Good afternoon, I have a freestanding lopi wood stove I want to install in my fireplace. First of all the fireplace damper is only 4.5 inches and the stove...
Pauline, As far as I konw the Canadian Petit Godin has a bottom heat shield (and maybe more ) that the European model doesn't have. Further if the stove...
Good day. I am sure others will throw in their $.02 worth, but here is mine. If you use a reducer to go from 6" to 4.5" the cross section would be reduced by...
Joe, see: http://www.woodheat.org/technology/inserts.htm Regards, John Gulland The Wood Heat Organization Inc. www.woodheat.org A non-commercial service in...
This problem is not as bad as it looks. My fireplace damper was about the same width. To solve this, my installer just cut out the damper and made a round...
Hi Everyone, I don't recall a "do it yourself" discussion posed here so I am wondering what the concensus is on cleaning your own chimney or having it done? I...
I was new to wood heat last year and one of the first things I learned was to clean my own chimney. It was well worth it. In my area of NJ there are some...
Bev I hesitate to answer this because I think that OWB's are rarely the right answer. He has a woodmaster. I think he has had it for about 4 years now and he...
where can i guy buy profesional sweep tools?i would rather do it myself after playing phone tag for 2 weeks with several sweeps in my area. i also found this...
The ones Menards carries work for me. Don't use a metal brush on a stainless steel chimney. I have used my set on two chimneys for about 4 years now. gggGary...
Not only do you need to be proficient at cleaning it, but also knowledgeable in inspecting masonry for failures and problems. ... [Non-text portions of this...
I think that cleaning a chimney is a do it yourself activity up to a point. One thing that I did, was observe the sweep clean my chimney the first time. He...
familiar with the possibility of overdrafting & possible solutions via manual damper & barometric damper which would cool fluegas via dilution, i wondered why...
well I have bought an outdoor wood boiler, it is supposed to be delivered next week. I have been burning wood for about 10 years now without much success. I...
Wow, you do a lot more than I do. When I'm up on the roof I take a peek down the chimney (removing the cap). It's always clean. And every so often when the...
Hi, I have a new jotul Castine stove installed in my 200 yr old center chimney colonial and plan to use it as my primary heat source this year. I have broken...
... I certainly would never entirely close the damper while you have a fire burning. To do so could force carbon monoxide into the house. In your case, I...
Ken's advice was exactly right. Use only the stove control unless it won't slow down the fire, then turn the flue pipe key damper just until you get the burn...
Just found your site and I like it! I learned a few new things today. I have a ? and I'm wondering if anyone can help? We have an older character home with a...
Bart Thanks for the words of encouragement, I dont seem to be so popular here with a OWB. ... From: bart_may telecCASTER <bart_may@...> Subject: Re:...
You need an on site inspection. Is the old fireplace just a Zero clearance light weight shell? ( a lot of homes have these ttpes of fireplaces, even really...
If you are going from a fireplace to any OWB, it will seem great, since a fireplace is only 10% efficient at best. But I was not happy with mine and modified...
anyone know about how much wood i could expect to burn over the winter? I live in southern Illinois and have about a 1700 sq ft house about 50 years old so i...
I think you are thinking pretty good! That would be in line with what I have read on OWB groups and parallels what my Bro in law reports. gggGary from...
... From: Bob Reite <br@...> Subject: Re: [woodheat] owb To: woodheat@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 6:54 PM If you are going from a...
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