plumbed together, so the water is always circulated. During the wood burning season the wood preheats the water so the electric never has to come on. But if it's too warm to build a fire (and waste wood) the electric takes over. This system has been in place on our farm since before electricity, it originally was between the wood furnace and cook stove. Now we don't use the cookstove in the summer, so it's the old wood fired furnace with coils and the electric. Extra plumbing from the get-go but no yearly maintenance. The wood heated hot water tank has to be higher than the electric.Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.com