Propane, Single tier, direct fired RIMS build

[ColoHox]

Sorry, missed that before. Any rough estimate on the weight? This is pretty much what I want to build but don't have the garage real estate to store it horizontally. Would you consider it possible if not practical to store vertically?

The stand by itself is not heavy, maybe 80lbs, with 3 kegs full of water it is very heavy. I store it horizontal with the kegs sitting in their spots.

You would still have to stack the kegs (sounds risky) or something to store it vertically which would make the whole thing take up only slightly less space.

There are some vertically oriented stands. Although, I like to be able to see and reach into my pots if necessary.

Let me know if you have other questions, all this is still pretty fresh in my head.

 

[Daddo07]

My stand is done except for painting and putting the diamond plate on it, but I think it's about 200+ lbs with the burners. I ended up buying a furniture dolly for it. There are casters, too, but I stand it on end for storage and I couldn't move it without a hand truck. Now I stand it up on the dolly so I can move it into the corner of the garage.

What did you do for paint? I think I'm going to flip-flop (again) and paint it here with high-temp spray. It would be over $200 for high-temp industrial coating at a shop.

 

[ColoHox]

Wow, thats pretty hefty.

I thought about powder coating, but even a using some friends for a discount was still about ~$100. I opted for high-temp auto spray paint instead. I found some stuff that was good up to ~500 degress. It was still a little spendy to prime and paint the whole stand, but worth it. My problem was trying to paint the stand this winter, that high temp paint has to cure at pretty warm temps. I got good coverage, but it is not a uniform color in some places.

 

[Daddo07]

I used 2" square mild steel at 1/8" thickness. Complete overkill. Shouldn't have been blinded by the "me too" part of it. The BG14's are surprisingly heavy burners, and I use 3. On the plus side is not having to worry about it tipping over when it's loaded up.

I got some 2000 degree stuff for the valve heat shields. Three-step cure with the highest at 650. Oven only goes to 550 so I called that good enough and left them in longer. Trying to find high temp paint for the frame that doesn't require curing. Think Rustoleum has some 1000-1200 degree stuff like that.

You do yours in black?