Aug 09, 2018

Outdoor Furnace: Don't Waste Money! Top 5 Ways to FREEDOM

Saving money gives us FREEDOM! But do you ever wonder whether you are doing everything correctly with your outdoor wood boiler?

Here are the TOP 5 Ways to make sure you get the MAX savings from your outdoor wood furnace:

1. You wouldn't drive your car without oil, right? Yet some people don't use water treatment in their boiler.

Whenever water and steel touch, there is corrosion that begins INSTANTLY, unless the water is properly treated.

Our Outdoor Boiler Liquid Armor water treatment is formulated to protect your exact grade of steel in your outdoor wood burning boiler.

2. VERIFY that your furnace water is properly treated. Send a water sample to our Outdoor Boiler Lab for your FREE water test and analysis.

The results of this test will tell you what you need to do to make sure your water is properly treated. In most cases, the test results give peace of mind knowing that your boiler is protected. So always make sure to use an outdoor boiler water treatment.

Click HERE for answers to every question possible regarding the FREE Water Testing Services, including:

- Why use water treatment?

- How much water treatment should I use?

- How do I collect the water sample?

- How do I get water sample bottles?

- Where do I send my water sample for FREE testing and analysis?

3. Ash Management - When it comes to this important maintenance item, remember LESS ASH IS BETTER.

Some people allow deep layers of ash to build up in their furnaces. This first causes reduced efficiency, but then quickly destroys the steel.

NEVER allow ash to build up in your boiler deeper than three inches. Remove ash every few days, completely remove ALL the ash and scrape your firebox at least monthly.

Click HERE to read how ash removal will enable you to have a "Forever Furnace"!

4. Sediment Removal - Sediment buildup is the "Secret Killer" of outdoor boilers. But taking care of this is simple! Just open your drain valve once per year and allow the water to run clear.

Click HERE for more about this simple but important procedure.

5. Operations and Maintenance - There are two important points here: First, you should never OVERFILL your firebox with firewood. We call this "Topping Off" the boiler. (This is not about water, it is about putting too much wood in your firebox.)

If you overfill your firebox, the furnace never completely dries out. All outdoor boilers MUST be run in a dry state every day to keep the steel protected.

To do this properly, don't overfill your firebox. Then DON'T ADD FIREWOOD to your firebox again until the previous load of firewood has burned down almost completely to ash. This gives the boiler several hours of burning with just hot dry coals.

If you "Top Off" your firebox with fresh firewood before the previous load of firewood has had a chance to burn down to coals, the furnace never burns dry. Again, all outdoor boilers MUST be burned in a dry state every day for several hours.

Click HERE for the complete article on this topic.

Second, don't forget the simple list of annual maintenance items mentioned in your owner's manual. Click HERE to see a copy of the owner's manual.

Conclusion

Owning an outdoor wood burner is not that complicated. But these are just a few important things to remember!

If you follow these Top 5 Ways To MAX Your Outdoor Boiler Savings, your outdoor wood stove will run efficiently for decades, saving you thousands of dollars. This will make your life easier so you can have more fun!

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