outdoor wood boiler

troy25

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iv got a older taylor wood boiler outside that the pervious owner let some of the smoke tubs clog up with creosote, a few are clogged all the way, it has six,, I think only 3 are half way clean, I know this is from wet wood, my question is how do u go about cleaning these tubes,,, start a hot fire and mabe it will burn out>? also has anone ever replaced the smoke tubes n a taylor I see replacements on the web just wandering thanks
 
I was going to ask you why anyone would want to boil wood...but I'll leave the humor alone.

Creosote is flammable. When I was on the FD they told us that the build up inside the flue was what caused chimney fires. They burn very hot...very intense. We would just stand by and let them burn out. Just make sure the house did not catch. Maybe you could do the same. I don't really know. Would want to see the unit first hand to make a choice like that for you.
 
Since I know a little about wood coal fired steam boilers I will say do not ever try to burn it out! With water in it, it will never get hot enough to burn out and if you try it without water you will melt something and destroy it. Just going to have to remove it manually. Make a tool to run through the tubes if you have to but don't hammer the tool through the tube. You can sharpen the end of an iron pipe if it is small enough and use that to bump its way through. Use as small a pipe as possible and try to not let it scrape the tube metal.
 
In my opinion a Taylor is the worst outside boiler available.I have welded on more Taylors than all the rest put together. Ended up in the middle of a lawsuit and spent 2 days in court over one, where the owner sued Taylor. The fire tubes can be replaced if you are a good enough welder and can stand the smell of burning cresote while welding. My advice is sell it for scrap and buy a Hardy.
 
As a Kid, we had an old steam boiler for the milk processing plant. Had a special brush to clean tubes. Did that on a regular bases.

Just a thought. If you put cold metal in a candle flame, carbon will form. Is it possible that creosote is deposited on the tubes partly because the tubes are cold, below steam temps?

You get BBQ grates hot enough, they turn the grease to white ash. How dangerous would it be if you drained the water out of boiler and started a fire? Don't seal boiler champer, let it vent any steam produced. Either it would damage boiler or turn the creosote to ash.

Just a thought, no idea if it would work.
 
I had a friend, a volunteer fireman that made a ton of money about this time of year cleaning chimneys. I learned from him. Up on the roof, dangle a log chain down, whip it around easy enough not to cause damage, hard enough to break buildup loose. Thanks for the reminder. I've got a brother that's blind and his cancer is back. I'm going over to split a couple of cord of wood for him this weekend, so better go up on the roof and clean the chimney while I'm at it.

Thanks more than you know.

Mark
 
if im reading it correct they make a tool for that. cam make your own. just take a piece of rebar weld a t handle on one end and cut a fairly stout circle piece on the other just slightly smaller than the hole and run it in and out the holes a couple times a year
 

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