Made a little bit of a late call and chose to build a new sugar house. So had to tear down our old one and here is the progress on where were at.
thumbnail (2).jpgthumbnail (3).jpg
New Sugar house
Made a little bit of a late call and chose to build a new sugar house. So had to tear down our old one and here is the progress on where were at.
thumbnail (2).jpgthumbnail (3).jpg
Nice, what size are you making?
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
It will be 24x40Originally Posted by maple flats
looks good!
A&A 2x8 raised flue with hoods and preheater, converted to oil with carlin 201 for 2021
8x12 kitchen
8x12 canning room
H20 7.5 1200 Econox for 2018 added 2nd membrane for 2020
H2O 10" filter press half bank
H2O 2430 gallon storage tank
700+ 5/16 on vacuum, 1000+ on 3/16
That's a great size. When I built mine I figured 16x24 would be plenty, I'd surely never fill it up. Well, was I ever wrong. I now have 2 chest freezers, counter space and an RO closet on one wall, then a 6' wide door at the end, along the other long wall I have a filter press, a water jacket bottler, a 2x6 finisher, more counter space with a micro-wave on it, a bunch of solar equipment on the wall, then on the last side is my SS sink, my wall mounted tankless HW heater, more counter space for use when cooling bottled syrup, and more solar equipment. Thru that wall also enters my feed line from my elevated tank outside, the main valve and lots of plumbing. My sugarhouse is full. I also have a rolling baker's tray rack blocking the aisle on the side where the finisher is, I use that when I bottle, and on the other side I have a draw off tank where I draw syrup on my same side draw evaporator, which reduces the width of that aisle where the draw tank is to 24" wide. I've drawn plans to put an addition on since the 7th year I had my sugarhouse, but it never seems to get built. Life keeps getting in the way. I wish at this point I'd built one at least 24x36, but 24x40 or more would be even better. As it is, I only have room for 2 barrels in the sugarhouse, before I can bring another one in to fill, I need to haul one or two out to my bulk storage building which is off sight, about 1/4 mile away. That will change next year, I'm putting a 14x28' long storage building right now, then next year I'm making a walk in cooler on one side of the new shed , a lean to roof on the other side for farm equipment storage and a blacksmith shop on the back.
Last edited by maple flats; 10-29-2017 at 06:08 AM.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Looks like you'll have a great sugar house. Just doesn't seem like it can be called a shack at 24 x40. Look forward to seeing it take shape.
2019-2023 40 to 50 taps to get 8 to 10 gallons of syrup
2018 Built the sugar shack, produced 10.5 gallons (converted some to sugar,& cream). taps varied 45 to 50
2017 Built 2x4 arch for a divided pan, 8.5 gallons from 30 taps increased to 42 taps during season.
2016 Produced 3 gallons & 1 quart Syrup, Block arch & 3 buffet pans, 12 taps
2015 Thought about tapping
Well its been a while, but finally starting to make some progress
1-27-18 sugar house.jpg
24x40 3d model.jpg
here is my updated design
That’s going to be quite the sugar house.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
