Daniel/Kate Since the contractor you spoke with was a little short on specifics. I'd like to suggest you contact Bob Fowell at New Horizon Building Products in...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 8, 2003 9:31 pm
Miro, In Canada chimney flues "shall not be inclined more than 45° to the vertical." (from the National Building Code) This includes metal or masonry. If I am...
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Miro
mirozieba
Mar 9, 2003 2:15 am
Dan How does this limitation affect your project? Thanks John you confirmed my suspicions that what was being proposed might not be acceptable. Miro ... From:...
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ericsisler
Mar 9, 2003 11:32 pm
I will be doing an addition to my cabin and will be putting my new stove in the cabin so it goes directly up near the peak which wil be about 15 feet high. If...
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Bob
twinacres1998
Mar 10, 2003 12:24 am
... fire. ... Hi John, Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I thought someone else would have by now. I only use my stove on weekends(it's at my camp). It depends on...
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Miro
mirozieba
Mar 10, 2003 2:55 am
Eric Depends on how you use your cabin. Think of creosote like water condensation. It is caused when flue gases come in contact with a cold surface and...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 10, 2003 2:33 pm
Eric, I'd like to point out that combustible creosote deposits are not inevitable. With a straight up venting system, a decent stove, seasoned firewood and...
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Chris Hibbert
chrisfromohio
Mar 10, 2003 2:49 pm
I have a Johnsons Energy Systems J-7900 Thermostatically controlled furnace. It was in our house when we bought it a year ago and was being used by the ...
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ericsisler
Mar 10, 2003 11:22 pm
... Thanks for the info. My stove is a Fisher Grandma Bear which is older and not EPA rated so that is why I was worried about creasote. I think it will work...
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Rod
grandprix4_me
Mar 11, 2003 12:14 am
Hi everyone: Just a quick post in regards to a comment made about a woodstove and possible decrease in resale market of the home. I live in Sudbury, Ontario,...
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lcanadense
Mar 11, 2003 4:03 am
... and possible decrease in resale market of the home. << While I didn't read that comment, Rod, I agree that having a properly installed woodstove can be a...
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stalldipper
Mar 11, 2003 12:24 pm
Just an update and a question if anyone is remotely interested... Having climbed into the attic(!) of my small bungalow with a protractor and a level to...
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stalldipper
Mar 11, 2003 12:56 pm
In response to my earlier post, John Gulland wrote: "I didn't comment because there was too much other stuff to respond to and I really didn't like that...
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stalldipper
Mar 11, 2003 1:15 pm
In most parts of Canada, a woodstove, if energy efficient, properly installed and cared for, etc., is indeed a value-added amenity in a house for sale - and...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 11, 2003 1:49 pm
Dan, I made a typing error when introducing the chimney height rule. It is, in fact, the three foot, two foot, ten foot rule, which requires that a chimney...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 11, 2003 2:15 pm
... No, it was just an offhand snipe about aesthetics. And the odd thing is I like many things Eurpean and am not at all North American-centric on other...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 11, 2003 2:29 pm
Dan In yet another correction to my correction on the chimney height rule, since you are in Canada, the height rule is the same in principal and the dimensions...
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gblass1
Mar 13, 2003 12:26 am
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows about the wood pellet burners that can replace the oil fired burner in your furnace. I was thinking of switching to a...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 13, 2003 4:02 pm
A few years ago Whitfield displayed a really nifty pellet burning 'gun' at the annual trade show. It was called Biologic, as I recall. It had a mechanism for...
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johnhardt
Mar 16, 2003 1:03 pm
Hi, I have found the following information about Eucalyptus at http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/section2.htm#FOR%20FIREWOOD% 20AND%20BIOMASS ". . .Wood...
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Miro
mirozieba
Mar 17, 2003 10:59 pm
I'm going to apologize right off. I don't have an answer for the question posed. But I can't help but get this mental picture of an entire neighborhood that...
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bmsd33
Mar 18, 2003 6:09 am
I know everyone will say that a child knows not to go near a hot stove, however, as a parent I'm still concerned about my young children being around a hot...
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richard_connie
Mar 18, 2003 10:44 am
... wooden picket fence using cedar. I built it so that it could be removed inorder to clean the stove. It was designed to be at the clearences for the fire...
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festivaljunkie
Mar 18, 2003 12:49 pm
Have you tried the new line of light-beam activated, laser-beam deployed electronic shocking devices that can be programmed for ever increasing degrees of...
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Ira Tozer
iratozer
Mar 19, 2003 5:25 am
I am sold on wood heating and also on underfloor radiant heating. Does anyone know of a wood stove that has the ability to produce hot water as a by product...
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Miro
mirozieba
Mar 19, 2003 5:41 am
There are several wood fired boiler mfgs. The one that I have was made by HS Tarm. Others on this site have others and some can give you insight to outside...
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finneymike
Mar 20, 2003 1:56 pm
I plan on making a water heating system for my home. It will consist of a large water tank to be used as a heat sink. I would like to have a wood boiler as my...
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ericsisler
Mar 23, 2003 1:43 pm
My wife is pretty scared of having a chimney fire and we are putting in an old fisher stove in our cabin. I say clean it out often and do what we can about ...
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Bob
twinacres1998
Mar 23, 2003 4:24 pm
... putting in an old ... can about ... roof. She says ... Eric, I'm no expert, but the cost of a masonary chimney is considerably more than metal one. I have...
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John Gulland
johngulland2000
Mar 24, 2003 2:01 pm
Eric, You can't run flue gases straight up into a masonry chimney because you can't support that kind of chimney in a ceiling. And surrounding a metal chimney...
