Well this forum hasn't gotten much attention lately so I figured I would start posting some things I've done around the house to try and save some money.
First,
Last year I decided I wanted to build a wood boiler to heat my house since I have access to wood anyways.
I ended up building it in my garage and piped it into my current system in the house(Munchkin HE hydronic)
I looked at a few different designs and decided to mesh a few together. It was originally supposed to hold
around 200 gallons of water, but it ended up holding about 380. Fire box is 30"Wx30"Hx36"D. Cost about $1200
from start to finish for all the materials but I am sure I could cut it down a few hundred shopping around for used and scrap.
I ended up using all new steel and pumps, etc.
Heats my garage and house on about 7 cord a year, maybe more this year if it's cold, but I have plenty. Fill it twice a day unless I'm home cleaning up and burning the evidence