At last! I am amazed at how quickly this went; what you see took me less than four hours to complete! Needless to say I am more than a little tired now, but it was well worth it.
The whole assembly, inside and out, still needs some work. The chimney is not plumb yet, and I am short one locking band, and really should have a roof guy kit installed. Inside the stove pipe is not yet straight, and doesn't fit up quite as tightly as I'd like... But the good news is, despite being just as hot (if not hotter) outside than in the chimney ALREADY is pulling a stable draft!
It shouldn't be any trouble to have these problems resolved by the time my door kit comes in, at which point I'll be ready for Frost Insurance to approve it.
Once it's approved it'll be ready for the first firing. This will have to be done with all of the windows open, as the paint on both the stove and the stovepipe needs to be cured, which produces noxious smoke. Fortunately fall is coming soon, which means plenty of cool evenings when a fire would be pleasant but not nessasary by any means...
Notice the shakes behind the chimney. Yes I did that myself. My work isn't quite as neat as my father's, but between the fact that it's largely hidden by the chimney and the fact that they're installed over an existing weathertight surface I think they'll do nicely.As I stated before I am rather tired, so I think it's time for me to chill out. After I work out the detals of the chimney I just have to build and fill a coal bunker and I'll be ready for winter!
4 comments:
Wow! Looks great! You made very fast progress!
Lookin' good! Nice work!
Looks good. So where do you get coal? Does it just come as a truck load or is in a crate or something?
The only source for coal around here is from Dennis Farms, who sell coal on the side. It's available either in bulk or in 50lb bags. Mind you the bags cost significantly more per pound. I plan on driving my truck up there at some point and picking up 1500 pounds, which is why I need to build a bin of some sort.
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