For tax credit information go to www.hpba.org - they have links to the right government websites. However, check with the stove dealer who should have...
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john.crouch.hpba@...
john.crouch....
Sep 25, 2009 7:23 pm
Madge is correct, We, (HPBA the trade assocation) have an FAQ peice on our website: http://www.hpba.org/consumers/hearth/tax-credit-information ...
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mg_friday
Sep 26, 2009 1:23 pm
Good Morning! I just joined the group and would like to introduce myself. I am a 50 yr. old widow and have just committed to a new home. My new home has 2...
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airbornetrimmer
Sep 26, 2009 2:28 pm
My wife hates the smell of wood inside,so, due to the occasional backdraft (2x last winter) i am setting up a homebuilt woodchip burner outside. I would like...
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agoldink
Sep 26, 2009 4:38 pm
I would just hand her the heating bill and tell her to pay it, or live with the wood....
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ggoetz111
Sep 26, 2009 8:48 pm
Whew Karen I am afraid to say it but I think you have a lot to learn. #1 get this heating "collection" inspected by someone you can trust I smell some issues...
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nepalense
Sep 26, 2009 8:53 pm
Forget the basswood. It's great for woodcarving but not for burning and is on the bottom of the pile when it comes to BTUs per cord: ...
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Patricia Mansfield-De...
trishdevine32
Sep 26, 2009 9:35 pm
Hi Karen The best of luck with your move. Find a wood supplier who delivers wood cut exactly to length, then all you should have to do is stack it. If the wood...
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Patricia Mansfield-De...
trishdevine32
Sep 26, 2009 9:36 pm
Why are you getting backdraft? There should be no smell of wood smoke inside the house, so I would look at that issue first. ... -- Patricia Mansfield-Devine ...
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Steve Spence
sspence65
Sep 26, 2009 9:44 pm
There's usually be a woodsmoke smell when you load the stove. Sometimes in high winds, we will get a puff or two in backdraft, not often. We like that smell. ...
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samiamrd
Sep 27, 2009 1:36 am
Karen, gggGary has made some good suggestions. They create a good start. There are too many unknowns about the house to form a good picture of what you would...
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charles malone
airbornetrimmer
Sep 27, 2009 3:39 pm
last year the chimney was on the outside of the house and i didnt preheat the flue with anything and it was probably about 55f outside, wet and windy day when...
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hallgang
Sep 27, 2009 6:29 pm
Thanks everyone for all the great links. It's turning colder here in the Buffalo area so we need to get our butts in gear. ~~ Pelenaka ~~...
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bailey732000
Sep 27, 2009 6:34 pm
Hi all, Have recently acquired a Jotul Firelight 12...Has a cracked back burnplate. But is complete. I have no info on this stove or what its worth (got it for...
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ggoetz111
Sep 27, 2009 6:36 pm
Sometimes it's so hard to know where to start... gggGary from Wisconsin Thermosiphoning requires big pipe sizes, the storage has to be above the heat source. ...
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ggoetz111
Sep 27, 2009 6:39 pm
It's worth what ever a buyer and seller agree on if they both know all the facts about it. Are you going to use it or is this a Yankee trader question? gggGary...
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bailey732000
Sep 27, 2009 6:43 pm
Hi Gary....I'm not sure what Yankee trader is, but I'm trying to search around to find info about the stove and I'm not sure if I want to spend the time to...
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ggoetz111
Sep 27, 2009 7:01 pm
OK are you a wheeler dealer? The idea is that's fine with me, but if we are giving away info (we are, you decide the value) we prefer to do it to help wood...
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bailey732000
Sep 27, 2009 9:36 pm
Perhaps I joined the wrong group...I'm just trying to get some info on the stove to see if my time is worth trying to fix it up, or to just sell it and buy a...
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Bob
musikman212
Sep 27, 2009 9:50 pm
As a businessman, I hope that I have at least as good a handle on things as the average poster here. I have learned a few things in the past, but have passed...
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ggoetz111
Sep 27, 2009 9:58 pm
Ok that was all I was asking. Did you look at the links from the Google search? It appears this is a common issue for this stove. Is your stove a combustor...
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Steve Spence
sspence65
Sep 27, 2009 10:19 pm
Why does it matter? Steve Spence Renewable energy and self sufficiency http://www.green-trust.org http://makingthewebwork.blogspot.com/...
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Bob
musikman212
Sep 27, 2009 10:21 pm
No problem. I'm afraid that I know very little about that particular stove. and as far as being an expert is concerned, I'm not claiming to be one. I have...
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ggoetz111
Sep 27, 2009 11:48 pm
You are all right with me Bob! And Mia Culpa besides. Sometimes I out John John. The Packers won so I am more relaxed now. gggGary Still friends? Bob ...
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thumphrey
Sep 28, 2009 5:24 am
Welcome to the group Karen. You may wish to read this site as a starter... http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/WM/WMwood.html...
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sally glendinning
wirlybirdone
Sep 29, 2009 1:31 pm
Hi ! Many thanks - it's like our Local Authority Planning Department and the Government Planning Policy - we have much the same issues at times. Yes ! I...
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Patricia Mansfield-De...
trishdevine32
Sep 29, 2009 3:52 pm
... Same thing here in France. It catches out a lot of Brits, who buy a barn, planning to convert it to a house, then find the zoning is agricultural, so...
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Ken Meinken
kmeinken
Sep 29, 2009 4:49 pm
What you can build depends very much on the local zoning rules. Some areas have absolutely no zoning and "anything goes". Other areas are much more...
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sally glendinning
wirlybirdone
Sep 30, 2009 10:14 am
Hi ! In some places we can't even put up farm buildings on farms ! You can usually grow trees, but if they are over a certain height you can't cut them...
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dale_a_mcmillen
Sep 30, 2009 2:05 pm
Karen, Welcome to the group. This sounds like such a terribly exciting adventure you are embarking on. I was a newbie to this group and wood heating about a...
