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good idea ... From: jerry2054 <jlstevens1@...> Subject: [woodheat] Re: new user questions To: woodheat@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 5,...
Gordie Cooke
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Nov 5, 2009
3:24 pm
20690
Describe "big guys"? A smaller stove might only cleanly burn a 3" round or split. Bigger stoves with pretty good air movement might work with 5 or 6" rounds...
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ggoetz111
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Nov 5, 2009
3:36 pm
20691
... I go through enormous amounts of paper, card and kindling, and leave the door open a crack for a good 15 minutes when lighting the fire, otherwise the...
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trishdevine32
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Nov 5, 2009
10:10 pm
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Gordie, IMHO, nothing works as well as wood for kindling. Split up some of your big stuff to make intermediate sized pieces if necessary. Paper can be used,...
Meszko William-Q10191
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Nov 6, 2009
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20693
I agree- I use pieces of wax I'll salvage from my wifes used candles. Or you can purchase a 5lb block which would last indefinitly. One or two 1/2 inch chunks...
knute wolter
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Nov 6, 2009
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20694
I'll chop more wood down -- still going through too much of it, but it is getting easier to second-guess what's coming & adjust as I go.... I think...   Will...
Gordie Cooke
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Nov 6, 2009
1:49 pm
20695
We all see all the messages, here is fine (best). Down wood (should) dry quicker than fresh. Drying season is pretty well over. Tarps don't help Bark off dead...
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ggoetz111
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Nov 6, 2009
2:04 pm
20696
I'm new here and this has probably been covered before but if not,,,, I susbcibe to several local Yahoo Freecycle Groups and people, mostly come springtime,...
jerry stevens
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Nov 6, 2009
2:30 pm
20697
Some points for drying wood as quick as possible. shorter lengths smaller pieces split no bark air circulation around the drying stack sun on the stack...
woodmantommo
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Nov 6, 2009
2:45 pm
20698
Thanks for the insights fellows. I will be pursuing that option. Edward...
greerfamily7
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Nov 6, 2009
3:40 pm
20699
Hey men (and any women in here). New to the group. I'm in the rural part of west Texas just south of Odessa. A very short winter season, but believe it or...
Chuck
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Nov 6, 2009
10:41 pm
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Ok -- it's finally the weekend & both my husband & I have time to work - ha!  So, we are taking the chainsaw (& the axe & the hatchet -- & if I thought it...
Gordie Cooke
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Nov 7, 2009
2:42 pm
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... Don't be surprised if there's not any ads for firewood this time of year but you can run your own "WANTED HARDWOOD" ad for free wood. You might get some...
jerry stevens
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Nov 7, 2009
3:22 pm
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Hello - Is there 'inherently' any problem with allowing the Class A chimney to run down below the chase/thimble onto a pair of offsets in the basement and...
greerfamily7
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Nov 7, 2009
3:53 pm
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Hello: I am new to this site and wonder if there is any advice about finding an insurance company that will insure my rental property that has a wood stove?...
zoomietr3
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Nov 7, 2009
5:31 pm
20704
I think most insurance companies accept wood stoves as long as they are properly installed. I know State Farm took photos of ours. (BTW, State Farm later...
Ken Meinken
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Nov 7, 2009
7:35 pm
20705
Placing a chimney through a window(temporary) is illegal in most parts of the US. The temporary installation tend to create the effect of an outside...
samiamrd
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Nov 7, 2009
7:36 pm
20706
If you stove is in the basement, then run your chimney to the basement. If your stove is on the first floor, place the support box in the first floor ceiling...
samiamrd
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Nov 7, 2009
7:49 pm
20707
There could be two issues. The stove could be old or not installed properly. How would the insurance company know? So do you have documentation of a proper...
samiamrd
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Nov 7, 2009
8:02 pm
20708
I am trying to avoid messing with the roof.  If not a window to go out the side of a building, is there any other way?  Even if I had to cut a hole in a wall...
Louis Charles
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Nov 7, 2009
9:29 pm
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If you don't "mess" with the room, you have to "mess" with a wall. Sure, there are safe ways of going through a wall, but they probably are no easier than...
Ken Meinken
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Nov 7, 2009
10:33 pm
20710
There is no problem with running the class A all the way to stove if you wish you can even use the stove as the support for the chimney (I think) There is a...
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ggoetz111
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Nov 8, 2009
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20711
It is not the best approach, but take a look at the "outside wall kit". In the kit you get a base support, a T connection and a wall thimbol as well as the...
samiamrd
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Nov 8, 2009
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20712
Thank you for your input Ken. Please remember I am talking about an application here in west texas where "draft" will not be a problem ... and the season is so...
Louis Charles
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Nov 8, 2009
1:57 am
20713
Please explain how a horizontal flue is a problem (Isn't the flue the butterfly "valve" which lets us adjust the draft?)?  The wood stove I possess has the...
Louis Charles
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Nov 8, 2009
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20714
can you direct me to a link to find dealers who sell these "outside wall kits" ? LC   *************************************************************** ...
Louis Charles
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Nov 8, 2009
2:15 am
20715
My interest has been peaked. It has been recommend that I add what sounds like an extra combustion chamber to the top of my pot belly stove but I don't quite...
Edward G
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Nov 8, 2009
3:17 am
20716
You do not need (nor want) a damper ("butterfly valve") on a modern (or even an older airtight) stove. There is no need for it (they are back from the days of...
Ken Meinken
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Nov 8, 2009
1:55 pm
20717
You can not add a secondary burn chamber to your pot belly stove. You have a dinosaur of a stove, and it can not be retrofitted to burn like an EPA certified...
samiamrd
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Nov 8, 2009
8:20 pm
20718
Yes you are right my pot belly is not suited the be more than what it is. To try and make it do any more...Well I can't! As it is I call it old smokey. The...
Edward G
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